If you have any questions regarding classes beyond the information below, please direct them to Uta Habbig. Should you have questions regarding payment, please reach out to Tanja Schmitz.
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:
THE BELOW POLICIES ARE MANDATORY READING. PLEASE REVIEW EVERYTHING THOROUGHLY BEFORE REGISTERING YOUR CHILD FOR OUR PROGRAMMING.
1. Payment and registration (note: these are now TWO SEPERATE PROCESSES) will have to be completed by August 22 for in-person classes (NO EXCEPTIONS). Payments will continue to be made via the USTORE, but registration will be made via an NYU rgeistration link. YOU MUST FILL OUT THIS REGISTRATION LINK IN ORDER TO ACCESS DEUTSCHES HAUS AT NYU OR ANY OF ITS COURSES (BOTH REMOTE OR IN-PERSON). Should the USTORE be ready before the link is available, you may pay for the course, and once the registration link is ready, an email will be sent to you with the registration link.
2. Once registered, in-person students will then be prompted to submit their vaccination record (two vaccine doses and a booster are required - all must be acquired 14 days before the start of our programming). Students will further be asked to fill out a few forms and prompted to set up their NYU net ID and submit a photo for an NYU ID card (the latter is only required by in-person students), which will grant them access into our building.
3. A daily screener (provided after acceptance into the database), will have to be filled out every class day BEFORE entering Deutsches Haus at NYU for class. Someone will be checking for these screeners at the front desk. The daily screener will require proof of vaccination to grant access. Unvaccinated students will be required to provide a PCR test result that is less than 72 hours from the class date. HOWEVER, PCR tests can take up to 5 processing days within the screener, so entrance may not be guaranteed. If your child is not vaccinated, we highly recommend you select our remote programming instead.
4. Release forms will have to be signed by every single parent/guardian and submitted before the first day of class (NO EXCEPTIONS - this includes those attending remote classes). Your child will be barred from class and no refund will be offered should these not be signed and submitted by the parent/gaurdian on time. These forms will be sent out once a class meets the minimum number of registrants.
5. Masks are mandated.
6. Parents and guardians are no longer allowed to enter or wait inside Deutsches Haus at NYU for their child's class to end.
7. Deutsches Haus at NYU reserves the right to return any slated in-person class back to remote. A return to remote is NOT grounds for reimbursement, refund, or credit.
8. Any failure to comply with the above guidelines will disqualify the payee of the class from receiveing any reimbursement or credit and will bar the registered child from entering their class.
Remote classes will be synchronous virtual sessions on Zoom that will incorporate: book readings, song singing, worksheets, a sharing time (to spur discussion amongst the children in German) and other playful activities. As such, please be respectful of class time and strive for punctuality.
Instruction will be contingent on NYU's, New York State's, and federal health regulations and policies that may impact the way the term can operate.
Toddler Class (ages 3-4)
This class teaches children to interact with the language by playing games, making crafts, singing songs, and storytelling. These activities supplement our standard German kindergarten activities especially learning the concepts of same and different, size, opposites, left and right, numbers, colors and more. Seasonal topics are also incorporated into the lesson plan.
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Primary Class (ages 5-6)
This class teaches children to learn and practice German through playful activities that encourage the kids to communicate in German. The curriculum is filled with activities that encourage language and literacy development in young children, e.g. rhythmic games, playing with syllables and letters. Reading and writing is introduced through games and other supplemental learning materials.
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Lower Elementary (ages 7-8)
This class teaches children to focus on conversation, expand their vocabulary and work on Grammar, as well as reading and writing in German. Reading and writing is introduced within the learning topic. Other supplemental learning materials are supporting the reading and writing development as well.
Lower Elementary Tuesdays 5pm - 6pm IN-PERSON
Required Material: Tinto 2 Arbeitsbuch
USTORE LINK AND NYU REGISTRATION LINK
Elementary (ages 9-10)
This class focuses on conversation. A strong literary component also ensures that the students not only listen, speak and play in German, but read and write, as well as work on grammar. The topics are chosen according to children's interests to provide a fun yet educational environment similar to schools in Germany.
Elementary Wednesdays 4pm - 4:50pm REMOTE
Required Material: Tinto 3 Arbeitsbuch
USTORE LINK AND NYU REGISTRATION LINK
Upper Elementary I (ages 11-12) and II (ages 12-13)
This class is for students who are already communicating well, but need to work on grammar and orthography. Students will apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections and they will read and comprehend unfamiliar words using root words, synonyms, antonyms, word origins and derivations.
Upper Elementary I Wednesdays 5pm - 5:50pm REMOTE
Required Material: Tinto 4 Arbeitsbuch
USTORE LINK AND NYU REGISTRATION LINK
Teenager (13-15)
Through the various reading of different stories and hands-on activities, students will make inferences, draw conclusions, compare and contrast, summarize stories, use context clues and establish purposes for reading. We will also focus on thinking and integrating the language process to help students improve their written communication skills.
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