Kirjailijat - Finnish Language Program ages 9-14 Saturdays 2024-2025

~ Class description: The students in this group advance their Finnish language skills together with their peers in a creative and encouraging environment.

The gain a better understanding of Finnish culture, geography and history through experiential learning with games, activities and conversations. They challenge themselves with reading comprehension and creative writing, as well as practicing Finnish grammar.

The class works as a complement to Finnish as a home language. The child should understand Finnish upon enrollment and have some basic writing skills in Finnish.

Class will meet twice a month, generally every other week, 9 times in the fall, 10 times in the spring.

~ Teacher: Aliisa Lampinen

~ Day/time: Saturdays 12:00 - 1:45 pm.

Dates for Fall 2024: 8/24, 9/1, 9/7, 9/21, 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, 11/16, 12/14.

Dates for Spring 2025: 1/11, 1/25, 2/8, 2/28, 3/8, 3/22, 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, 5/17.

~ September 16: Supporting Multilingualism parent meeting and virtual workshop: This school year we're excited to announce a virtual parent meeting & workshop, focused on Supporting Multilingualism. Your participation is greatly valued, and we kindly request at least one parent to attend the workshop on Monday September 16. The workshop is included in the school year tuition.

This program receives a grant annually from Suomi-Seura Finland for all of its students. The grant covers for some of the program costs, and is accounted in the program prizing.

Classes are limited to 10 children per class and will be filled in the order of registration.

For any questions, contact Monika Stahler at [email protected]

Host or Publisher Scandinavian School in San Francisco