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We worked alternately in teams of grade level teachers and in vertical teams of teachers looking only at one subject area to establish our achievement goals and ensure that our goals were well aligned. We have thorough documents for Math, Science, Reading and Writing in grades K - 5. We are actively working to integrate Achievement Goals in Social Studies, Oral Communication Skills, Arts, and Physical Education into our final documents. We are also in the process of compiling Achievement Goals for Grades 6, 7 and 8. This year we are not incorporating these goals into our official evaluation system, but we will be testing them with teachers and parents to see how helpful they are in assessing students' progress. At the end of the school year teachers will do an inventory of where each student stands in regard to the Achievement Goals. If you have questions, you can ask your child's teacher during conferences next week.

K-5 Achievement Goals Documents:

Kindergarten 

First Grade 

Second Grade 

Third Grade 

Fourth Grade 

Fifth Grade  

For the last two years, many students at TCGIS participated in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. Participation is optional. The 6th and 7th grade students will be visiting the lower grades on Monday, October 31st to discuss UNICEF's relief and educational efforts and to walk through the logistics of Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF. We will distribute UNICEF Trick-or-Treat boxes in class on October 31st. On November 1st - 4th we will collect the boxes in the front office. 

UNICEF has many resources for parents to make it an easy and educational experience. UNICEF has a very good website with information about the Trick-or-Treat Campaign specifically and their efforts in general. There is additional information written for and by children in the Voices of Youth section. 

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF introduces children to the idea that they can make a difference in the world by volunteering in service to others. UNICEF's goal is to reduce the number of preventable childhood deaths to zero. UNICEF focuses on education, immunization, disease prevention, nutrition and emergency relief. 

The Germanic-American Institute library is undergoing major and exciting changes. We have officially switched to a bar code system similar to public libraries. You may now browse the library catalog online to view our ever-growing collection and to see if an item is checked in or out.

We are in need of volunteers to help catalog new items, check in materials, and other related duties; no previous library experience is necessary. We also offer work study opportunities to help cover the cost of a language class. If you would like more information or to volunteer in the library, please contact the GAI's Language Services and Library Coordinator, Amy Neeser, aneeser@gai-mn.org.

Do you have a child that likes to make, bake, create, decorate, etc.? How about one who would like to be able to buy something affordable at the craft and bake sale? Well get those creative juices flowing and start saving your pennies in preparation for the kids table at this year's sale. We are soliciting small homemade items from TCGIS students that can be purchased by other students for modest amounts of money (nothing over a dollar). Some possible items might be bookmarks, greeting cards, notebooks, friendship bracelets, origami animals, small bags of chex mix, puppy chow, trail mix, or hot chocolate mix. We're sure our students will have other wonderful ideas as well - just remind them to keep it simple. Each interested student will be limited to donating 10 items and details about how to donate items to the sale will follow as we get closer to the sale.