New to German

Students coming into kindergarten or first grade do not need to already understand or speak German. TCGIS offers extra German support to students starting in the second grade, all the way up to 8th grade.

This extra support, called DaF (Deutsch als Fremdsprache), or German as a foreign language, offers:

Small group instruction in 20-minute increments two to four times a week.
Curriculum tailored to each individual group, depending on the classroom curriculum and the students' needs.

Once a student in the DaF program has achieved German proficiency, they are able to exit the program.

We also encourage incoming students in grades 3-8 to take advantage of Saturday classes offered by the Germanic-American Institute. Scholarships for these courses are available from the GAI. TCGIS is also able to offset or cover the cost of GAI courses as needed, as well as online courses through the Goethe-Institut for interested students.

We acknowledge and appreciate that TCGIS is located on Waȟpékhute (wah-PEH-koo-tay) Dakota traditional, ancestral, and contemporary homeland, near Lake Medewaka, in the land now known as Minnesota (Mni Sota Makoce). Read our full TCGIS Indigenous Land Acknowledgement here.

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Hours

Office Hours
School Year: Mon.-Fri. 8:00am-4:00pm
Summer: Mon.-Fri.
9:00am-12:00pm

Contact

Phone: 651.492.7106
Fax: 651.330.2270
Email: info@tcgis.org

Address

1031 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55103

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Authorizer:
University of St. Thomas
2115 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
tmoffatt@stthomas.edu
Phone: 651-962-4372