
As soon as we returned to the Lycée Jean Racine with Monsieur Simmonds, we showed him our flag projects. Here he is with Madame Worster and her inspired creation using Langston Hughes' poem "A Dream Deferred".
We were all pleased and surprised to learn that Monsieur Mickael DuFossé who led our students in this art project was also a former student of Monsieru Simmonds! What a small world. In this picture they are standing next to Monsieur Simmonds' personal favorite among the students' projects (it was made by Carly and Allison and their French partner).
Then we went to the theatre performance room to sit on a theatre workshop the Westmoore students were doing in French with some of the theatre students from Lycée Jean Racine. Katie owned the show! Clearly, this girl is made for theatre! All of the kids were amazing in their performances and both Madame Worster and Madame Robillard regretted that they had to lead the workshop to see Monsieur Simmonds off.
Here are a couple of things about Lycée Jean Racine that we were interested to learn:
1) They have a "Safe Hall" just like Westmoore (although it's probably not build to resist a tornado).
After an afternoon of theatrical performance and fun, it was time for the party to begin! Our hosts put together a "Going Away" party and invited all the kids who have been to Oklahoma or who have hosted us here. Great times were had by all. Enjoy the pictures of our party fun!
There won't be a blog for Saturday, since we will all be off with our host families doing our own thing and packing for our departure on Sunday. But on Sunday evening, we will return with a blog about our farewells at the train station and our trip to Normandy.