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• ITALIAN for PRE-K - K (Advanced/Bilingual Age 3-5) CF25 "I PICCOLI"

  • Start
    13 Sep 2025
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    11:15 AM
  • End
    13 Dec 2025
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    12:15 PM
  • Location
    Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N, Suite 625 Minneapolis, MN 55401
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  Join us for a 60-minute, in-person, full-immersion lesson designed for preschool kids and kindergarteners who have previous exposure to Italian and the opportunity to hear Italian at home.

  These lessons will focus on vocabulary building and oral communication skills through interactive songs, stories, games, and imaginative play. We will also emphasize contemporary Italian culture, traditional holidays, and geography.

  After each lesson, families will receive an email summary of the topics and activities covered in class. This email will include links to the music, online games, or videos used in class, giving families the option to reinforce the material at home throughout the week. 

  Activity Book included!

  NOTE: NO classes on October 18 (MEA weekend) and November 29 (Thanksgiving weekend).
  

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• ITALIAN FOR EARLY ELEMENTARY (Advanced/Bilingual Age 6-9) CF25 "I MEDI"

  • Start
    13 Sep 2025
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    11:15 AM
  • End
    13 Dec 2025
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    12:15 PM
  • Location
    Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N, Suite 625 Minneapolis, MN 55401
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  Explore our engaging 60-minute in-person lessons, designed for early elementary school children (1st-3rd graders) who want to immerse themselves in the Italian language or who have Italian-speaking backgrounds at home.

  These sessions aim to boost students' confidence in speaking and listening comprehension while introducing them to fundamental reading and writing skills in Italian. Activities are diverse and include interactive elements such as singing, dancing, acting, role-playing, and educational games.

  Following each lesson, families will receive a comprehensive email summary detailing the topics and activities covered during class. Additionally, we provide tailored suggestions for supplementary materials to facilitate continued practice and reinforcement of learning throughout the week.

  Activity Book included!

  NOTE: NO classes on October 18 (MEA weekend) and November 29 (Thanksgiving weekend).

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• ITALIAN (Advanced/Bilingual Age 9-12) CF25 "I GRANDI"

  • Start
    13 Sep 2025
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    11:15 AM
  • End
    13 Dec 2025
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    12:15 PM
  • Location
    Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N, Suite 625 Minneapolis, MN 55401
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  Join our 60-minute, in-person, full-immersion Italian lesson designed for Upper Elementary and Middle School students with prior exposure to Italian or the opportunity to hear Italian at home.

  In this engaging course, students will:

  • Focus on vocabulary building and oral communication skills
  • Practice reading, writing, pronunciation, and spelling
  • Expand cultural competency

  Students will have a structured and progressive learning experience by engaging in dynamic activities while following an age-appropriate workbook. Our dynamic activities include role-plays, music, movement, games, and crafts, all conducted entirely in Italian. We also emphasize contemporary Italian culture, traditional holidays, and geography. 

  After each lesson, families will receive an email summary of the topics and activities covered in class. We will also provide suggestions and links for optional exercises to review and practice at home during the week.

  Use this link to purchase book, Espresso Ragazzi 1 with e-book access code.

  NOTE: NO classes on October 18 (MEA Weekend) and November 29 (Thanksgiving Weekend).
  

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• GRAMMATICA e CONVERSAZIONE! Accelerated Italian for Teens (Advanced/Bilingual Age 12+) CF25 "I TEEN"

  • Start
    13 Sep 2025
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    11:15 AM
  • End
    13 Dec 2025
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    12:15 PM
  • Location
    Traffic Zone Building 250 Third Avenue N, Suite 625 Minneapolis, MN 55401
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  Explore our engaging 60-minute, in-person, full-immersion lesson for high school students with previous exposure to Italian, or students who are bilingual in another romance language.

  Students will improve precision in their speaking and listening comprehension skills, build confidence in communicating with peers, expand their vocabulary and use of more complex grammar while deepening their cultural competency through comparisons informed by readings, writings, audio-visual media, and their own experiences. Discussions will be entirely in Italian and students will have the chance to engage with College-Board materials designed to prepare them for an eventual Italian AP Exam.

  Students will have a structured and progressive learning experience by engaging in dynamic activities and following an age and level-appropriate textbook. After each lesson, families will receive an email summary of the topics and activities covered in class, along with specific exercise suggestions to practice the material during the week.

  NOTE: NO classes on October 18 (MEA Weekend) and November 29 (Thanksgiving Weekend).

  Course fee does NOT include instructional materials. Please use this link to purchase book Espresso Ragazzi 1, incl. e-book access code.

  NEW ACCELERATED OPTION! This class offers an ACCELERATED OPTION in which students can reinforce and expand upon the previewed materials by practicing conversational communication skills in small groups with the instructor ONLINE via ZOOM during the week for 45 min. (day/time TBD!) This Accelerated Option can be purchased as a "Guest ticket" with the regular enrollment. Weekly Day/Time (for 8 sessions) will be agreed upon via email before the start of the semester.

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• Youth School PRANZO @ Punch Pizza!

  • When
    01 Nov 2025
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    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Punch Pizza "Northeast" - 210 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

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  ICC FAMILIES GATHER: FIRST SATURDAYS 

  Join us around noon (or right after class) for a family pranzo at Punch Pizza Northeast – 210 E Hennepin Ave (free parking in the adjacent lot).

  After class, ICC Youth School families and their guests can gather at Punch. Each family orders and pays individually, but we’ll do our best to save spots at the long center table so we can eat together.

  This is a monthly gathering on the first Saturday of every month—a chance to meet other parents, students, and extended families in a warm and friendly setting. The event itself is free; you simply cover what you order.

  We usually wrap up by 1:30 p.m. Some families like to continue their Saturday “in centro” by visiting the FREE Family Day at the Walker Art Museum. Kids’ crafts run until 3:00 p.m., and in the past we’ve gone together to enjoy the sculpture garden and sometimes the exhibits inside.

  We look forward to another year of ICC Youth School friendship and community—see you there!

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