presents
German High School Day 2011 Wednesday, March 9
Program 9:00-9:30 Arrival Students proceed to Illinois Room B in Student Center East 9:30-9:45 Welcome Welcome: David Weible, Head, Department of Germanic Studies Welcome: Astrida Tantillo, Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 9:45-11:00
9:45-11:00 9:45-11:00
A7 10:00-11:00
For Participants in Competitions City Guide Monarch Room Culture Essay Illinois Room C Poetry Cardinal Room Skits Illinois Room B Spelling Bee White Oak Room Other Activities Games Raluca Kim & Mihail Tsvetkov (Fort Dearborn Room) Classroom Visits GER 102 – Beginning German II 10:00-10:50 Christina Mekonen LC A3 GER 103 – Intermediate German I 10:00-10:50 Michelle Reyes LC Campus Tour Given by Office of Admissions
9:45-11:00 For Teachers Discussion with Professor Weible
Thank You College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIC Department of Germanic Studies’ Faculty and Graduate Students, UIC School of Literatures, Cultural Studies, and Linguistics, UIC Consulate General of Austria Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Consulate General of Switzerland Dank-Haus Chicago Goethe-Institut Chicago Office of Admissions and Records Administration, UIC Rail Europe Danyel Boliaux, Lake Zurich High School, First Place, Cover Art
Participating Schools Crystal Lake Central High School (Karen McCann) Glenbrook South High School (Laura Fraser) Lake Zurich High School (Eva Ittner & Andrew Ziarnik) Lycée Français de Chicago (Eva Hoeckner) Maine East High School (Rogelio Cabrera) Maine South High School (Margaret Wolf) Maine West High School (Rogelio Cabrera) Niles North High School (Lydia Ronning & Sara Shuster) Niles West High School (Josef Neumayer, Caroline Ahearn, Natalie Bartl, Lydia Ronning, & Sara Shuster) Oak Park and River Forest High School (Carol Ewald) Oswego East High School (Anna Hog) Oswego High School (Anna Hog) Prairie Ridge High School (Ninja Nagel) Riverside Brookfield High School (Patricia Reaves)
11:00-12:00 Lunch Lunch can be purchased in the Inner Circle, located on the second floor of Student Center East. 12:00-1:00 Final Rounds Everyone will assemble in the Illinois Room B for final rounds in Poetry, Skits, Culture Essay, and City Guide. Introduction of Judges by Professor Weible Onno Hückmann, Consul General Consulate General of Germany Joanne McAllister, Cultural Attachée Consulate General of Austria Liliane Ackle, Project Coordinator Consulate General of Switzerland Katja Fullard, Language Department Director & Deputy Director Goethe-Institut Chicago Roma Schultz, Language Consultant Goethe-Institut Chicago David Weible, Head Department of Germanic Studies, UIC 1:00-1:15
Awards Ceremony
1:30
Departure
Note: A representative from the Office of Admissions will be available near the Illinois Room A entrance to provide information about UIC.
City Guide (Monarch Room)
Spelling Bee Cont.
Judges: Kristina Förster and Katarzyna Kowalczyk Crystal Lake Central HS
Niles North HS
Riverside/Brookfield HS
18. Helen VanderGriend
22. Karl Jantze
1. Jessica Piekarski
9. Isaac Ishak
19. Madeline Lyons
Glenbrook South HS
Andreas Otil
Prairie Ridge HS
2. Joey Gordon Yianni Karatasios Maine East HS 3. Samuel Ratner 4. Monika Kolakowski
10. Emma Eschker
20. Alli Brachmann
Niles West HS
21. Neelesh Nath
11. Ruby Ladrido
Video Werbespot
Susanna Montoya-Quinchia 12. Mario Sivric
Maine South HS
Filip Zivkovic
5. Marci Kleeman
Oak Park and River Forest HS
6. Allyson Stevens
13. Sarah Blobaum
Maine West HS
14. Sarah Felodman
7. Jakub Oleksy
Prairie Ridge HS
8. Jessica Bartalone
15. Rachel York
Eindrücke von Amerika Crystal Lake Central HS
