Janie Barner, a retired Rochester Adams High School teacher who recently traveled to Germany and Austria to do volunteer work, will share her experiences teaching German to Syrian refugees. For her work, she received the German-American Friendship Award by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago.

 

Janie grew up in Holt, Michigan and while attending the University of Michigan, started learning German.  She fell in love with the language and culture, first traveling to Germany during her junior year.  She has a Bachelor’s Degree in German and Political Science.  After graduating, she returned to Germany to work for Ford Motor Company and spent 3 ½ years in Germany.  She returned to Michigan to get a Master’s Degree in Teaching and then taught German for 25 years at Rochester Adams High School.  Her husband Reimund is from Germany and they live in Rochester Hills.  While teaching Janie also ran an Exchange Program with a German Gymnasium.  Janie and Ray retired in 2015 and have been traveling both nationally and internationally, volunteering and exploring.  They also do a lot of work for the Red Cross locally.

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