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St. Paul

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(Amerika)

Logo Twin Cities German Immersion School
Karte Twin Cities German Immersion School
Portrait Principal  / Schuldirektorin Elizabeth Zehnpfennig

Kontakt

Elizabeth Zehnpfennig

Principal / Schuldirektorin

Telefon

+1-651-492-7106

Adresse

Twin Cities German Immersion School

1031 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55103

United States of America

Twin Cities German Immersion School

The idea for an independent school arose in 2001 from a very successful Saturday school and a handful of dedicated parents, teachers and employees of the Germanic-American Institute in St. Paul. The TCGIS then began its official operations as a public charter school in the fall of 2005 with 43 children and 2 teachers in kindergarten and 1st grade. The school's mission is "Innovative Education of the whole child through German immersion," and the stated educational goal is to educate young people to be open and responsible global citizens: "Hearing others, seeing others, thinking and acting with an open mind."

The TCGIS has now developed into a three-stream K-8 (elementary school and middle school up to grade 8) and will have reached its full capacity of 72 students per year in 2023. The school currently has 591 students, 80 employees and 25 teaching interns per year from German-speaking countries.

The aim of the primary school is to lay a solid foundation for the German language in the students. All core and minor subjects are taught in German. The "responsive classroom" principle ensures that teachers and students work together to create a social and academic learning environment that enables better collaborative learning and working. At the end of primary school, all students should be able to communicate in German, both written and spoken. In the middle school, which is designed to prepare students more for American high school, some subjects are also taught in English. However, a high proportion of German in the academic area is retained here too. In the 5th grade, the students take part in the international comparison test A2. The 8th grade students take the DSD I exam. In the 7th grade, the students have the opportunity to take Spanish as a third foreign language. There is an annual exchange with the Realschule am Buchenberg in Borghorst and the Realschule Ochtrup.

Since 2016, there has been a close cooperation with Central High School in St. Paul, where TCGIS students can participate in a German immersion program that leads to the International Baccalaureate. At the high school, students take the DSDII exam. Students leave school at a C1 level and with a degree that is recommended by the KMK as a university entrance qualification in Germany.

The Twin Cities German Immersion School is the largest German-speaking school in North America in terms of student numbers.

Twin Cities German Immersion School

Allgemein

Träger

University of St. Thomas (freier Träger)

Auszeichnungen

  • MACS Innovation Award 2022 (MN Assoc. of Charter Schools)/ Minnesota Reward School 2014, 2016 / PASCH Schule

Abschlüsse

  • Deutsches Sprachdiplom I (DSD I)
  • Deutsches Sprachdiplom II (DSD II)

Gründungsjahr

2005

Jahrgangsstufen

Vorschule-8

Schuljahresbeginn

15. August

Sommerferien

Mitte Juni- Mitte August

Anzahl Schüler

590

Anzahl Lehrkräfte

50

Infos zur Schule

Unterrichtssprachen

  • Deutsch

Fremdsprachen

  • Englisch
  • Spanisch

Schulstruktur

  • Grundschule
  • Sekundarstufe 1
  • Vorschule

Schultyp

  • Deutschsprachige Schule

Praktikum

Studierien Sie Grundschullehramt, Lehramt für Hauptschule, Realschule oder Gymnasium, Sonderpädagogik (gerne mit Zusatzqualifikation Deutsch als Fremdsprache), sprechen Sie Deutsch als Muttersprache und haben Lust auf ein Schulpraktikum in den USA? Wir bieten Praktika in der Grundschule und der Mittelschule für ein halbes oder volles Schuljahr an. Klicken Sie hier für weitere Informationen:

www.tcgis.org/internships.html

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