The registration date for the next school year (2012/13) has not been set yet. However, we do expect to open registration by Mid-March for current families and families on the waiting list. New families will be able to register some time in April. We will post exact dates as soon as we have all details available. Current families and families on the waiting list will also be informed via e-mail.

There were sightings of the Nikolaus and his helpers in each classroom last Saturday following a festive and joyful presentation of holiday songs by each grade in the auditorium. For the first time, a small orchestra comprising of students, parents and teachers accompanied the musical program and added a particularly festive note to the event. Parents then proceeded to a short holiday program in their child's classroom or to the Buick Cafe for coffee and "Weihnachtsgebäck". All in all a very successful event and surely enjoyed by all - parents and students!

We would like to thank German Consul Friedrich Löhr and Vice Consul Marion Appel for presenting the Sprachdiplom Certificates (and little gifts to go with the diplomas!) to five students who mastered successfully the DSD 2 (the most rigorous of German language exams), ten students who passed DSD 1, and 21 students who passed the A2 exams during the 2010/11 school year. Also awarded gifts and gift certificates were the winners of past competitions issued and sponsored by the ZfA. Many of our students entered the 2011 ZfA essay competition in the spring and three of the essays coming out of our school were selected among hundreds of entries in the Northeast of the United States of to be featured in a ZfA Essay Collection. Congratulations! Also honored were students who recently presented a 10-minute presentation and poster on a topic of their choice under the umbrella theme "Deutschland: Seine Regionen, seine Vielfalt" and stood out to the jury. We always appreciate the extra work and effort that goes into participating in competitions - and are always happy to see so many entries.

We do not want to spoil the "holiday" feeling, but this Saturday, December 17 is a regular school day. We are then off for two Saturdays and will return on January 7, 2012,  when all students in grades 6 and higher will take the AATG language exam. Wishing all our families a joyful holiday season and best wishes for a happy and healthy new year. 

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