Barstow Celebrates French Culture
The French Honor Society hosted National French Week, beginning with a kickoff activity at the upper school assembly Monday and continuing with celebrations of French culture throughout the week.
In Monday’s kickoff activity, inspired by “La Course des Cafés” in Paris, four students raced each other across the stage while each carrying a tray with an espresso cup, a croissant and a glass of water. In the official race, competitors must walk, not run, keep their tray steady with one hand and avoid spilling anything. Race participants in Paris must carry their trays for two kilometers; Barstow’s participants took two laps across the stage. The activity and the race that inspired it celebrate the significance of hospitality professions in France.
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Throughout the week, French Honor Society students planned activities to engage students across divisions. They visited the library to read books about France to lower school students, sharing stories and facts about the country’s history, language and culture. They also shared fun facts about French culture on the world language bulletin board, answered riddles and ended the week by making crêpes during lunch. Students decorated the hallways to highlight French films and actors, French athletes and flags from francophone countries around the world.
At Monday’s assembly, French Honor Society member Amelia Kalahurka, junior, shared that French is the world’s fourth most spoken language, with nearly 400 million speakers. French is an official or national language in at least 29 countries.
Celebrated each November, National French Week is organized by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), intending to share the many reasons for students to learn French. The week celebrates the French language and francophone cultures in France and around the world.
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Junior Amelia Kalahurka joined second graders to read books and teach some French vocabulary words.
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