The IRT tracks COVID cases in this dashboard which will be shared weekly.

We have had 21 new positive cases since last Thursday, May 5.  Due to our current COVID case count, TCGIS will continue to require in-school masking. We will return to optional masking after two weeks of fewer than 20 positive cases. Please send several masks with your student so they are able to change during the day in case the mask gets dirty, wet, or lost.

Due to recent increases in cases at TCGIS and throughout the Metro, we are again sending rapid antigen test kits home with students today. We encourage you to use these over the weekend and/or prior to students returning to school on Monday. If you are unable to use the BD Veritor (app required test), please contact Monica Avery (mavery@tcgis.org).

Every home in MN is eligible to order 2 rapid antigen test kits for free (total 4 tests) through this website.

We are fortunate for the resilience of our school staff who are going above and beyond to substitute for classrooms and cover duties for their colleagues through this recent surge. Our teachers also continue to support students who are learning from home due to isolations. Because they have taken on these additional responsibilities, we were able to keep our building open for all students. Please consider sending notes of gratitude to your students’ teachers and/or recognizing them through the Garden of Gratitude tribute (donations of any amount will result in paper flowers in the cafeteria garden).

In order to shorten the Rundbrief, we will prioritize new items for this newsletter and link to our Incident Response Team Updates webpage so you can reference past updates more efficiently.

The Middle School Dance is around the corner on Friday, May 20th! The 5th and 6th graders will be from 6:00-7:15 and the 7th and 8th grade dance will be from 7:30-9:00pm. Dress is casual to semi-formal if desired! Masks required.

Please make a plan to meet your students for pick up as we do for walking pick up.

Dance tickets are $5.00 and are available for purchase on Boonli. Questions about tickets? Email Elizabeth Zehnpfennig.

We have set ourselves a big goal for this coming week: raising 20k by 20th of May!

Next week is our big push for the Spring Campaign, a companion to our Give to the Max campaign in the fall. We hope every family will participate! Gifts of all sizes make a difference!

When you donate now, you also have the opportunity to celebrate teachers, staff, students, friends or family with a personalized paper flower that will be “planted” in our Garden of Gratitude on the cafeteria windows. We hope you will join us for this very special opportunity to support our great school and express gratitude for our amazing students and staff.

Watch for fun and easy ways to support the TCGIS Annual Fund next week!

We all face at one point in our life difficult and challenging times. Sometimes even many times. Life is full of ups and downs. We all at one point in our life deal with our physical health. We all do routine check-ups on our eyes and teeth and care for them. Sometimes we need glasses to support our eyes' function or/and not seldom we seek specialized treatment for our teeth so they can keep doing their job. We screen for cancer and other health issues so we can intervene early if something changes. Our brain is an amazing complex organ which needs care too to help us function well in everyday life. We all need to pay attention to our MENTAL HEALTH just like we pay attention to our physical health.

Check-out in this short video what mental health is. Then move on to Child Mind Institute's Campaign on "Dare to Share", encouraging us to speak up about our thoughts, feelings and mental health.

Partner with us. We have a school social worker, behavior interventionist and a school psychologist on the team who support TCGIS in their mission: Innovative Education of the WHOLE CHILD through German Immersion.

Spring universal screening is near! Spring universal screening will begin Monday, May 16th, and continue through Thursday, May 26th. We use screeners to identify those students who are on-track to meet grade-level standards in reading and math and those students who may need some additional support to keep them on-track to meet grade-level goals by the end of the school year. Meet some of our interventionists who are integral to conducting universal screening!). 

Please also check out our universal screening resource: Screening FAQ. 

Please do not hesitate to reach out to Jessie Kember (jkember@tcgis.org) with any questions or concerns. We appreciate your flexibility and patience as we work together to systematically support our students to reach their full potential. 

It's that time of year already: we are looking for host families for next year's interns! Click here to "meet" the interns who will arrive next fall.

Curious about hosting an intern? Learn all about it here. Ready to apply to host? Skip right ahead to the Host Family Application.

Without the generosity of our wonderful volunteer host families, the TCGIS Intern Program could not exist. Herzlichen Dank!

