Newsletter Issue No 12

March 19, 2015

In This Issue

Yearbook

Online Auction Starts Tomorrow

French Book Fair

Snails in Kindergarten

Quick Links

Girard Gourmet Lunches:

March Menu

Updated Forum Schedule

2014-2015 School Calendar

MyStudentsProgress

MSP

SDFAS 2015-2016 CALENDAR NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

Click HERE to access the 2014-2015 Calendar

NEW DAYCARE SUPERVISOR:

EMILIE TARCIN

Emilie is a bilingual French-American who was born in the United States and raised in France. She has extended experience with children and has worked in different organizations, such as leisure centers (

"centre aeré, centre de loisirs"),

art camps and as an au pair. Having a background in arts, Emilie loves to share her passion with children doing theatrical games and expressive art or outdoor activities. Her experience in teaching structured camps is a plus for our daycare team.

DANGER ZONE

REMINDER:

Once outside the preschool gate, your child is your responsibility.

Please hold your child's hand as you go through the parking lot.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BLOG

For Middle School information and updates

Click HERE

LA JOLLA FARMERS MARKET

SDFAS will have a booth this Sunday, March 22, at the La Jolla Farmers Market. Please come by and say hi!

DO YOU NEED A BABYSITTER THE NIGHT OF THE GALA?

Dear families,

Do you have plans to attend this year's SDFAS gala, "A Night at the Museum?"

Are you in need of a babysitter for the evening of Saturday, March 28th? If so, please contact me and I will strive to accommodate your needs. Service will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Thank you and enjoy your evening at the Museum!

All the best,

Elizabeth Kenzelmann

8th grade parent

THANK YOU TALL GRASS PICTURES!

SDFAS would like to thank award winning photographer and commercial film director Jeffrey Lamont Brown and TallGrass Pictures for their professional service of photography and film for our 2015 SDFAS Talent Show.

Please click HERE to enjoy the video from the 2015 Talent Show.

EUROFOOD

Don't forget you have the opportunity to purchase a bag of French specialty food/products from Eurofood Depot for delivery weekly or every other week. With a catalog including more than 1,000 items, the selection delivered on campus will be different every week. The basket will include French cheese (e.g. Pavé d'Affinois) , and/or meats & sausages (e.g. Morteau or duck/fig sausage), and/or candies/sweets (e.g. carambar, macaroons)

For additional details on the products, download the brochure by clicking

HERE

To register, please fill out the

order form

QUESTIONS?

COMMENTS?

If you have any questions or comments regarding this publication, please contact our editor, Emily Sims at

esims@

sdfrenchschool.org

VISIT OUR SDFAS FACEBOOK PAGE

Don't forget to like and follow us on Facebook!

Thank you for your support.

Click Here for the French American Chamber of Commerce Website.

AUJOURD'HUI MARQUE LE DÉBUT DE LA SEMAINE INTERNATIONALE À SDFAS

TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE SDFAS INTERNATIONAL WEEK

A very special forum kicked off International Week this morning with a variety of performances celebrating the school's cultural diversity and multiple languages.

Pictured - Francesca Mazis is greeting our students in Italian with the help of Christian Jarlov, Head of School.

LES CM1 ÉTUDIENT LES MISSIONS CALIFORNIENNES

4TH GRADERS BUILDING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS

After a few weeks of studying California Missions, the students researched and developed a model of their choice. All the impressive missions will be on display in the auditorium next week.

Pictured: Colin Guckian and Sophie Cacdac proudly showing their models.

EDITO

We are happy to report that our upcoming gala, "Une Nuit Musée," is entirely sold out! We are very excited about the overwhelming enthusiasm for this important evening and are so looking forward to gathering together in support of our wonderful children and community.

In the meantime, we are THRILLED to announce the opening our ONLINE AUCTION TOMORROW! This year, our amazing volunteers have outdone themselves once again, procuring INCREDIBLE auction items. From exciting travel escapes to health and beauty services, and, of course, outstanding wining and dining items, there are many fantastic ways to support your school while stocking up on terrific opportunities for entertainment and family fun.

In addition, our online auction will feature beautiful class baskets prepared by our parents. This year, the parents have created truly spectacular baskets with varying themes.

These original creations are exquisitely arranged and contain items ranging from speciality wines and spirits, baking items, products for beautifying, and children's technology and imaginative play baskets.

