The Success of the Saturday Morning French School
Saturday, September 12, 2015 was the back to school for EFGH classes Memorial Elementary School, 6401 Arnot St, Houston 77007, our new single location. A ribbon cutting ceremony, organized to launch the "Saturday Morning French School", allowed our community to meet, share, and realize that they are part of the "EFGH Family".
15 teachers and 9 dedicated assistants, motivated and animated by the same passion for the French language welcomed 162 students, aged 4-18 years old, divided into classes based on their age and French level. Among them, 129 follow the French Language Program (FLAM) whereas 33 follow the French Foreign Language Program (FLE).
Our Administrative Team (Christelle Wojciak, Claire Ichanjou, Sabrina Brossard, Michel Nerrant) and Curriculum Coordinators (Sonia Lelarge, Isabelle Bonis et Lisbeth Mauger), and our teachers have done everything possible in the months prior to the back to school to welcome students, answer the parents' questions and provide quality education. Thank you all!
Special thank you to Julie’s French Pastries and Paris Je t’aime bakery for donating the pastries on the first day of school!
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Representatives of EFGH; French consulate and Memorial Elementary School are cutting the ribbon to launch the Saturday Morning French School.
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Summer Camp 2015, French Immersion Accomplished!
In June and July, for the second consecutive year, EFGH organized its French Immersion Summer Camp. For five weeks, the Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart welcomed 134 children, aged 5 to 10 years old. Under the direction of Marie Crespel and supervised by French counselors, the children were immersed in the French language and French culture through multiple activities and games based on a new theme every week.
Through Harry Potter's world, between magic potion and astronomy, our sorcerer's apprentices sorciers have graduated from the School of Magicians. During the second week, they mixed stories of wolves, Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs. Afterwards they wrote their own story and presented it in a puppet show. As budding detectives, the children then went to the discovery of Paris to solve the riddle of the disappearance of the Eiffel Tower. The fourth week, transformed into superheroes, they crafted their own costume, discovered their great power and ultimately created their own comic. To end of summer, they went on the discovery of the 5 continents in 5 days: manufacturing their means of transportation, the little explorers studied different landscapes, animals, cooking and smells of the world.
All the kids loved the relaxed, creative and playful environment exclusively in French that EFGH provided!
Thank you to Marie Legeay who created the 5 week program, to Marie Crespel and the whole Counselors Team (especially Sandra Blackmun, Jessica Llorca and Théo Dumothier present on all 5 weeks) for making this summer camp experience that we long to renew.
Thank you to Jean-François Bonneté, Consular Consellor, and to Frédéric Lefèbvre, Parliamentary Deputy representing French in North America, for the grant that allowed us to set up our summer camp.
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The sorcerer's apprentices have graduated in School of Magicians!
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Save the Date for the Christmas Fair
EFGH and Houston Accueil, two major associations offering mutual assistance to the French community in Houston, join their forces this year to set up the traditional French Christmas Fair. Save the dates: Friday 4th and Saturday 5th December 2015 from 10:00am to 4:00pm in Memorial Drive Lutheran Church to discover volunteers' artcrafts: pastries and sweets, embroidery and sewing creations, Christmas ornaments, jewelry, cards...
All proceeds will be donated to EFGH for the rental of classrooms, the purchase of equipment and scholarly materials, and scholarships. Come in numbers to participate to the party! Your precious help will contribute vital funding to the sustainability of EFGH and the French classes.
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Come in numbers to the great Christmas Fair on December the 4th and 5th to support the fundraising donated to EFGH projects!
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