2009 Annual Report.pdf - Town of Milton

4 days in Paris. Mme Laine organized the exchange with the assistance
of Gracie Burke and Pat Menard.
• Sponsored and participated in a French exchange with the Middle School
Leonardo de Vinci in St. Marcel, France. 25 French middle school students
were hosted in Milton for two weeks in October and 25 of our Milton
French students returned to St. Marcel for 10 days in April. American
students also spent 4 days in Paris. Mme Bird organized the exchange
with the assistance of Gracie Burke and Jeanne Roulleau.
• Sponsored a seventh grade trip to Quebec for 30 French Immersion students
over the Labor Day weekend. Students visit cultural attractions
that they have studied and have one dinner at one of Quebec’s “Sugar
Shacks” Mme Safizadeh organized the trip with the assistance of Gracie
Burke, Kristen Kotter and Mme Nivoroshkin.
• Sponsored a presentation at the middle school on Arab culture through
music and dance in conjunction with the Middle Eastern studies department
of Harvard University. Organized by Mme Safizadeh.
• The CANE (Classical Assoc. of New England) Essay Writing Contest
first prize for the state was won by Kate O’Sullivan for her creative essay
on “Living Antiquities; Classics in the Modern World.”
• The Spanish Club and the French Club did workshops with the Pre-
School and the elementary schools to introduce the younger students to
Spanish and French language and culture. Spanish students taught about
the Day of the Dead and Cinco de Mayo. Spanish students also sang carols
and made cards for residents of the elderly housing. They visited the
Peabody-Essex museum to study their exhibits on the “Day of the Dead,”
and had an excursion to the Immigration Museum in Boston.
• The language department celebrated Foreign Language week by inviting
speakers to teach about their culture and language in the language classrooms.
Every language class had the opportunity to hear at least one
guest speaker. One notable guest speaker was a former Spanish student
who was a Rotary International Scholar who had studied in Chile for the
year.
• Fifth grade elementary students at the Collicot received their Pen-Pals
from Canada for a day of fun filled activities when the Canadian students
visited Boston.
• Evelyn Orlando, a student in Mme. Laine’s French Humanities class, won
an essay contest sponsored by the French Consulate in Boston. The prize
was a two-week, all expense paid trip to Paris. Evelyn’s essay was chosen
from more than 250 received from the region. She joined 130 young
people and 20 teachers on her Parisian trip, which will allow for the discovery
of French culture and civilization through the eyes of the young.
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