Congratulations to all 2008 Winners!!! Study Trip Awards. On the AATG National German Exam, 85 students in North Carolina scored above the 90th percentile as non-native speakers and without having spent more than two weeks in a German-speaking country, and were thus eligible to apply for one of the study trips. Of this group 15 (or 18% of those eligible) applied for a study trip. There were no applicants for the senior study trip this year, making the competition for the regular study trip that much more fierce. Our Testing Chair, Scott Denham, reviewed the written applications carefully and interviewed every applicant for about 15 minutes during a scheduled telephone interview. We could not be more pleased that, once again, North Carolina will be among those states sending a student to Germany. Please join us in congratulating Ryan Minster and his teacher, Susan David, of Mount Tabor High School for winning the regular study trip award.    ___________________________________________    The Duden Award is presented annually to an outstanding teacher to honor efforts and achievement in teaching German. This year’s recipient is Linda Horvath of Providence High School in Charlotte. We have so many great and dedicated teachers in North Carolina that this award is a difficult one to assign to only one of you. The decision was based on test participation (Linda had 93 students take the exam!), student achievement on the test (17% of those scored above the 90th percentile!), students applying for the study trips (6 of 15 applicants were Linda’s students!), and a secret consultation with the local Heinzelmännchen who live on the shelves behind the German literature books in the Davidson College library. Alle Achtung, Frau Kollegin!    ___________________________________________    The Langenscheidt Award is given annually for outstanding effort and achievement in the study of German. We're pleased to announce that Jesse Crouch, a German 3 student of Brigitte Woloszyn at Career Center, is the 2008 winner. Jesse is also a national alternate for the regular study trip to Germany. Congratulations to both!!    ___________________________________________    GLOW National German Achievement Award The new GLOW National German Achievement Award goes this year to NC’s highest-scoring German 4 student who has not been in a German-speaking country for more than two weeks. Evelyn Curtis, a student of Madeleine Schwartz at Leesville Road High School is our inaugural GLOW Award Winner. (GLOW stands for the German Language Opportunities Website. Have a look!) Congratulations, Evelyn!

In addition to the "Best Article Award in the German Quarterly" and the "Best Article Award in Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German," the following three awards are presented annually by the national office. Click here to download the Nominating Procedures for Awards. Please get involved!

AATG Outstanding German Educator Award

Up to three awards are presented annually to an AATG member who exemplifies excellence at his/her level of instruction (K-8; 9-12; college/university).


AATG Friends of German Award

Up to to two awards will be given, one to a German educator, and one to an individual or organization outside of the German teaching profession, Each award recognizes outstanding support for and promotion of German and the study of German at the local, regional, or national level.


Goethe-Institut/AATG Certificate of Merit

These awards are presented primarily to members of the teaching profession, although others who have furthered the teaching of German in schools in the United States, such as community members, business leaders, or political figures, have received these awards in the past.

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Study Trip Award

Award I: Prize winners (not graduating seniors) receive round-trip group transportation from New York to Germany, spend a month living in Germany, attend classes at an academic high school, and participate in various excursions to places of cultural significance.

Award II: Graduating seniors receive round-trip group transportation from New York to Germany, where they are placed in groups with international students. In addition to a home-stay program, they also attend special seminars in other locations within Germany.