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Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 10:17:02 -0800
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Attached the reminder of today's Open House at the German American
International School, http://www.germanamericanschool.org/ , in Menlo
Park. All are welcome. Note the presentation on the challenges in
bilingual education of our children.
For address and directions, visit
http://www.germanamericanschool.org/english/contact.html
regards
Axel
Axel Merk
Merk Investments
http://www.merkinvestments.com/
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GERMAN-AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Welcome to our Euro-Campus
Open House
1pm 4 pm, Saturday, January 24, 2004
Program
7 1 pm 3 pm presentations featuring
- Complete German immersion program
(Preschool 8th Grade)
- New French immersion full-time pre-K program and afternoon
program
7 3 pm 4 pm presentation from our speakers forum Minds without
Borders featuring
expert speaker Sylvia Ford9 on Challenges in Bilingual Education
German-American International School
275 Elliott Drive, Menlo Park
www.germanamericanschool.org
Admission is free. Sylvia Ford9 is the Coordinator of Parents Place
Express in Palo Alto and has been the noted speaker at several PAMP
Mothers Club sessions on topics like brain
development and implications for limit setting. She earned her B.A. in
Liberal Studies from SFSU, and has a Masters Degree in Education with
a specialty in early
childhood. After teaching preschool for almost a decade, Sylvia has
worked with Parents Place for over 10 years, providing education and
support services for parents
and teachers of young children. In addition, Sylvia teaches Early
Childhood Education at Skyline College in San Bruno.
Early childhood is an excellent time to promote second language
acquisition. Learn about the windows of opportunity created by learning
more than one language and explore ways to help children retain and
build on the languages they are learning.
Discussion will include information on the key aspects to multilingual
success and what to expect in terms of childrens development.
Whatever your goals for bilingualism may be, we welcome you to
participate in the question and answer session on bilingual
education.
Quiet nursing infants are welcome to the event. Free babysitting is
available on campus during Sylvia Fords presentation.
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