Liebe TCGIS Gemeinschaft! / Dear TCGIS community,

Last week I was honored to join board chair Julie Alkatout, parent board member Laurie Hartman, teacher board member Emily Albers, and Parent Council member Emily Ruggles Johnson for Charter School Day at the Capitol. Along with charter school representatives from across the state we delivered messages and materials to our state representatives and senators to advocate for charter school funding to be equal to traditional public school state funding. This includes increasing the Basic Formula, Special Education formula, and Safe School Funding, from which charter schools are currently excluded. 

Advocacy work is a critical component of the work we do for TCGIS. You can join us in this work by taking the simple step of calling your representatives and asking them to support safe school funding for all charter school students. See more detail here. You can find your representatives here.

Herzlich

Kirsten

Note: If you don't see the calendar at the end of your Rundbrief, the message has been clipped and you must click "View entire message" to read the entire Rundbrief. Danke!

The Auction is open! There are a lot of amazing things to bid on - check them out here! Auction is open until 3/25 at 9:15pm.

The kid's Art Auction will be from 10am-9:30pm on 3/25. A separate link and email will be sent. 

Maskenball is next Saturday, March 25! Buy tickets here. We'd like to give a huge shout out to our sponsors the GAI and the GACC!

Snow is still on the ground but we've been told that Spring is still on it's way. Check out the beautiful plants and get your yard and garden planned. Go to Gertens to order. Our school ID is 550. Orders must be completed by 10 PM on Thursday, April 6. Orders will be ready for pick up on May 12.

This May, the community will elect three directors to the TCGIS School Board. Based on the current board composition and TCGIS bylaws, directors elected through the upcoming election must include at least one parent and at least one teacher. The third director can be a parent, a teacher, or a community member. Each will be elected to serve a three year term that begins in June. We seek any interested persons, especially those with experience in financial compliance, education, board governance, legal matters, management and leadership, and marketing and development. 

If you are interested in serving or would like to nominate someone to serve, all details and forms are available here. You do not need to be nominated to apply. All nominations and applications are due by April 10.

By serving on the School Board, YOU can help our school, strengthen connections within our community, and make important decisions that affect the future.

Kinderclub registration for April closes tomorrow, 3/17, at 6pm. (that includes Kinderclub Registration for Spring Break). Thank you!

Summer Camp registration is OPEN. We have many spots available in the following Camps (all are Grades 3-6)*:

• Week 1: Harry Potter , Sport
• Week 4: Fussball , Math
• Week 5 : Film 101, Harry Potter
• Week 6: Studio Art
• Week 7: Spielen und Spielen

*Minimum of 15 participants per camp needed in order to run it!

The Spring session of Enrichment Classes will begin the week of April 10-14 and end the week of Jun 5-9; registration for EC's will open tomorrow!

The registration period is *Fri March 17th at 8 pm, through Sunday March 26th at midnight*, or until classes are full.

Classes available:

• Mon: Crafts & Arts (Led by Jos Morss, K-3)
• Tues: Math Club (Led by Colleen Schlieper, 4-5)
• Wed: n/a
• Thur: Chess Club (Led by Luc Janssen, 1-8)
• Fri: Stamping & Card Making (Led by Maya Davies, K-8)

Classes are $12/week, and do not run on early release days or no-school days. You can register on the Infinite Campus online school store. Keep in mind the cost of each class is adjusted by the number of weeks the class will run- some are longer or shorter than others.

If you have any questions, please email amangan@tcgis.org.

Support TCGIS Girl Scouts in Troop #57317 by purchasing cookies at our booth in the lobby on Friday, March 17, 3:45-4:45. Cash or check accepted. They will pair well with all of your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations!

Our TCGIS used book fair will be on April 19 & 20 from 3-5 P.M. It is open to the public and will take place in the school atrium. Expect to find German books of all levels - from board books and first readers to novels and “vintage” books. There will be books in the English language, as well! All items are

sold on a donation basis, and credit card or cash is accepted. The funds raised benefit the TCGIS library.

Do you have books (in English or German) that you would like to donate to the fair? The school will be accepting donation drop-offs starting April 10. Donated materials must be free of mold, tears, or other damage. Contact Frau Zimmerman to coordinate a drop-off time.

Parents/guardians of elementary students are invited to read a book in your student's class throughout the month of March. If interested, please get in touch with your teacher. If you're not sure about a book, your teacher or our library coordinator Frau Zimmerman may have one.

The City of Saint Paul has declared a 1-sided residential street winter parking ban will be in effect beginning on Friday, March 10 at 8 a.m. and will be in effect until April 15, or earlier if the city determines the street conditions allow the ban to be lifted. 

