AATG-Virginia

Congratulations to Anja Moore on her selection of Best of FLAVA. Her session, “Musik der DDR – Dance Dance Revolution oder Friedliche Revolution?” was extremely well received. The participants were able to share memories as well as discover similarities in the music that East and West Germany listened to behind the wall.  Most of the workshop attendees stayed behind to talk to each other about their reminiscences and experiences. If you were unable to attend her presentation at FLAVA, Anja…

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The ATTG Business Meeting at FLAVA 2018 took place at Doraldo’s, an Italian restaurant near the conference hotel. The meeting was facilitated by Vice President for Colleges Susan Wansink. After reports on activities this past year (Immersion Weekend, NGE/PAD Interviews,) the present members elected new officers. The new AATG-VA board looks as follows: President: Andrea Machesney Vice President Colleges: Susan Wansink Vice President High Schools: Bettina Hoeninger At-large Colleges: Marcel Rotter At-large High Schools: Anja Moore Secretary: Bettina Staudt Treasurer:…

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Congratulations to the 2018 AATG-PAD winners and their teachers: Ismar Alickovich, Mills E. Godwin High School (student of Kristen Macklin) Joseph McDonough, Loudon Valley High School (student of Teresa Breitenthaler) Students will receive round‐trip air transportation from Newark or New York to Kulmbach or Nürnberg, cities in southern Germany. In addition to a two-week school and homestay program, they also make a special excursion to Berlin.

The Virginia Organization of German students (VOGS) is holding its convention at Freedom High School in South Riding, VA on Saturday, March 3rd. They need your help! Specifically, they are looking for a key note speaker and workshop runners (anything from teaching students how to waltz to cooking a cultural food, to an interesting history lesson). They are also open to any support you can provide with cool German stuff! You can reach the officers here: vogsofficers [at] gmail.com Here…

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