Finally, we are so privileged to be able to feature this year's unique teacher experiences. The "Teacher Experience" is designed to allow our children to interact with their teachers in an off-campus setting. These experiences are very special and memorable for our children, and we are so grateful to our teachers for providing this opportunity to our kids.

See below for details about how to BID AND WIN!!!

Thank you and see you at the gala!

Mireille DesRosiers and Jennifer Silver
Gala Chairs

Nous sommes très heureuses de vous annoncer que toutes les places pour le gala.

Une Nuit au Musée ont été vendues. Nous sommes ravies de l'enthousiasme général pour cet événement d'importance et nous avons hâte de tous nous retrouver pour soutenir nos merveilleux enfants et toute la communauté scolaire.

En attendant, nous sommes enchantées de vous annoncer l'ouverture demain de la vente aux enchères en ligne ! Cette année encore, nos formidables bénévoles se sont surpassés pour nous offrir des lots incroyables. Entre les bons de voyages, les cadeaux beauté et santé, et bien sûr, les fabuleux dîners et sélections de vins, vous trouverez milles façons merveilleuses de soutenir notre école tout en bénéficiant de fabuleuses occasions de vous régaler en famille.

Dans notre vente aux enchères en ligne, vous trouverez également de magnifiques paniers préparés par les parents de chaque classe. Cette année, les parents ont créé des paniers vraiment spectaculaires sur des thèmes variés. Ces créations originales sont présentées avec goût et contiennent des articles allant de vins et liqueurs recherchés aux ustensiles de pâtisserie, en passant par les produits de beauté et les jeux éducatifs pour enfants.

Enfin, nous avons la chance cette année de présenter d'exceptionnelles « aventures avec l'enseignant ». Ces « aventures avec l'enseignant » sont conçues pour permettre à vos enfants d'interagir avec leurs enseignants dans des activités en dehors du campus. Ces aventures sont très spéciales et mémorables pour nos enfants et nous sommes très reconnaissants aux enseignants d'offrir cette chance à nos enfants.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous les indications pour placer vos paris et gagner !

Merci et rendez-vous au gala !

Mireille DesRosiers and Jennifer Silver

Présidentes du Gala

LE LIVRE DE L'ANNÉE EST DE RETOUR!

IT'S YEARBOOK TIME

The Yearbook Club, the Yearbook Staff, and the room parents have been working on putting together the book of memories for the 2014-2015 school year. Now it's your turn!

First of all, did you order your yearbook and pay for it when you turned in your child's enrollment agreement for the 2014-15 school year? If not or if you don't remember, the yearbook volunteers can help you. We will be at the entrance to the main campus all next week, before and after school, and you can purchase a yearbook or an ad for a yearbook at that time. You will also be able to check the list to verify your purchase. You must order a yearbook in advance!

If you purchase an ad, it helps offset the cost of the book. Ads are the way you can recognize your child or teacher for a job well done. We will have samples from previous books to show you. You may also wish to purchase an ad for your business. Ad prices have not increased! We have limited pages reserved for advertisements, so please reserve your space and purchase the ad now.

Prices are as follows:

Lovelines-$35

Business card - $50

¼ page - $100

½ page - $150

1 full page- $300

Questions? Contact Nahid Awad:sdfasyearbook@yahoo.com or Virginia Berracasa: com@sdfrenchschool.org

LES ENCHÈRES EN LIGNE COMMENCENT DEMAIN

ONLINE AUCTION STARTS TOMORROW!

Personal fitness? Local restaurants? Travel? All of this and more are available to you, family, friends, and generally everyone at the online auction. Visit www.galaauction.org to peruse the fabulous items that have been procured by parents and donated by supporters of SDFAS. As a special treat, everyone that bids tomorrow is eligible to win a prize. Simply go online tomorrow to find out what the prize is!

BUY YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS NOW!!

Support the school by buying a raffle ticket! This year's AMAZING prizes include:

-- An extraordinary CULINARY EXPERIENCE with 7 of your closest friends at PIRCH, in one of their state-of-the-art kitchens! Interact with a PIRCH master chef and enjoy a gourmet 4-course meal with wine pairings, valued at $2,500.

