tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25187121668421612552024-03-13T13:05:13.614-04:00L'Ecole Française du MaineFrench Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17051710017440972221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1408125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518712166842161255.post-1676725854787440412019-06-13T09:43:00.000-04:002019-06-13T09:43:03.260-04:00Les sablés <div _mce_style="text-align: left; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" align="left" style="caret-color: rgb(64, 63, 66); color: #403f42; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
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Marie and Dasha are at it again... They planned another exciting adventure for our Early Childhood students! Apparently, the classroom mascot, 'Lucie la souris' had not yet explored the entire L'Ecole Francaise du Maine interior and exterior space. Our students had a challenge of showing Lucie special areas of the school. First, students were given picture clues and had to figure out the location of the photo. When they found the object that was pictured, they discovered a smaller photo of the same object that they had to bring back to the classroom to show the mascot. This activity was a blast! </div>
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French Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17051710017440972221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518712166842161255.post-83900530687320189702019-06-12T09:41:00.000-04:002019-06-12T09:41:00.572-04:00Trip to South Africa<img _mce_src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/7bb46b83501/3c52e598-e0a1-48bf-bc00-460cac22a724.jpg" border="0" hspace="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1588" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/7bb46b83501/3c52e598-e0a1-48bf-bc00-460cac22a724.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(64, 63, 66); color: #403f42; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" vspace="0" width="570" /><br />
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French Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17051710017440972221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518712166842161255.post-5091284218137252142019-06-04T14:05:00.000-04:002019-06-04T14:05:01.460-04:00Wolfe's Neck Farm Bike TripLast Friday we had beautiful weather on our bike trip! Our final bike trip of the year was picture perfect!<br />
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On display this week are Dymkovo inspired toys from Russia. Traditionally these toys were made by women for the annual holiday Svistunya or "Whistling", a spring fair that celebrates the sun. Birds, lambs, pigs, horses, nannies, noble ladies, elegant gentlemen, and female water carriers were made and painted with colorful geometric patterns. These toys were purchased at the fair and make whistling noises, while also kept as a souvenir. </div>
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In English Language Arts class, students have taken a virtual tour across the United States and have learned about the five different regions in our country. They have also practiced the state capitals. Students chose a state to research for our state poster project. This week, the 4th graders made presentations to the 2nd and 3rd graders. Bravo!</div>
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This week our Early Childhood students took a spring walk through the woods. Along the way, they took notice of all things 'spring' including the budding trees, flowers, animals, and climate.</div>
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Check out this African inspired project the GS students created this week! This collage focused on repetitive designs that follow a direction while at th<span style="font-size: 12pt;">e same time, working from large designs to smaller ones. </span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">This week our 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders experienced what it was like to be an 'Improv Performer' in front of an audience! For the next few weeks, students will practice the art of improv and drama with their classmates. Students will react to and express themselves about various topics and statements, <em>en français</em> of course!</span><br /></div>
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The educational value of improv for kids includes sharpening communication and public speaking skills. It also promotes fast thinking and engagement with ideas. And, on a deeper level, improv can help break through mental barriers to creative thinking in any field. Not to mention, our students had a blast participating in this activity and are already looking forward to the next round! </div>
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There is nothing better than sharing a good book with friends. </div>
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Merci to Simon and his class for this creative and collaborative rendition of Gustav Klimt's "Tree of Life". Klimt would certainly be proud of this piece!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Thanks to Victorien for bringing lots of smiles to our hallway and classroom this week with his '<em>Fleurs à la Maniere de Takashi Murakami'</em> project. These flowers were made entirely by the GS/CP students; they even created the display themselves! Bravo to our little artists and merci to Victorien for this project which will surely brighten your day!</span></div>
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Last week Victorien participated at a pedagogical conference organized by the <a alt="http://www.mlfmonde.org" href="http://www.mlfmonde.org/" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="on">MLF America</a> in Dallas. Participants from the network of French Schools in the US, Canada and Mexico gathered to learn about the latest research and developments in several educational fields including cooperation between students (presented by Cyril Lascassies, a special guest from France), efficient ways to teach French language particularities and training students to write like authors on a daily basis in class. The conference allows participants to exchange about initiatives, projects and organization at different international schools in North America.</span></div>
