At the end of June, the Concordia German Language School organized by the Concordia German Language Association celebrated another great school year and the many successes of our students this year at our annual School Potluck with perfect weather, lots of delicious food, and many good conversations.

Congratulations to

• all our students who participated in the A1 and A2 testing or passed their DSD 1 and DSD 2 examinations,
• our grade 12 alumni,
• our high school students who took part in this year’s Ontario German High School Contest and especially to Leander for bringing back to our school the Group 4 trophy and Sophie for winning the amazing Group 2 prize – a trip to a 2-week German language camp in Austria this summer sponsored by the Goethe Institute Toronto,
• Selina on participating in the Internationaler Vorlesewettbewerb @ Stiftung Buchkultur und Leseförderung,
• Leander on winning a spot on the jury of the Youth 4 German Cinema Festival San Francisco organized by the Goethe Institute,
• our A1 and A2 classes for participating in the ZfA-Videowettbewerb 2024 “Traumberufe”,
• and our Kinderchor Small Ensemble on winning 1^st place in the Kitchener-Waterloo Kiwanis Festival and the 1^st place in the Provincial Ontario Music Festival – group Small Ensembles 18 years and under.
  
  

Thank you to all our teachers, board members, and volunteers for their dedication and hard work, which make it possible for our school to thrive!

Thank you to the German Consulate in Toronto, the German government, and our Fachberater, Herrn Florian Nestmann, for their financial and educational support!

Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters for their continued support: the Concordia Club Kitchener, the Schiller Foundation, the German-Canadian Business & Professional Association Kitchener-Waterloo, and many others.

Special thanks to the Bread & Bretzel Basket Bakery in Waterloo for the yummy traditional Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte we enjoyed at our Year-End-Party!

Learn German in the Waterloo Region!

Concordia German Language Association offers German language classes for school-aged students and adult learners. All our classes are held in person on Friday evenings in Waterloo.

We offer German language testing and the DSD examinations for school-aged students.

Registration for the 2025/2026 school year is now open on our website:

www.LearnGermanWaterlooRegion.com

Or reach out by email to:

LearnGerman.WaterlooRegion@gmail.com


Have a great summer!
Schöne Sommerferien!