Guten Tag! On Thursday October 6, 2011 the eighth grade students of the Glacier team participated in an afternoon German event created by Frau Karen Pearson. What started out as a pre-event havoc, turned out to be one of the most memorable German Luncheons as told by Frau, herself. The whole tradition started out well over nearly 30 years ago when one of Mrs. Pearson’s 2nd period students brought in German hotdogs from a specialty food shop called Ehmer’s German Butcher. “It wasn’t the best idea to eat hotdogs in the morning,” said Frau, but it certainly sparked an idea to have a German Luncheon.
On the sixth of October, the Glacier Team students all had an extraordinary day at the Luncheon. With so much delicious food to choose from, it’s no wonder they were all full from lunch! The Glacier team was asked to bring in any food item of their choice to make the event extra spectacular. Frau had said that she never saw so much food brought in that was actually German rather than American. From cookies and cakes to soup and potato candy, the choices were endless. In addition, the students brought in $5.00 for their meal which included a hotdog and Kaiser roll along with their choice of a drink. In the end, all the students had a blast eating the food. Watch out seventh graders, you won’t regret going to German in eighth grade (except on test days!)
By: Purna Ahasan and Alyssa Amadore
