Winter Postillion - Saskatchewan German Council

DAs Schulhaus - Regina German
Language School Inc.
Komm, wir lernen deutsch! Sabine Doebel-Atchison
Das Schulhaus is the Council’s newest
language school member. Founded in November
2011, the school was able to triple
its student body in the first three years. It
was the founders’, a small group of teachers
and enthusiastic parents, intention to start
a provincially registered non-profit school
in the Queen city. Their fresh approach to
German language instruction, coupled
with cultural engagement makes language
learning fun and successful and builds on
the legacy of earlier institutions.
In 2013 the Das Schulhaus coordinator
Sabine Zagoricnik-Wecker received the
Saskatchewan Organization for Heritage
Languages (SOHL) New Volunteer Award
in recognition of her outstanding service
to the province’s multilingual community.
The success of Das Schulhaus can also be
measured by the participation of students
in the German language proficiency exams
A2 and DSD1.
Besides the language instruction, cultural
events and celebrations are a big part of
the school’s activities. Among the celebrations
are 1. Schultag mit Schultüten (1st
day of classes), St. Nikolaus, Weihnachtsfeier
(Christmas celebration) , Kinderfasching
(children’s carnival), Easter and a year-end
picnic. One of the most popular events
is the Lantern Parade in Wascana, which
was attended by more than 70 students,
parents and friends of the school this year.
Das Schulhaus also takes part in many of
the events of Regina’s German community
such as the annual Christkindl Markt and
Mosaic.
A highlight for students are the annual
project days which last year had the Broth-
Das Schulhaus - Regina German Language School Inc.
Principal:
Linda Froh
Coordinator:
Sabine Zagoricnik-Wecker
E-mail:
dasSchulhaus@gmail.com
Phone: 306-551-7457
Website:
www.dasSchulhaus.org
Facebook:
Das Schulhaus Regina German Language School Inc.
Twitter:
@dasSchulhaus
ers Grimm Fairy Tales as a theme. Among
other things the students created a display
which was also showcased at the SGC Treffpunkt
Weekend in Estevan. The theme of
the project days for this school year will be
Dr. Oetker.
Language classes are taught on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings at Campbell
Collegiate in Regina. Das Schulhaus offers
classes for children ages 5 to 18 for $285
per school year (+ workbook, discount
for multiple siblings available), classes for
adults for $170 per semester (13 evenings
+ book) as well as high school credit classes
for $390 for 100 hours (+workbook). In
addition to taking language classes, anyone
interested in German language and culture
can become a member of the school for
$15 family/year or $10 single person/year.
Classes are taught by qualified teacher
who are all members of the Saskatchewan
Assosciation of Teachers of German (SATG)
and who on a continuous basis strive to
improve their teaching competence. This
allows them to deliver classes according to
the newest standards of language aquisition.
The team of teachers is enthusiastic
about what they do and new teachers are
always welcome to join the team.
Das Schulhaus maintains a very comprehensive
website where anyone interested
in German language learning and beyond
can receive more information. The school
can also be found on Facebook where
the coordinator shares many useful and
interesting facts and articles.
Registration is currently open for adult winter
classes and the language proficiency
exams A2 and DSD1. To be able to expand
1. Das Schulhaus 2013 Annual General Meeting 2. Project Days - Brothers Grimm Fairy
Tales 3. First day of school in 2012 4. A play performed by students during the Christmas
celebration
the programme Das Schulhaus
is currently looking for a suitable
location to establish a preschool
class.
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