accadis International School Bad Homburg donates three Smartboards to the Finnish School Association Frankfurt am Main e. V.
The international flair of the Frankfurt metropolis on the river Main and the surrounding regions attracts families from all over the world. Among them are numerous Finns who either live in and around "Mainhattan" for a limited time as "expats" or have moved their center of life here permanently. Many Finnish children contribute to the intercultural environment of the region by consolidating knowledge in their mother tongue in the Finnish School Association Frankfurt. accadis ISB supports the teaching with three smartboards, which association employees picked up in Bad Homburg on June 24, 2021.
Language diversity strengthens the region
"We are pleased to be able to support the non-profit association with our technology," says Professor Dr. Christoph Kexel, Managing Partner of accadis ISB. "From our school life, which is enriched by over 50 nationalities, we know how important it is to strengthen linguistic diversity and interculturalism."
Due to the pandemic, the smartboards will have to wait a while longer to be used. "We are longing for the day when we can switch from digital to face-to-face teaching in Wiesbaden, Bensheim and Frankfurt," says Inka Kuusela, President of the Finnish School Association. "With the accadis ISB smartboards, we can make on-site teaching even more interactive."
Learning Finnish since 1976
As the oldest native Finnish language school in Germany, the Finnish School Association Frankfurt am Main has been teaching Finnish students and Finnish children and young people temporarily residing in Germany since 1976. "Our instructors teach once a week in the afternoons," says Inka Kuusela. "In addition, our students meet their teachers for Finnish festivals, camps and workshops." The goal of the lessons is to develop the children's oral and written expression skills as well as their cultural identity. "Like accadis ISB, the association thus supports parents in the bilingual education of their children and helps to preserve the mother tongue in Finnish families living here," explains Professor Dr. Christoph Kexel. "We are honored to be involved in this."