-- An INSTANT WINE CELLAR, which includes 24 bottles of fine wines, both red and white from varying regions, valued at $1,000.

-- A spectacular CORAL AND CULTURED PEARL NECKLACE from Diamond Boutique valued at $1,500.

MARCHÉ AUX LIVRES

FRENCH BOOK FAIR

FrenchBookFair Our next book fair, sponsored by the SDFAS Parents Association, is coming soon! It will offer a large selection of French books for all ages. French Media Resources has selected a wide variety of quality books for SDFAS at all levels of reading. For every book purchased, 25% of the sales will be donated by French Media Resources to the SDFAS Library.

If you would like to assist at the event, please contact Laurent Gélibert at (619) 495-2987 or email lgelibert@hotmail.com

Come by the auditorium and enjoy our own little French bookstore!

Mark your calendars:

Monday March 30th to Thursday April 2nd - 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. and 2:35 to 4:30 p.m.

Happy reading!

Anne Ricart, Librarian

DES ESCARGOTS EN MATERNELLE

SNAILS IN KINDERGARTEN

Last week, Géraldine's PKO class visited the kindergarteners in their classroom. Why? So that the kindergarteners could proudly introduce their snail habitat to the fascinated two and three year-olds and show them how to build their own habitat.

A few months ago, snails were brought to the kindergarten classes and put into a terrarium. Since they arrived, the students have been regularly observing them and learning about their way of life. Eventually, the snails laid eggs in the dirt and one morning students came to school thrilled to see many baby snails in the terrarium.

Both students and teachers have been very curious and motivated by this discovery project, which allowed them to better understand the life cycle of a snail, along with its characteristics.

As a kindergarten project, this allowed students to learn about experimentation, team work and inquiry-based learning.

This project integrated many parts of the curriculum and allowed the students to learn about cooperative learning across grade levels.

This was a great sharing experience for all.

FÉLICITATIONS À NOS ÉLÈVES DE 4ÈME

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 8TH GRADE STUDENTS

SDFAS is proud to announce that our current 8^th grade students have been accepted into the following high schools:

The Bishop's School (2), Cathedral Catholic High School (1),

La Jolla Country Day School (4), Francis Parker (4), Our Lady of Peace Academy (1), Coronado School of the Performing Arts (COSA) (2); and Lycée International de Los Angeles (1).

Some students were accepted at multiple schools. At this time, we have confirmation that 45% of the students are either moving or going to a public school. Some of those students will enter into an International Baccalaureate program at Mission Bay High School or at San Diego High School.

CAMP D'ÉTÉ

SUMMER CAMP

The "Summer Camp Around the World - Le Tour du Monde 2015" brochure is finally here! We have lots of fun activities in French, English, Spanish, Chinese and Italian, such as cooking, eLAB-Lego, art, surf, sports, dance, sciences...and more.

Registration Forms (Chinese, Surf and regular camps) are available on the website. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

http://www.sdfrenchschool.org/summercamp

REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Register before April

30th to get the discounted price of $275 per week for full day camp, after this date, the price will go up to $295. PLEASE

HAVE YOUR REGISTRATION FORM FILLED OUT WITH YOUR PAYMENT.

Click HERE for the brochure

Click HERE for the registration form

CLASSE DE FRANCAIS POUR ADULTES

FRENCH CLASSES FOR ADULTS

Want to learn French or improve your French? Join the French classes taught by Isabelle Philippe at San Diego French-American School. Since September 2013, Isabelle has been teaching parents and children here at SDFAS. Her interactive method emphasizes role-playing and conversation to simulate real-life situations.

She enjoys teaching French to individuals of all ages and levels of proficiencies.

The next session will be from April 27^th through June 12^TH 2015. A detailed schedule will be sent to you by Valérie (beginner, intermediate and advanced).

REGISTRATION is APRIL 2-17.

Please contact Valerie Asensio at vasensio@sdfrenchschool.org if you need further information or if you would like any further information about class content, contact Isabelle directly at i.philippe@yahoo.com

What's Coming Up?

March 19-March 24: International Week
March 20 - March 30: Online Auction
March 28: SDFAS Gala
March 30 - April 2: French Book Fair
April 1: Crazy Hair Day
April 3: Egg Hunt in Maternelle
April 8: Mini Forum
April 9: Beginning of Earth Week