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German American Partnership Program

German American Partnership Program. All about GAPP. Why GAPP?. Improve German Meet new people, make new friends Learn about German Culture To challenge yourself. Prerequisites. Minimum 2 years of German.

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German American Partnership Program

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  1. German American Partnership Program All about GAPP

  2. Why GAPP? • Improve German • Meet new people, make new friends • Learn about German Culture • To challenge yourself

  3. Prerequisites • Minimum 2 years of German. • Participation is based on demand and an interview. Students in German 3 and 4 are given priority. • Must host a German student. • Must be taking German when hosting.

  4. GAPP Requirements • Speak German while in Germany (absolutkeinEnglisch!) • Spend10 days in school at the Johann-Gottfried-Herder-Gymnasium • Spend 3 weeks in Halle • GAPP is a two-year commitment: we travel in odd years (June-July) and host in even years (January-February)

  5. What do we do in Halle? • Give presentations about American life. (In German) • Attend homeroom daily. • Participate in scheduled events.

  6. What about Halle?

  7. What about Halle • In the state of Sachsen-Anhalt (Former East Germany) • Population of 250,000

  8. What about Halle? • 1st mentioned in year 806 • Is on the river Saale • Salt springs brought wealth, thus it was named Halle

  9. Exchange Facts: 2009 The 09 group leaving for Germany

  10. Halle

  11. A Warm Welcome

  12. The official reception. Our official reception into Halle, given by the principal of the school. (Notice the shirts)

  13. The Shirts Shirts were given to us by our exchange partners, a ‘club’ t-shirt of sorts.

  14. Linett and Annika Giving their presentations on American food, all in German of course.

  15. Andreas and Dean attending class

  16. GAPP and Herder Students Making friends and enjoying a game of “Ninja”

  17. Welcome BBQ A group of GAPP students and Germans hanging out around the fire.

  18. Hanging out At a playground

  19. Meeting new kids at Lunch

  20. Visiting Magdeburg

  21. The Trips

  22. An imposing statue Part of the Völkerschlagsdenkmal

  23. The Human Hamster Wheel An exhibit at the Century Tower Elbauernpark

  24. Another demo... At the century tower

  25. An old-style German Windmill Part of the open air museum, a small town full of preserved German buildings

  26. This mural is made entirely of Meissen porcelain tiles!

  27. Annika and Bryan... Sitting in an old German style home, also in the open air Museum

  28. Harrison takes a picture Of the Hundertwasserhaus in Magdeburg.

  29. At a pebble beach on the Baltic Sea

  30. Students biking At Hiddensee

  31. Another tour... A tour of a newspaper facility

  32. An open air market... in Stralsund

  33. Out on the town. Some free time at the Lübeck marketplace.

  34. The bikes at Hiddensee A selection of bikes from Hiddensee, the resort island.

  35. The view at Hiddensee A view of one of the Hiddensee roads.

  36. A tour of a geological institute at the university of Halle Rocks...

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