Elternbrief
Issue: 340                          
September 20, 2018 
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K-8 Morning Circle & Kaffeeklatsch September 21

Join us on September 21, for our combined K-8 Social Hour and PTO-Sponsored Kaffeeklatsch!
  • 7:50-8:15am - parents/guardians gather in classrooms to visit with teachers and interns
  • 8:15-8:30am - adults quietly observe Morning Circle
  • 8:30-9:30am - gather in the Commons for coffee and socializing!
We will be selling car magnets and TCGIS yard signs if you are interested! We hope to see you there! 
Reminder: Order Window for Lunches/Milk and Kinderclub Closes Sunday, September 23!

Don't forget to place your order for October! Please log on to our online store website   Boonli  to place your child's Kinderclub and School Lunch/Milk  order. Please make sure to check out your cart to successfully place an order.   

All orders must be submitted by midnight on Sunday, 09/23.


TCGIS Picture Day ID: MI208219Y1

As you may have noticed, there was a typo in last week's Elternbrief. Picture Day is Thursday, OCTOBER 4. We apologize for this mistake. 

Interested in helping out? We are looking for one more parent volunteer from 11:30am-2:30pm. Please contact Lauren Kalish at lkalish@tcgis.org if you are interested! Parent volunteers will receive $35 off of a picture package of their choice!
Capstone Fall Exchange Begins Next Week

Next Wednesday, 47 German students and their 5 teachers will arrive in Minnesota and begin their two-week exchange visit with TCGIS! We are excited to welcome the largest group of German students to TCGIS this fall, and look forward to sharing with them our school community and way of life here in MN. 

In addition to a busy schedule of sight-seeing around the Twin Cities, all 47 students will integrate into the school day in various ways: some days they will shadow their partner through a normal school day, on other days, they will visit other grades in pairs to do activities with our TCGIS students. Be sure to ask your own student(s) about the Germans who come to visit his/her/their class! This is a wonderful opportunity for all TCGIS students to speak German with native speakers and to learn about life in Germany from a young person's perspective. 
Collecting Empty Cereal and Oatmeal Boxes

Frau Lenburg is collecting empty cereal and oatmeal boxes so that students in Kindergarten through third grade can make lanterns in art class. This will be part of the celebration of Martinstag in November. Boxes can be brought to the office or the art room.  Interested in a take-home volunteer opportunity this fall, preparing boxes for the students or cutting for our collaborative Peace Day project? Please contact Frau Lenburg at alenburg@tcgis.org.
TCGIS ADSIS Information

For more information regarding TCGIS' ADSIS screening program please click here!
TCGIS Cross Country Competes in Race!

The TCGIS Cross-Country Team competed for the very first time this past week in two meets in Lakeville. Each and every TCGIS runner ran a personal best time at one of the two meets, despite the extreme heat last Saturday and the wet conditions on Tuesday. At Saturday's meet, the TCGIS girls finished in 9th place, just 4 points behind 8th place, and the boys finished in 7th place, only 9 points behind 6th place. Congrats to all runners!

If you would like to see the team race, we have two meets next week: Humboldt Invitational and 22nd Annual Tom Watson Mustang Invitational. Come, cheer on our runners!

Please Return TCGIS Volunteer Shirts

If you recently borrowed a green TCGIS Volunteer shirt, please be sure to wash and return it to school at your earliest convenience. Thank you and thank you for volunteering!
PTO Announcements
Save the Date- Our next PTO Meeting will be  Sunday October 7th 3pm at Headflyer Brewery. Grab a sitter and make it a date! 

Auction Update: 
PTO Action - It's ALMOST time. Get those donations ready, the Auction site will open for donors on  September 27th. Need an idea?? Take a look at the TCGIS PTO Community Auction and Strudel Sale website for inspiration and examples. Questions? Contact Joyce Albers Tyrrell or Maureen Carlyle at  auctionTCGISPTO@gmail.com.

Coming Up
Friday September 21st - Kaffeeklatsch. Join us in the commons for refreshments and conversations! Learn about how you can get involved this year!  https://www.facebook.com/events/286354398634238/

Monday September 24 - Fall Plant Sale Opens! Order your holiday greenery and support our school. Look for a link to the square shop next week.

Sunday September 30 - Oktoberfest 5K around Como Lake. Register here!

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GAI Announcements
PLANNING AHEAD FOR HERBSTFERIEN AND MEA WEEKEND?
The GAI is offering a series of German & Science workshops for kids K - 4th grade;  The first session about Wasserkraft (hydropower) is on Oct. 19. CLICK HERE for more information   

KAFFEESTUBE IS BACK! 
The popular Saturday morning Frühstück starts again this week, September 22.
Enjoy a typical German breakfast with Brötchen, cheese, coldcuts, eggs, Nutella and more