News: 2015 Indiana Staatskongress

IASG

Indiana Association of Students of German

http://indiana.aatg.org/iasg/

*Please visit the website to see our new Promo Video!

 

Announcing this year’s Staatskongress - Theme: Ich liebe deutsche Marken!

 

For those of you who have not heard about Staatskongress: It is an annual academic and cultural competition day held at Ball State University. German middle and high school students from all over the state compete in various competitions based on their level of German for ribbons and other awards, such as the overall highest ranking female student, male student and school. Students also attend interactive cultural workshops based on the theme for the year and can earnSprachgeld by speaking German throughout the day. Sprachgeld can be redeemed at the Jahrmarkt for a variety of German related items including chocolate, hats, stickers, and books to name a few. The day culminates in a dance hosted by the Alpine Express band.

 

Save the Date:

Staatskongress 2015: Saturday, February 14^th

Ball State University

Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.

Awards and Dance end at 6 p.m.

 

If interested in conducting a workshop please contact:

Erika Cantin at: frau_cantin@yahoo.com

Workshop deadline is: January 31^st

 

Registration:

Teachers can register students at: http://indiana.aatg.org/iasg/. Registration deadline is: February 4th. Teachers can pay in person the day of the event, or send their payment in with their registration bill with a post mark of February 7^th. Please make one check for the whole amount out to the Indiana Association of Students of German or IASG.

Fees are $20 per student (including $1 per student for the Jahrmarkt). Each school also pays the $25 IASG membership fee. These all go toward the catered German themed meal, costs for the Staatskongress, IASG expenses (tax fees, etc.) and scholarships.  We increased the price $1 so we can return to offering two $500 scholarships.  

 

Student Representatives:

Please ask your students if they would like to be a representative of the IASG board or run for an office. Students (and their teacher sponsor), attend meetings to plan the next Staatskongress. We have about 4-5 meetings a year, on Sundays at 1 p.m. at the Host Instiution which will be Warren Central in 2015-16.  Please e-mail the candidate name, school and a picture to iasgerman@gmail.com by February 4th.

 

T-Shirts:

Students can purchase an IASG T-Shirt for $12 in advance and $15 on site. The shirts would be ordered with registration. All profits go to maintain IASG, student scholarships and help keep the price of Staatskongress down for the students.

 

Power Point and Video Entries:
Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, and the link to the video must be sent to Josh Payne at IASG.competitions@gmail.com  with a time stamp no later than

      11:59 pm (EST), February 4, 2015.
Power Point entries must be sent via email to Josh Payne at IASG.competitions@gmail.com with a time stamp no later than 11:59 pm (EST), February 4, 2015.

 

 

      New for this year!

 

Promotional Video:

Please visit http://indiana.aatg.org/iasg/ to see our great new Staatskongress Video produced by our treasurer Matt Meyers!

 

Remind101:

We will be doing Remind101 text alerts to send out teacher updates throughout the day. If you would like to be included in these updates, please text the message @sk15 to the number 81010. It will ask you then to text your name i.e. Frau Mathews.

 

Any questions or if you’d like to help, please contact Nichole Mathews at: nmathews@hse.k12.in.us

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