What competitions exist for high school German students?
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Contact your local chapter of the AATG--the American Association of Teachers of German, and they should know what contests are in your area.  I took German in Texas and participated in State German Contest, Sprachfest, that sort of thing.  Try www.aatg.org
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1.  Post international comparative student average scores.\n2.  Post a spotlight brief story about a selected student each week with a very attractive photo of the student.  In a school that did this, the selected scholarly student's parents were asked two weeks in advance to write a brief bio about the student to add to the posted story. They called the posting the "Wrangler of the Week" in a Texas school.\n3.  Organize volunteers from your school to assist and judge at elementary schools' spelling bee competitions.  Organize fun spelling bee contests at your school for lunchtime fun.  Make such competitions as open and possible to win for ANY student as possible.\n4. Profile your school's academic competitions by inviting elected local, county and state officials to visit your school during lunchtime to mingle and encourage participation with everyone after they announce upcoming competitions at your school.  You would make all of this as easy for the visitor as possible.\n5. BEG non-competition participants to manage academic events, to do video, write press releases, to be academic clubs' ombudsmen. Appeal to their particular strengths, especially leadership, other than focus on their lesser academic talents.\n6. "Hire" an army of the students in your school who are loners.  Don't appeal to them in a group way.  Approach them by yourself individually in private and don't ask but give them small tasks that could really help you in your job.  Loners want to participate but not in giant ways and not in longterm ways. BUT, those who follow through, don't abandon them.  They would be hurt if you did not have another project for them to do right away after their first. Never approach them with your gaggle of friends along. Later, appeal to your army of right-hands to "hire" one or two other people of their chosing to assume small projects. Let the "chain-of-command" then go through your original army so that they have some autonomy.  Delegate and build an army of supporters.\n7. Volunteer academic groups to assist at other events to support other students.  Seek out as many of these "cross-overs" as possible to breed awareness and networking.\n8. Before competitive academic events, approach non-participants to be "cheerleaders", at least two per each competitor. Every participant, though, needs to be covered.  The cheerleaders responsibilities would be to make a poster supporting their "racehorse".  Use your "hired" army from above to provide support to the cheerleaders in such ways as assign a hired "trooper" to be responsible for getting poster materials most conveniently to the cheerleaders or to surprise them with homemade cookies or such.  Assign one "trooper" to just come up with ideas and means to support all the cheerleaders and give that person newer troopers to manage, so to say.  Do not assign you close friends to activities closest to you. Go out of your way to be fair and fun. Don't spoil it for even one person or the entire scheme spoils and collapses in no confidence with you or your motivations.\n9. Assign someone to write a sales pitch that several people could use to approach parents for money to fund your projects.  But, try to keep parents out of sight and not involved.  They tend to steal the thunder of younger people who are enjoying leadership opportunities.\n10. Establish some kind of "demonstration" event during lunchtime, perhaps, with each academic group in the school manning in full force tables in a long row with flyers (troopers can write them) and small demonstrations, awards, trophies, success stories and upcoming events about their group, like at a convention (attend one to see what I mean).  Provide goodie bags for the student body and have candy and little gifts and such for everyone to get at each table or "booth" as they stroll around checking
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Here you go, try this site:\nhttp://www.teenchallenge.com/
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check with the Goethe Institute they may have a student counselor who can help
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"Unlike institutions of higher education in other countries, German universities usually do not award grants as they do not have the necessary funding. However, some scholarships are available from various national organisations for exceptionally qualified candidates."\n\nMichael Foster Scholarship (Germany)\nEligibility: This award is available to citizens of Germany for study for a graduate degree at Oxford.\n\nDAAD-Graduate Scholarships for Study/Research in Germany\nELIGIBILITY-- US or Canadian citizen\n\nThe Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst offers scholarships from the protestant church of Germany for gifted students who wish to study in Germany.\n\nScholarships
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Yes, it can be very frustrating! I've entered each and every contest there is to ensure that I can have a flight ticket to Germany for the World Cup this year. Still have yet to win! :(
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There wasn't one - it was held in 1990 and 1994\n\nWest Germany won 1990 and Brazil won 1994
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Try checking the website out and reading the contest rules.  \n\nGood Luck with it =)
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It varies by state somewhat. You must be in school until age 16 no matter which of the three routes through secondary school you choose (or are placed in at grade 5)\n\nHauptschule-- finish at grade 8 or 9, and then Berufschule/apprenticeship of some sort. (lowest academic level) factory, skiled trades\nRealschule-- finish at grade 10 and then a Berufschule; some extra education, but not college--pre-school teacher, accountant, landscape architect (mittlere Reife)\nGymnasium (highest academic standard, prepares for university)finish at grade 12 (in the former East states--may eventually spread all over) or more traditionally grade 13.  Also must get a good score on high school leaving exam (Abitur).\nStudents in grades 5-6 are in one of the three types of secondary schools, but I understand that switching at that point is fairly easy. (In grade 5 the placement is understood to be provisional) I understand that it is possible to switch from a Realschule to a Gymnasium after grade 10, but it is not easy. There are a few comprehensive schools where all three types of secondary schools are in one building.\n\nNative Germans, please excuse any errors I may have made.  This is from information in textbooks I have used teaching German over many years.
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There are a lot of competition.
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there is a yahoo world cup program. if u invite friends and colect points in yahoo answers u may get a free trip to germany. if u like to know more about that visit yahoo world cup.
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Visit your local high-school.
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in-house competitions are always good. my team runs them once a week, with the winner having an all expense paid for lunch.\n\nalternatively i know other ppl tend to put up small prizes for grabs such as a free trip to the hair dressers etc.
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Have you tried signing up for the Maths Olympiad that is held on the National Level in most countries, the winner of will represent the country in an international competition?
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check out the schools on Hi5 and myspace, they maybe able to help you find some
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No, but contact the university.  They have a good German department and surely one of the advanced students would be happy to earn some extra Geld.
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French in high school and German in college.