This past Friday, January 31, the Upper School held our first annual Soirée de la Francophonie!

The evening's festivities began with a video about where French is spoken and studied around the world, followed by a Kahoot challenge to test our knowledge. Students then made their way "around the French-speaking world" to various stations run by both Upper School faculty and French students.

Student attendees of any language were welcome to...

• "go to France" for a homemade crêpe;
• try specialties from Haïti and Cameroun made by the Tout-Puissant and Ewunkem families;
• learn French ballet terms with Keira Smith '22 and Samantha Abraham '22;
• learn about French history with Eric Jackson '22;
• make Mardi Gras masks with Azra Turkyolu '22;
• talk about French fashion with Katy Shnier '22;
• play a "Guess the French artist" game with art teacher Sue Maurer;
• read French books and poems;
• play Wii tennis using sport phrases in French; and
• learn about the differences between France and Québec with science teacher Dr. Gaby Dee!

We also had two students - Yiyi Chen '22 and Lily Farr '22- choose and read a French poem aloud to those in attendance.

(Photo Credit: Meghan Connors '20)

Fun was had by all and we look forward to making this event a new staple in the Moravian Academy Upper School experience. 

Laissez les bons temps rouler! (Let the good times roll!)