Precious Pilots Perform

The Pilot classes sang two French songs, "Frere Jacques" and "J'aime Maman" to adoring mothers last Friday morning for Calvert's Mother's Day Tea. Felicitations on a job well done!

What's the Weather?

7th Agers have finished their French books about weather. As you can hear below from one of our 7th Age girls, students have learned how to read all of the pages outloud, including a special Mother's Day poem on the last page. Enjoy this special gift from your 7th Ager.

Marvelous Madeleines

Enthusiastic 9th Ager shares his homemade Madeleine cookies with fellow classmates in French class. Bon Appetit!

Bienvenue Baptiste

Three of the 9th age classes were visited last week by Baptiste, a French exchange student currently attending Park School. Baptiste is also working at Calvert as an intern for the Phys Ed department. Prompted by their questions, Baptiste told the students about where he lives in France (in the country, on a vineyard), when he started learning English (age 7), his favorite American food (hamburger), his favorite color (red), his typical breakfast in France (coffee, bread, and cereal), his usual dinner time (7:00), his best friend's name (Etienne), his girlfriend status (none at the moment), and differences between the States and France "the cars are smaller in France, the houses look different, the French take longer to enjoy their meals, ... American people are really nice. "

Quite the Queue

9th Age students enthusiastically wait in line each morning to sing a traditional French Canadian song called "A la Claire Fontaine" to Madame Cooke. What a great way to start the day! (Take a look at Mrs. William's and Mr. Howe's blog to see and hear our classy French singers.)

Wonderful Weather

In the 7th Age we have been busily working on making a French book called Mon Livre de Temps (My Weather Book.) Students have learned how to read all of the weather expressions in their books and are now working on learning to recite a French poem which will be on the last page. Be on the look out for this special French book . . . coming to a home near you in May.

Fantastique French Towns

The 9th Agers recently finished creating their imaginary French towns in class. Four to five students worked together designing two or more French buildings for their town. This experience taught them new vocabulary in a fun, hands-on way.