Local Students Tour France
| En Avril, 1998, une groupe d'élèves et
parents de L'école Primaire Sarah Smith, a voyagé en France! C'était un voyage
super, pleines des bonnes memoires! Nous sommes allés à Paris, Giverny, Bailly
(une petite village près de Versailles pour visiter nos corréspondants), Versailles,
Chartres, Tours et plusieurs chateaux, Mt. St. Michel, Dinard, les plages de Normandy et
Bayeux! Nous nous sommes amusés bien et nous avons appris beaucoup!! French
Narrative: Martha Franchot
One of the strengths of North Buckhead is our elementary
school, Sarah R. Smith Elementary School on Old Ivy
Road. The excellence of the staff and the strong community involvement in Sarah
Smith enriches our neighborhood.
It was wonderful for our fifth grade students (and their
parents, siblings and a few students from other schools), some of whom have been studying
French for five or more years, to be able to participate in a group trip to France.
We had an excellent guide from the UK, Suzannah Rickards of
ACIS.
We found virtually all the French people to be very
friendly, flexible and tolerant (with the notable exception of the pickpocket on the
Metro, which is another story).
This trip is what is reported on this page.
Presently, another ACIS tour is being organized for Spring
Break 1999 for the Sarah Smith community. This 9 day tour of Paris, Provence and the
Cote d'Azur includes visits to the following cities: Paris, Versailles, Avignnon,
Nimes, Aix, St. Paul de Venice, and Nice. For information, contact Martha Franchot.
In April, 1998 a group of students, mainly from Sarah Smith Elementary School, visited
France. The group, including 15 students and 10 adults, spent about 10 days visiting
Paris and Versailles, the Loire Valley, Brittany and Normandy. |
Paris
| We spent four days in Paris. We visited the Louvre,
Notre Dame and many other sites. |
 Some of our Group at the
Eiffel Tower
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 Students Posing with
Marvelous Street Mime Near
Musée d'Orsay |
Sarah Smith Students Visit with their Pen Pals in Bailly,
France
Sarah Smith students studying French correspond with pen pals who are studying English
in Bailly, France. (Bailly is near Paris and close to Versailles.) A highlight
of the trip to France was the lunch-time visit to their pen pals' school.
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 American Students Join with
French Student Pen Pals in the English Class in L'école de la Pépinière, Bailly,
France
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 American and French Pen Pals
Jessica and Eléonore with their Mothers |
| Like Jessica and Eléonore, some students were able to go home with their
pen pal for lunch. |
 The Principal Uncorks the
Wine!
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| The parents were served an excellent five course meal in the school
cafeteria. With two wines for lunch, it was easy to tell that we weren't in Georgia
any more! (They assured us they didn't have wine every day, only for very special
occasions.) The people of Bailly were most gracious and friendly. |
Chartres Cathedral
| On our way to the Loire Valley we toured the
Chartres Cathedral.
Some of us climbed the 200 foot bell tower, 300 steps up a spiral stone staircase. |
Tours (Loire Valley)
 Candler, Elizabeth, Kimberly
and Emily at Leonardo DiVinci's Last Home (Chateau du Clos
Luce)
Photo: Jessica Certain
|
 Students (Jessica, Candler,
Kimberly and Elizabeth) Pose in Front of TGV High-Speed Train
Photo: Martha Franchot |
Dinard (Brittany)
| After Tours, on to Brittany! In Dinard we stayed in a colorful,
century old hotel overlooking the Gulf of St. Malo on the English Channel. |
 We took off our jeans and
"dressed up" for dinner at our hotel in Dinard
Photo: Mike Turner
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 Dinard is on the English
Channel/Atlantic Coast |
Mont Saint Michel (Normandy)
| In Normandy we saw the D-Day beaches and Mont Saint Michel. It
was low tide when we arrived so our bus could drive to the Mont. |
 Our Group at Beautiful Mont
Saint Michel |
| In the Normandy town of Bayeux, it was a treat to see the 1,000 year
old Bayeux Tapestry, which documents William the Conqueror's ascent to the English
throne. This extraordinary embroidered strip of cloth is about 20 inches wide and
about 230 feet long. It is in wonderful condition and is displayed in a modern,
custom-built museum display. |
 Photo: Downloaded from the Internet.
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| Note: Although many participants in this trip are
in one way or another associated with or involved with Sarah Smith Elementary School, it
should be noted that this trip was not organized by nor sanctioned by the Atlanta School
System or Sarah Smith Elementary School. Photos: Unless otherwise
noted, the photographs were taken by Gordon and Sue Certain.
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