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Our Final Thoughts

This past month has been an incredible experience for me! I was able to live in the country where my grandparents were born and raised and experience the language, culture, and history. Although it was extremely difficult to leave my … Continue reading

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Potsdam and Magdeburg

We took two trips at the end of our journey in Germany. Our first stop, Potsdam, we took a train from Stendal to Rathenow where we switched trains and from there we made our way to Berlin. Once in Berlin, … Continue reading

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Hamburg and Wernigerode Weekend

This weekend we got up at 5:30 to meet Sally at the train station by 6:30 for our trip to Hamburg on Saturday. After taking two trains, we arrived in Hamburg where we planned to visit the Hachez Chocoversum (a … Continue reading

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Our Third Week at “Am Stadtsee”

Our third week of school and activities were very interesting. We were not able to go to the Grudschule Am Stadtsee on Monday and Tuesday because we all became sick on Sunday night when we returned home from Berlin. I’m … Continue reading

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Berlin Weekend

This past weekend we spent Saturday (April 20th) and Sunday (April 21st) in Berlin! We left around 10:00 Saturday morning to take the train into Berlin with Sally. We finally reached the Berlin Hauptbahnhof (the large train station) around noon. … Continue reading

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Our Second week at “Am Stadtsee”

Our second week of school was pretty interesting. After visiting the bi-lingual school on Monday, we went back to the Grundshule Am Stadtsee with varied perspectives on the differences between the two schools. An example would be that at the … Continue reading

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Visit to Grundschule Schinne

It is the end of our second week here in Stendal. Today (4-19) we were able to visit a school in a small village name Schinne. We woke up earlier than normal because we had to ride the bus to … Continue reading

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Institut für Elementare Musikerziehung

We were invited to the Institut für Elementare Musikerziehung to participate with the students in their music class. One of our “guides” Tonya brought us to the Institut and participated with us. When we arrived, the music teacher, Sebastian was … Continue reading

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Seniors’ English Class

This week we had an opportunity to speak to a group of seniors. They were students who had been learning English for 1-2 years. There were approximately 10 students in the class. Some of the students had even done research … Continue reading

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Bilingual School “Altmark”

A picture of the schools, with two Flat Stanleys! On Monday April 15th we have the opportunity to visit the bilingual school here in Stendal. The school is a private school that has two first, two second, two third, and … Continue reading

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