Welcome to the Paynesville High School Foreign

  Language Home Page    

Mr. Wilkes contact Information / Bio and School Schedule

Mrs. Gaebe's schedule

This page is continuously being developed to help the Foreign Language students at Paynesville Area High School with their classes and to inform their parents about what is happening in the classroom.  Click on links to go to the specific Foreign Language web sites.

Paynesville High School German Home Page 

Paynesville High School Spanish Home Page 

Follow the links below to get calendar updates for the Paynesville Foreign Language classes:

Calendar of all of Mr. Wilkes German and Spanish classes, extra credit opportunities, cultural holidays and events.

                              German 1       German2       German 3      8th Grade German 1st QTR 

8th Grade German 2nd QTR       8th Grade German 3rd QTR       8th Grade German 4th QTR  

Mr. Wilke's Spanish 3 & 4

Syllabus

Follow this link to view class syllabuses for Mr. Wilkes classes for the 2011-2012 school year 

Importance of Foreign Language in our society

U.S. Global competence Home Page

Video 1 on U.S. Global Competence need in Foreign Languages 

Video 2 on U.S. Global Competence need in Foreign Languages 

Field Trips

Language Day at the University of Minnesota

Paynesville students will not be attending Language Day at the University of Minnesota on Tuesday, May15th 2012 for the 2011 / 2012 school year.  Students have an opportunity to take a variety of different classes and experience the University of Minnesota campus.  The bus will leave the High School at 6:30 a.m. and should return by 3:30p.m.(barring traffic)  The cost is $16.  The students will need to bring money for lunch. Parents interested in being chaperones should contact Mr. Wilke or Mrs. Gaebe at the High School. 

Festival of Nations

Paynesville students will not be attending Festival of Nations on Friday, May 4th, 2012 for the 2011 / 2012 school year.  The bus will leave the High School at 7:15 a.m. and should return by 3:30p.m.(barring traffic)  The cost is $20.  Students will be reponsible to bring money for lunch and souveniers.  Parents interested in being chaperones should contact Mrs. Gaebe at the High School. 

German Day at the Zoo

Paynesville German students will be attending German Day at the Zoo  and visit a German Restaurant Gasthof Zur Gemütlichkeit on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 for the 2011 / 2012 school year.  The bus will leave the High School at 7:15 a.m. and should return by 3:30p.m.(barring traffic)  The cost is $20 for the Zoo and $17.50 for the Restaurant.  German 3 and 4 students may have presentations to do at the zoo.   Parents interested in being chaperones should contact Mr. Wilke at the High School. 

Deutschfest

Deutschfest is a competion and a celebration of German between about 1200 - 2000 German students held at Saint John's University.  Students compete in various categories.  This years event will be on Friday, April 13th, 2012 or April 20th, 2012.  The cost is $8.  Students have the option to bring their own lunch or purchase a lunch buffet for $7.  After lunch we will be visiting a German Artisan Bakery before returning to school.  Parents interested in being chaperones should contact Mr. Wilke at the High School. 

Ulm Exchange

We are currently looking for host Families for German students from our sister school in ULM Germany.  There will be 24 students and 2 instructors visiting us from August 31st, 2012 to September 17th 2012 (about 2 1/2 weeks). Please contact Mr. Wilke if you would like to host or would like to have a chance to meet them.

Host Family Volunteers

Paynesville students and their families have an opportunity to host foreign students throughout the school year for different lengths of time.  If you or your family are interested in hosting please contact Mr. Wilke.  Here is a list of the companies that the Paynesville Foreign Language department has worked with:  Friendship Connection (30 day visit with students coming only from Germany) , ASSE (Students worldwide visit for a semester or a full year), ISE (Students worldwide visit from 3 weeks, a semester or 1 year.  Students can also receive $ credit towards their German trip)

Helpful Websites for all languages (Go to the German or Spanish Web pages for language specific links)

Need help with your project or research paper. This website will help guide you through the process. 

Berlin Wall Anniversary Informational web page

Berlin Wall Anniversary Informational by Frankfurter Rundschau (German Newspaper) 

Vocabulary links and Games 

Verb conjugation site (Will conjugate verbs in many tenses)

QUIA Foreign Language testing site as well as games for students for multiple subject areas