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For the first time in its 47-year
history, Concordia Language Villages is offering a day camp
program at our site on Turtle River Lake just outside Bemidji,
Minn. Children ages 6-11 will explore German language through
nature, music, sports, games, dance, arts, crafts and delicious
food in this unique immersion program. The Waldsee
Adventure Day Camp program exposes children to authentic,
contextualized and active language instruction. The program
provides a great foundation for future language study, whether
in school or at Concordia Language Villages.
Waldsee Adventure Day Camps are week-long programs,
running Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. between July 16
and August 24. An extended day option is available. The program
will be held at Waldsee German Language Village, an
architecturally authentic site, home to North America’s premier
program in language and cultural immersion for young people. |
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Waldsee
has had a long tradition of preparing young Americans for their
first trip abroad - with family, with friends, or as an exchange
student. However, high school students can also go abroad with Waldsee and
earn a year's worth of high school credit in the process. The
German Credit Abroad program uses many of the same
time-honored teaching methods developed by Waldsee to
make learning German fun, while also providing a solid
foundation for future study. This year's trip runs from June
27th through July 25th and is led by Susanne Ilse Barrett, a
long-time Waldsee staff member and German teacher from
Colorado. The trip will begin in Switzerland, exploring the
natural beauty of the Swiss Alps and sampling local cuisine.
Next on the agenda is a trip to Waldsee's sister city,
Bad Waldsee in Southern Germany. Here, students will stay with
host families and explore the surrounding area through a variety
of excursions. From here, the group will continue traveling
around Germany, stopping in Berlin, Dresden, and Frankfurt.
A year of credit may be awarded by participants' schools after
successful completion of the course. |
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If two weeks at Waldsee just
aren't enough, how about four? This summer, we're offering an
extended option for middle school-aged students. This is an
excellent way to prepare for stepping up to high school credit
in the future or just getting a double dose of Waldsee
fun and games - twice the activities, twice the evening
programs, twice the German, twice the fun! Participants can
chose between our core curriculum or from a variety of adventure
programs - der Märchenwald, die Grüne Welle,
Radio Waldsee, das Stadttheater, Helvetia, or
Kollegstufe. No matter which of these optional programs
you choose, you're sure to keep busy. |
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Imagine learning German on a
pontoon boat. What better way to have a great time at camp,
enjoying our wonderful surroundings on Turtle River Lake, than
motoring around on a pontoon boat and speaking German the whole
time? Unfortunately, we don't have one. Thus, we are sending out
an appeal to see if there is anyone out there who either has one
or knows of someone who has one and would be willing to either
loan or donate it to us for part or all of the summer.
Alternatively, we would like to launch a campaign to purchase a
basic model for our site. If you would like to contribute to
this campaign, please contact our main office and ask to speak
to someone about contributing to the Waldsee Village Vision
fund. We are also hoping to raise money for a Pit-Pat table-top
mini-golf course, park benches, a gazebo, and scholarships. If
you have an older PC or laptop that is still capable of running
Windows XP or Mac OS X and would like to find a new home for it,
please let us know. We are trying to increase the
availability of computers at the Village and any donation of
this sort would be greatly appreciated. |
