Chinese New Year Luncheon

On Monday, students, teachers, staff, parents and members of our community shared a delicious meal together in celebration of Chinese New Year and the year of the dog.
Amy Xu, from the Chinese American Friendship Association, gave an informative presentation about  to our community about Chinese New Year.  Merci Amy!

As always, thank you to all of our parent volunteers that were able to help this event run so smoothly.

Gong Hey Fat Choy!

A Special Guest

From Left to Right:

Sophie Beaumont - Inspectrice de l'Education Nationale

Willy LeBihan - Founder and Head of School

Victorien Rami - Director of Curriculum Française

Kelly Valdmanis - Director of School

This week at EFDM we welcomed guest Sophie Beaumont, Inspectrice de l'Education Nationale, who visited the school for two days this week.  During her visit, Mme Beaumont visited classrooms, interacted with students and staff, and observed daily activities at the school.  We are thrilled she was able to visit our incredible school and see it in action.  

Merci Mme Beaumont!

March Performance

Every March, EFDM is invited to perform at the Franco Center for Heritage and the Performing Arts in Auburn.

Our teachers and students spend months planning, creating, preparing and rehearsing for the show. This is surely an event you won't want to miss.  (Although if you do, we will have plenty of pictures to share!)

Save the date: Thursday March 15 at 12:30!

Small Fish, Big Hungry Fish!

CE1/CE2 had a terrific time making these fish!

Morning Stories

Each week in the CE1/CE2 classroom, a pair of students work together each week to create a story to share with the class at the end of the week.  They are given ideas, picture cues, and vocabulary choices to include in their story that they share with the class orally.

Students love being authors AND the audience! 

Snow Sculptures in the style of Goldsworthy

Students in the GS-CP class learned about an artist named Andy Goldsworthy, a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist known for his site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings.

They drew inspiration from his work to create their own sculptures, using only what they could find on the school playground. Unfortunately, the sun and warmer temperatures melted away their beautiful work, but here are some photos for you to enjoy!

"Le volcan"

"La tour en boules de neige"

"Le poulpe"

"Maison pour un tamia qui a du style"

"La cabane"

"Les fleurs"

"Le carré"

Paysages d'hiver par les GS-CP

Children from the GS-CP class were inspired by the recent weather and created their own winter landscape in art.

First, they painted their background in a color gradient.

Then, they drew a landscape on black paper, using light colored pencils and sometimes cookie-cutters to help shape moose, bears or otters. They cut out their creations and glued them on their backgrounds.

Finally, they created a blizzard on the scene by spraying white paint with a toothbrush.

Bravo les artistes!

 

 

King George III and his tax collector visit EFDM

King George III and his Tax Collector visited EFDM last Friday to collect taxes from the Colonists in the CM1/CM2/6ieme class!

In English Language Arts class, students have started to study the Revolutionary War.  In this unit, students will study important events from the war, create a timeline, research an important figure or event from the war, and finally, participate in a 'Wax Museum' that the community will visit.

Stay tuned...more information about the Wax Museum will be coming soon.

Purple Elephant, What Do You See?

Early Childhood classes proudly read their short story, Purple Elephant, What Do You See? to the Second and Third Graders (CE1/CE2) this week. They were so impressed and really enjoyed their story!

Winter Recess!

Winter Recess sure is fun!  

Ink Blot Art

Don't forget to check out the awesome art from the CM1/CM2/6ieme class.  Incredible!

Fun in the snow!

 It's always a fun recess when it's time for sledding!

Over the December vacation, the school placed hay bales down the hill and through the forest to ensure a safe sledding environment.  Today students enjoyed sledding with their classmates!

Welcome back!

Welcome back to school!  

On January 2 we welcomed 5 new students to our EFDM community. Although our first day back we had frigid and dangerous temperatures, students were thrilled to be reunited with friends and to meet our new classmates.

Bonne année!

Wishing you all a healthy and happy new year! 

 See you back to school on January 2, 2018!