Prep Exchange Students Senior Jake Blicharz. Junior Pat Kiesow, Seniors Sean Maguire, John O'Brien, Ryan Scherba, and Stanley Gasiewski, ‘07 make a traditional Prep pyramid in front of the Berlin W all.
Resting before their next site Juniors Bryan McTieman, Kenneth seeing tour, the German Exchange Slaski, Mathew Bender, Seniors led by Mr. James DeAngelo, ’85 John O'Brien, Ryan Scherba, Sean rest on the steps at the Reichstag. Maguire, Peter Drummond, Jake Blicharz, Ben Gomilla. '07. show their American Pride in front of the Berlin Wall.
T t ’s safe to say that Prep functions as a second home to most if not all of its students, I and in April 2007, the school provided warm-hearted hospitality to 25 German JL students. For the past twenty-two years, Clara-Fey Gymnasium has served as Prep's sister school in its bi-annual German Exchange. The Exchange commenced in the spring when 25 German students arrived at Grand & Warren to experience what American life is like. Mr. James DeAngelo '85 and Ms. Curry coordinated life in America for the German Exchange Students, going great lengths to provide a delightful and entertaining cultural experience to ooth German and American students. Besides accompany ing their American partners to classes, German students experienced American life by visiting Ellis island, attending day trips to New York, and an overnight /isit to Washington, D.C. Nevertheless, the Exchange would not be complete without a trip to the for eign country. At the end of July, Mr. DeAngelo and Mr. Grusneski, newlyippointed G erm an T each er and participant of the 2 0 0 1 ^ ^ ^ G e rm a n Exchange, led a group of 23 Prep students to Germany three-week excursion began with a week-long stay at the Canisius College in Berlin. Their visit to the country’s capital included visits to the Brandeburg Gate, the Bundestag, the Reichstagsgebaude, in other words, the White House of Germany, and the n of the Berlin Wall. The Prep group then traveled four hours across the country by train to reunite A dth their exchange partners in Schleiden. Due \ % n i r r m tfL , _o an early departure by Mr. DeAngelo, two new \ CofeL J members- Mr. Anthony Keating and his son William- \ ■ ■ L / oined the Prep group to finish their time in Germany. N. Throughout their visit, students had tested their German skills through multiple situations .^nging fr°m a McTjernan SenjorsJake Junior Bryan McTiernan, Seniors Jake simple family dinner, attending.classes only spoken B|icharz Peter Drummond, and Sean n German, water-skiing in the fcirrel Kegion, order- Maguire examine the city map of menuiy Ber|in Germany, mg a meal at McDonald's, and tying; in a friendly ey team. In match of basketball with the Clara-Fey up traveled addition to life in Schleiden, the group traveled to to cities such as Cologne, Trier, onn, and a mini-trip to Amsterdam.
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