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Meet Frau Templeton, our New German Teacher!

Last year, many of McClatchy’s German students were saddened to learn that longtime German teacher Frau Rice was retiring. Frau Rice has given the role of German teacher and control of McClatchy’s German program to Frau Templeton.
Fans of the German club’s bratwurst sales and Christmas market will be glad to hear that Frau Templeton plans to keep these parts of the German program. “My teaching style may be a little different than the previous teacher, Frau Rice, but otherwise, we will still have German club, Oktoberfest, Christkindlesmarkt, and go on the field trips, so nothing really changes there,” she said.
Speaking of Frau Rice, Frau Templeton had many good things to say about her predecessor, “I have known her for many years. We used to go to trainings together. I think she is an amazing teacher. She is such a caring person, always there for her students. She just loves the language.”
Before coming to McClatchy, Frau Templeton had taught at several other schools. When asked about how McClatchy is compared to her previous schools, she said “The building is amazing, I’ve never worked in a school with such a beautiful campus.” She also said that the school’s appearance reminded her of a “typical American high school movie.”
Frau Templeton had some things to say to this year’s German Students: “I love German, being German, I am a native speaker, I love teaching about my culture and my language… It’s always hard, being the new one, because you are being compared to the previous teacher. You may not know it, but I am shy… it’s not the easiest thing, to go in front of 170 new students and introduce myself.” She hopes students “will get used to my teaching style, and who I am,” and that they will enjoy her German course.
Although members of the German class and club may miss Frau Rice, it seems that the German program is in good hands with Frau Templeton.