Niles West HS
1. Wiebke Pittack-Puls
5. Mathis Dedial
2. Stefanie Wohlfarth
Oak Park and River Forest HS
Lake Zurich HS
6. Marie Bay
3. Ines Pfab
Prairie Ridge HS
Maine South HS
7. Alexandra Baumann
4. Michael Eckert
Oak Park and River Forest HS
Lake Zurich HS 1. Jerry Bauer Jimmy Bohn Nate Holicky Zach Johnson Maine South HS 2. Lydia Ramsey Allison Lifton Samantha Petkofski Stephanie Sremac Niles North HS 3. Ari Fowler Mia Trais Georgia Christus
23. Michael Hornung
Niles West HS 4. Aaron Snowsky Robert Marohn Prairie Ridge HS 5. Jake Walker Chris Fieber
Culture Essay (Illinois Room C)
Skit Cont. Oswego District 308 HS
Riverside Brookfield HS
7. Gilbert Botham
Judges: Professor Rott and Adam Gacs
9. Tatiana Reaves
Crystal Lake Central HS
Niles West HS
Thomas Stastny
1. Allison Dunal*
6. Irum Tariq
Prairie Ridge HS
Paul Kraus
2. Samantha Krysh
8. Anya Kremer
Cayla Cerny
Lake Zurich HS
7. Yuliya Semibratova*
Amanda Schmidtbauer
3. David Ross*
Prairie Ridge HS
Ben Johnson
Maine South HS
8. Kurtis Stefan
Kurt Schachtschneider
4. Joyce Hanck*
Riverside Brookfield HS
Nate Ott
Niles North HS
9. Robin Jensen*
Becca Senft
Evan Klepitsch
Oak Park and River Forest HS
5. Michael Rowen*
Spelling Bee (White Oak Room)
* = Participant in Oral Competition Round
Judges: Professor Loentz and Veronika Roth Crystal Lake Central HS
Maine South HS
Cover Art
1. Cody Barlas
10. Paul Ansani
Crystal Lake Central HS
Glenbrook South HS
11. Thomas Hader
1. Jessica Piekarski
2. Laura Mosteller
9. Daniela Cicio
2. Erica Howell
Oswego District 308 HS
3. Tom Neuman
12. Sarah Gangl
Lake Zurich HS
10. Michelle Segarra-Rivera
Lake Zurich HS
13. Melissa Cerniak
3. Laura Ekl
Prairie Ridge HS
4. David Crisler
Niles North HS
4. Melissa Uhl
11. Aaron Magnuson
5. Jon Gaide
14. Isaac Park
5. Danyel Boliaux
Lycée Français de Chicago
15. Daniel Weldon
Maine South HS
6. Elise Seigenthaler
Niles West HS
6. Thomas Bakken
7. Kyle Olsen
16. Vikram Shah
7. Kristina Wagner
Maine East HS
17. Steven Czajkowski
Niles North HS
8. Sean Foley
Maine West HS
Niles West HS
9. Ryann Lynn
8. Dan Egan
Riverside Brookfield HS 12. Cayla Cerny 13. James Landahl
Skit (Illinois Room B)
Poetry (Cardinal Room) Judges: Kym Lanzetta and Miglena Nikolova
Judges: Ekaterina Pirozhenko and Derek Schaefer
Crystal Lake Central HS
Niles North HS
Crystal Lake Central HS
Niles North HS
1. Savanna Van Kessel
15. Marianne Leber
1. Christian Hoover
4. Annemarie Reid
2. Emily Parrent
16. Anja Toledo
Emily Parrent
Dawid Szmigielski
Glenbrook South HS
Niles West HS
Joanna Bodigor
Dan Chung
3. Sean Lawrence
17. Erin Balke
Ashley Funk
Anja Toledo
4. Josh Raebel
18. Becca Levy
Ryann Billiterri
Nitesh Patel
Lake Zurich HS
Oak Park and River Forest HS
Amy Mullard
Marianne Leber
Brett Llewelyn
George Vail
5. Evan Anderson 6. Marli Jorn Lycée Français de Chicago
19. Emma Binns 20. Audrey Roen Oswego District 308 HS
Nate Gordon Lake Zurich HS 2. Lydia Czaja
5. Heather Funai Gregory Fil
7. Lars Anderson
21. Becca Senft
8. Dominique Lufrano
Prairie Ridge HS
Dan Euker
Morgan Gstalter
Maine East HS
22. Anneliese Henderson
Stephanie Henderson
Krista Dawson
Dylan Canada
Michelle Kar
9. Mariam Ahmad
23. Kathleen Lebar
10. Bridget Murphy
Riverside Brookfield HS
Morgan Mowbray
Maine South HS
24. Cassidy Fritsch
Rob Nemec
11. Christina McGuire
25. Kathleen Maxwell
12. Heather Steiner
Maine South HS 3. Paul Ansani
Ryan Sison Oak Park and River Forest HS 6. Mark Carioscio Karl Bergholz
Maine West HS
Michael Dobben
Jessica Mindrum
13. Isabella Koeck
Joyce Hanck
Wali Mbekeani
14. Zachary Clark
Anna Kinell
Colin Krueger
Katherine Kinell
Isobel Monoghan
Thomas Siwek Nathan Wolf
Niles West HS