Update on our GAPP Exchange Program

Hallo Alle!
I have been in touch with Herr Peter Fuchs and Frau Erika Hammer, two teachers at the Hebel Gymnasium in Schwetzingen. They are still interested in the exchange, only they might not be able to visit us until Fall of 2009. That won't stop us from visiting them next summer, though! Dates have not been hammered out, but they hover around these dates:

• Thursday, June 18, 2009: Leave Raleigh.
• Saturday, June 20: settled with our hosts in Schwetzingen
• Monday, June 22, 2009: Begin attending the Gymnasium for two weeks
• Saturday, July 4, 2009: Leave host families in Schwetzingen
• Saturday July 11, Leave Germany for America

That leaves us a week, as required by the GAPP to visit other places in Germany. My suggestion is to choose one or two major cities to visit, and use those cities as starting off points for various travel. Keep checking this blog for updates on various itinerary options.

First however, read the the wikipedia entry on Schwetzingen. Visit their offical websites also.

Schwetzingen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schwetzingen's Official Webpage

Also the Hebel Gymnasium, our Partner School in Schwetzingen, deserves a close web visit!
At their website they provide a complimentary report of the last GAPP exchange at Enloe High School.

Look forward to seeing you guys again!

Herr Kandah

Group Picture of German Club.

Nette Fotos, nicht wahr?

Final Proof of the German Club T-Shirt

So here it is. Hope everyone is ok with it. The design is simple, but elegant. At least the German is correct. The cost is $11 for an XXL and $9.50 for all other sizes. Let's get these shirts before German Day on March 6!

German club t-shirt, revisited.

Let's get our t-shirts before the German Day celebration at Elon University this March 6. I worked with the winning design/concept from Mary G., with the bear, and came up with the front logo on a heavy cotton white Hanes t-shirt seen to your right.

Then on the back a logo with the German and American flag with the words, Alle zusammen, immer und ewig, which means all together always and forever. If that's too cheesy, then submit a new back logo this Wednesday at our meeting. Take a look at the back of the possible t-shirt:

The cost of the t-shirt from a place called Body Billboards in Durham, who do a lot of Enloe-based t-shirts will be 8.73 for small - XL, and 10.23 for XXL, plus $120 for a screen art fee, split among the number of t-shirts we order. There might could possibly be a $50 dollar art fee if the logos need any adjustment. So if we order 2o t-shirts, then the price will around $20 dollars for a custom t-shirt. We should do this. What say you?

Announcements - den 2. November 2007

We decided at the last meeting to not do the school-wide fundraiser. Several people mentioned other ways to raise money for the German Club, but we understood that we need to adhere to schoolwide policies about fundraising.

Meeting Tomorrow - den 31.Oktober - Mittwoch

There is a German Club meeting tomorrow in room 0611. We need to discuss the fundraiser, dues, designing t-shirts, and other things. Dues will be collected also. Bis Morgen!

Ein Tolles Video von Sandra Bullock: Sie spricht schönes Deutsch, oder?

I thought this was interesting, one of America's most famous actresses, Sandra Bullock, accepting a Bambi Award in Germany, in the German Language!

She speaks impressive German. Könnt ihr das verstehen?

Another cool link, http://www.germanhollywood.com/, highlights the connections that bind Hollywood with Germany.