Registration for TCGIS Fall Sports will be open on Popsicle from May 15 until May 31. All middle schoolers (current 4th-7th graders) are welcome to sign up. TCGIS athletic calendars are designed so that students may participate in more than one sport per season.

Payment required at time of registration per sport per athlete: $200*

*Finances should not be a factor in deciding to participate in TCGIS athletic teams. If finances are a concern, please contact Athletic Coordinator Tabisz BEFORE registering because payment is required at the time of registration.

With questions, please contact Athletic Coordinator Chris Tabisz.

Our last meeting of the year is coming and you should definitely be there! Join us on Sunday, May 22nd, 2-4 pm in the school cafeteria. We'll have snacks and discuss the year and brainstorm some ideas for next year.

Bring the kids and they can play on the playground (or gym, depending on weather.) Put the 22nd on your calendar and we can't wait to see you there!

Please fill out this survey if you intend to use Kinderclub during the 2022-23 school year. You will be put on the Kinderclub email list and receive updates about registration. This will also help us with staffing and scheduling needs. Thank you!

The Spring Band Concert will take place Friday, May 20, 5-5:30pm. We will be on the playground, unless weather keeps us inside. Please bring your own chairs or blankets to sit on!

4th grade families, this is a great way to check out the band if you and your child are interested! Frau Johnson has a YouTube playlist with current and former band members talking about their instruments. It's a great way to see the different instruments she teaches.

Because of Covid we are not having an actual instrument tryout. If students are interested in trying instruments, please email Krista Johnson and we can arrange it!

There is more information on Krista's website. Click on the "TCGIS" link.

To prepare for the 2022-2023 school year, all families are required to fill out the Annual Update in Infinite Campus by Tuesday, May 31. You will be asked to verify your contact details and your child(ren)’s health information. If this form is not received, your child(ren) will not be allowed to participate in classroom neighborhood walks in the fall, and your middle school student(s) will not be issued a Chromebook.

Follow the instructions below:

Please fill out this form as soon as possible and no later than Tuesday, May 31. Email info@tcgis.org with any questions.

If your student had medication in his/her health file during this school year, Mariah Schoonover and Monika Avery will have the medication available for pick up on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 15th from 12pm to 2 pm at the West entrance by the parking lot.

There are now 60 families who have opted in to using this Google form to participate in the 2022 Carpooling Map.

Interested in exploring carpooling to / from school? Fill out this Google form. We will share the link to the unlisted Google map with those who have opted in (through the form).

This week we are hosting our election for the Board of the Directors here at TCGIS. You should have received an email on Monday with your voting information. One email per eligible voter. If you did not receive that email, please email jhenriksen@tcgis.org! Voting ends Friday, May 13th at 3:30 PM!

The Diversity & Belonging Committee is sharing pictures and short texts about what is happening in classrooms. Although we don't have many visitors in our classrooms these days, we are proud to show what is happening here.

The GAI has launched the Communities for Ukraine fundraising campaign to support Ukrainian refugees who have fled to our adopted “sister cities” of Plonsk, Poland and Zell, Germany. Together with many partners in our community, we are raising $20,000 by May 21 to provide critical aid to refugees who need housing and immediate economic support. There are now more than 300 refugees in Zell and nearby villages, with more arriving daily. Funds will go directly to the town of Zell to help them house more refugees. Please donate here.

Kinderstube German Immersion Preschool is enrolling for fall at its Minneapolis location -- less than a 20 minute drive from TCGIS! We welcome younger siblings to join our preschool. Through daily play, music education, art and science exploration, as well as outdoor play time, Kinderstube students are exposed to all the concepts of early childhood education--while learning German! No language experience from the child or family is needed. Learn more about 2022-2023 enrollment here.

TCGIS has built a list of local university/college students interested in virtual private tutoring in German for TCGIS students. We update this Google spreadsheet of tutors regularly. Learn more here.

May 16-20: 20K by 20th May! Spring Fundraiser

May 20: Middle School Dance

May 20: Spring Band Concert

May 22: Last PTO Meeting & PTO Retreat

May 31: Deadline for Annual Update in Infinite Campus

June 15: Last Day of School