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$17,000 German Immersion Foundation grant supports new math curriculum

The German Immersion Foundation, Inc. recently awarded a grant of $17,000 to support the new mathematics curriculum at the Milwaukee German Immersion School and the Milwaukee School of Languages.

Not only was a new math textbook introduced at MGIS this year, but the text chosen was written in German and has been used in Germany for several years. The German Immersion Foundation funds enabled teachers to participate in crucial planning and preparation over the summer so they could “hit the ground running” in September. The result was that teachers taught using the new textbook on day one, confident in the changes that were made. Because the same math program is used in sixth grade, the grant also helped fifth grade teachers at MGIS collaborate with sixth grade math teachers at MSL to make the transition for students from elementary to middle school easier.

“Being able to fund requests like this is exactly why the Foundation was established in the first place,” says Mike Carroll, German Immersion Foundation Board President. “This grant touches every student and teacher and makes the German programs at both schools that much stronger.”

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