Welcome to the latest of our Monthly updates.

·        Annual General Meeting- Voting for the Board members was unanimous in favour of keeping Daniele Blake as President, Claude Symonds as Vice President and in confirming Sarah Meyronnet as Treasurer and Sophie Guegano as Secretary.

Voted unanimously to accept members who have previously had children in the International sections and wish to continue supporting the association.

·        Beaujolais Nouveau evening- The evening was an opportunity for parents of both the Lycee and the College to get together over a glass of wine and an aperitif. There was a presentation by CISV which organises worldwide summer camps for children of 11 and over.

Turnout was quite good despite being on the same night as American Thanksgiving!

·        Thanksgiving Lunch- A great time was had by all 49 children and 6 adults who participated in this traditional meal held at Les Agapes restaurant. A big thank you to all our helpers who assisted in making this event a success. Darrin Jones was a fabulous speaker and brought home the true meaning of Thanksgiving to everyone. How many of your kids still have 3 kernels of corn in their pockets?

Lycee News

·  Mrs Hackenheimer would like to express her heartfelt thanks for the incredible support you have shown the International project.

She says “In this situation, you could have easily chosen to sit on your ‘legal rights’ and allow the International Section to diminish. I salute your vision!”

It is nice to know that we are helping to keep the Section alive for future children to have the same opportunities as our children benefit from.

·        Students are requesting parental assistance to help with the Comité Parliament Européen des Jeunes. This is due to take place on 30^th/31^st Jan and 1st Feb. An email will be sent with more details shortly.

·        APELEVIA and PEEP will be working together to help find work placements for students in Seconde for 2 weeks in June. The Rectorat has now given permission for the project to go ahead. As a result, if any parents know of a company who could provide the students with a 2 week non-paid observational placement (2^nd and 3^rd week in June), please contact Caroline Lecomte .

·        There will be a presentation of exam certificates for those students who were successful in both the IGCSE and Cambridge EFL exams. The ceremony will take place on Friday 12^th December at 4pm. Refreshments and music are planned for the occasion.

College News

·        Conseils de classe take place during the first 2 weeks of December. If you would like to give your opinion on general school subjects, please complete the questionnaire that came home with your child, or contact one of the parent reps in your child’s class.

·        Following the subsidence around the science block and its subsequent closure, a specially designed prefabricated classroom is to be delivered on 1^st December and will be installed as quickly as possible. This will be a building allowing a child with special needs access to the school.

·        Independent tests have been carried out on the safety of the existing Science block and the results are due by the end of December.

·        A new evacuation plan has had to be put in place due to the threatened collapse of a staircase in the old building. The staircase is now out of bounds and children have to use an alternative route to lessons in that part of the building.

Until next month…