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<br />This week was an exciting week at EFDM as students cast their ballots to vote for their favorite books! EFDM participated in the AEFE organized '<em style="font-size: 12pt;">Prix Albertine Jeunesse'</em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">favorite book contest in partnership with the </span><a alt="https://www.albertine.com" href="https://www.albertine.com/" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank" track="on">Albertine Library</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> in New York.</span></div>
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The <em>Prix Albertine Jeunesse</em>, a reader's choice award, invites children between 3 and 11 years of age to choose their favorite book from a selection of works of Francophone youth literature that are available in English translation. This prize seeks to reinforce the practice and love of reading in both French and English. </div>
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The variety of books were selected by a committee that includes the staff of Albertine Books in New York City, the AEFE network of North America, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S., and the French Embassy in Canada. The theme of the 2018-19 prize selection is "heroes and heroines."</div>
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Our EFDM students read the books in English and French then voted by casting a ballot following proper voting format supervised by EFDM trained voting specialists. </div>
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Stay tuned to see if this book won nationwide! </div>
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We couldn't be prouder of our Suzuki Piano Musicians who performed at our Spring Suzuki Concert this week. We even had a rocking performance by Anca who composed and performed her own piece on the electric guitar! Congratulations to our young musicians for a wonderful performance!</div>
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Over the last few weeks, Early Childhood students have been excitedly testing out their green thumbs by growing seedlings in their classroom. Students nurtured the seedlings by making sure they had proper light, water, and food while also noticing their growth. This week, the seedlings graduated to the outdoors! Fingers crossed as we hope to be enjoying a bountiful harvest of zucchini, carrots, radishes, and nasturtiums very soon!</div>
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Things are really adding up in the GS/CP classroom as students work with numbers that carry over. No calculators needed in this classroom!</div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />French Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17051710017440972221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518712166842161255.post-32674365106792660862019-05-11T08:56:00.000-04:002019-05-11T08:56:11.669-04:00Outdoor Dining!<div align="left" style="caret-color: rgb(64, 63, 66); color: #403f42; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
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This week we happily welcomed warmer temperatures, and we even noticed a circular yellow object high in the sky! What a treat it was to enjoy some sunshine together after the rainy days of April. Students enjoyed dining outside which brought lots of smiles and joy to our lunch gathering. On weather appropriate days, we will continue having lunch outside...hopefully with a healthy serving of Vitamin D as well!</div>
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This mine has yielded the most beautiful green tourmaline specimens in the world! The mine is still active so the children could not enter the quarry. Instead, they went to <a alt="http://digmainegems.com" href="http://digmainegems.com/" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: #403f42;" target="_blank" track="on">Dig Maine Gems</a>, who brings rocks and sand from the mine to a safe location. They have all of the equipment on site, including tools, tables and water, so the "Little Gelolgists" can sort through it to search for gems. They had great luck and so much fun! Following their hard work, they did visit a nearby inactive quarry site for a little field exploration and a nice picnic lunch. </div>
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Our Head of School, Willy, a lifelong geology buff, is always looking for an opportunity to go dig in the dirt. He was so impressed by the level of interest and depth of questions the students displayed on this trip and he was happy to lead the expedition.</div>
French Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17051710017440972221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2518712166842161255.post-60953656804121802612019-05-07T08:57:00.000-04:002019-05-07T08:57:02.359-04:00A trip to Australia<br />
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We had even more excitement at school this week when <strong><a alt="https://www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/lecole-francaise-du-maine/97-4014bfc9-d7a8-4116-b2a4-688bd37b1123" href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/lecole-francaise-du-maine/97-4014bfc9-d7a8-4116-b2a4-688bd37b1123" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="on">WCSH6</a></strong>arrived to do a feature story on keeping French alive in Maine. Make sure you check out the story, where you will see cameo appearances from our students, parents and staff. Look out Hollywood here they come!</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The feature from journalist Hannah Dineen can be found </span><strong style="font-size: 12pt;"><a alt="https://www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/lecole-francaise-du-maine/97-4014bfc9-d7a8-4116-b2a4-688bd37b1123" href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/lecole-francaise-du-maine/97-4014bfc9-d7a8-4116-b2a4-688bd37b1123" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="on">here.</a> </strong></div>
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This week, Officer Michael McManus, the School Resource Officer for Cumberland County, visited classrooms at EFDM. He spoke to our students about the role of police officers in our community, certain aspects of the job, gave tours of his police cruiser, and even spoke in detail about his uniform and special equipment. </div>
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