Parking is not allowed on even-numbered sides of residential streets. In Saint Paul, the even-numbered side of the street is typically the south or east side of the street. Residents and visitors must park on the odd side of residential streets and follow all posted parking rules on arterial (main) streets. www.stpaul.gov/1sideparkingmap

A reminder to submit all Lesemarathon minutes by Monday, March 20th using this Google Form.. The form will open Sunday, Mar. 19th and will close at 8PM on Mar. 20th.

The Diversity & Belonging Committee is planning a Festival of Cultures to celebrate the diversity of our school by sharing our unique cultures through music, art, storytelling, dance, food, and community. The date and time for this event is Thursday, May 11, 2023 from 5pm -7pm.

If you have not done so already, please fill out this short Google Form in order for the planning committee to find out what cultures are represented in the TCGIS community and who would like to share their culture at the event. Volunteers may be parents, guardians, aunts, uncles, grandparents or friends! Thank you for your consideration! If you have any questions, please email keberhard@tcgis.org.

Help us prepare for the 2023-2024 school year by completing our re-enrollment survey! Please click here to fill out the survey by March 24th. If you have more than one student at TCGIS, please submit one form for every child in your family who is currently in grades K-7.

Filling out this form is not required in order to attend TCGIS next year but it is extremely helpful for the school. We gather information about returning and withdrawing students to plan our class compositions for the next year. We appreciate your participation; thank you in advance! 

Diversity & Belonging Meeting Tues., March 21 - 4:30PM; Google Meet

Board Meeting Thurs., March 23 - 6:30PM, Room 100; Zoom

Finance & Facilities Meeting Tues., April 11 (date change) - 6:30PM; Zoom

Fundraising Meeting Wed., April 12 - 8:30AM; Google Meet

Governance Meeting Thur., April 13 - 4:30PM; Google Meet

Cmte of the Whole Wed., April 19 - 6:30PM

Board Meeting Thurs., April 27 - 6:30PM, Room 100; Zoom

Join Twin Cities German Immersion School at Allianz Field for when Minnesota United FC takes on 1. FC Kaiserslautern from Germany! Discounted tickets are available while supplies last, and they cannot be resold online. All sales are final. We’re excited to organize this again for our community!

• What: Minnesota United FC versus 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• When: Wednesday, June 28th at 7:30pm
• Where: Allianz Field, St. Paul

Tickets average $26, 29, 35 (depending on section). Click here to purchase your discounted tickets.

TCGIS is proud to be hosting the exhibit Lest We

Forget, a touring collection of twenty-four 3D multimedia works of art with short literary

vignettes. Lest We Forget translates the stories of Fred Amram, a child Holocaust survivor, into

visual art.

TCGIS would like to recognize Nuveen/TIAA for providing the grant funding to make this exhibit possible. Additionally, we offer our heartfelt thanks to the TCGIS family who named our school as the recipient of this employer grant.

RESCHEDULED: On Tuesday, March 21 at 6:30 P.M., the public is invited to hear Ms. Brick speak about Mr. Amram’s life and about their collaboration to tell his story. This free event will be held in the TCGIS school atrium.

On Sunday, March 26th, 4:00-6:00 pm– the Lest We Forget exhibit will be open to the public a second time at TCGIS. There will not be a program; community members are welcome to view the exhibit independently.

Enrollment is open for spring lessons with Vienna Community Arts. We have spots available for piano, ukulele, classical guitar and for choir. Registration is also open for summer lessons in all instruments and also for voice and choir.

Email Nancy or Herbert at infoviennarts@gmail.com.

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Ab aufs Eis! We had so much fun last time, we’re doing another German Community Hockey Night. The Wild go head to head with Jets. Admission includes a limited edition Wild-German scarf. Wear your German-related fan gear to show your German and MN Wild pride! 

Note: In order to join us for GAI-specific activities, tickets MUST be purchased through this link.

The board’s Diversity & Belonging committee would like to highlight upcoming events in the Twin Cities as opportunities for intercultural engagement- one our school’s core values. Click here to learn about highlighted events!

March 17: April Kinderclub registration closes

March 17: Enrichment class registration opens

March 20: Last day to submit Lesemarathon (Read-a-thon) minutes

March 21: Lest We Forget event (rescheduled)

March 25: Maskenball & Auction

March 26: Lest We Forget exhibit viewing open to public

March 27 & 28: 3rd grade MCA testing

March 29 & 30: 4th grade MCA testing

March 30 & 31: Parent/teacher conferences

March 31: No school

April 3-7: Spring Break



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