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The 2nd room parent meeting took place on Tuesday, November 22. New information was made available and has been included under the following topics:

Special Note: Secondary students are now allowed to pick up their siblings in primary provided that a waiver of responsibility has been signed by their parents.

And finally for the ones who could not attend the Winter Fair (Marché de Noël) on November 19, and are in need of Christmas ideas, the Web sites of some participating vendors are provided for your convenience under “Espace cadeaux” in the right column of the site.

These vendors offer a variety of products: Christmas ornaments from the Netherlands, clothes, tablecloths and other table accessories from Provence, antiques and paintings, French food specialties, artistic and colorful glass dishes ...

Calendar - December 2005

Class council

Our 1st Class councils will take place on Wednesday, December 7, 2005, at 4:30 pm for grade 9/B and 5:30 pm for grade 9/A.

Each student’s performance and behavior are discussed by each teacher at the class council (conseil de classe). Are normally present at a class council: the headmaster (Mr. Alain Cuzin), the deputy-headmaster (Mr. Grandière), the teachers, the room parents and the class delegates.

• If you would like your room parent to communicate any concerns and issues about your child at the Class council, inform her before the day of the meeting.
• Be assured that your information will be treated with confidentiality, and only communicated to the members attending the Class council.
• If you would like to hear about your child’s evaluation made at the Class council, feel free to call your room parent after the meeting.
• Important message: All individual evaluations made at the Class council are strictly confidential. Room parents are allowed to reveal each student's evaluation to his/her parents only.

You will find the phone numbers of your room parents in the 2005/2006 Phone Book.

Diplôme national du brevet (DNB)

For details on the brevet, you may find useful the document “Diplôme national du brevet”. It covers the requirements needed to obtain the diploma, and a short description of the written exam. French and English versions are provided in a .pdf format (Adobe Acrobat).

The dates of the exam remain to be determined. However, the exam usually takes place the 2nd week of June.

Reminder: The registration form is due by Friday, December 9, 2005. The fee is US$80.00 per candidate, and the check is payable to the “Lycée français la Pérouse”.

Field trips

• The Exploratorium: Museum of science, art and human perception, in San Francisco. One-day field trip.
• Teacher-in-charge: Mrs. Valérie Savre.
• No cost per student.
• Shakespeare festival: trip from Wednesday 22 to Friday 24 March 2006 to Ashland, Oregon (Web site on Ashland).
• Teachers-in-charge: Mrs. Penny Finocchiaro and Ms. Katty Maguire.
• Approximate cost per student: US$ 198.00

Parent-teacher meetings

In time, all students will be handed out a form and a schedule with the teachers' names and various time slots. Indicate which teacher(s) you would like to meet and write down which day and times you would be available. Based on your information and available time slots, the teachers will confirm the appointments on the schedule, which will be returned to you by your children. Each appointment lasts 10 mn. Do not forget to bring the schedule completed by the teachers on the day(s) of the meetings.

The meetings will take place in different classrooms of the Lycée. Each teacher is assigned to one. The list of these classrooms is normally available at the front desk.

Please note that some teachers are part-time employees both at the Lycée and other schools. Therefore due to their various obligations, they may not be available for the full period of the Parent-Teacher meetings. To compensate for this unavailability, please feel free to contact them at the Lycée either by phone or e-mail.

Phone tree

For the latest available version of the Lycée Phone Directory, you may want to visit the online phone tree of the Lycée on Extranet home (espace sécurisé), the secured space of the Lycée's Web site. Every Monday, the latest version is supposed to be available there.

Emergency phone tree

Important message: The time has come to make sure that our emergency phone trees carry the correct coordinates of all parents. If changes have occurred after we e-mailed our 1st lists, please forward these changes to us before Friday, December 9. At this time, we will publish the new versions. Changes occurring between 2 versions will be e-mailed to you separately.

We will contact you again March 2006 to update our emergency phone trees further.

Good News: In a near future, the Lycée is planning to automate the management of their emergency phone trees and other databases. When this project finally comes to life, room parents will be relieved from their task of contacting their class parents in case of emergency.

Absence/Tardiness

Please notify any absence or tardiness to Mrs. Kay Ritter, Mrs. Claudia Geoffrion or Mrs. Chantal Lecour. You may contact them by phone (415) 661-5401 ext. 123 or 133, or by sending an e-mail to Mrs. Kay Ritter.

e-Scrip program

Become an e-Scrip member at escrip.com, and help finance our school without any cost to you. When you shop at specific stores, a percentage of your purchase is returned to the Lycée.

When signing up, please provide:

• the Group name: Lycée français La Pérouse, and
• the eScrip Group ID number: 137 628 895.

Fundraising events

The theme of the 2006 auction is the enchantment of circus artistry ––so well illustrated in the beautiful site of Arlette Gruss’ circus, which is actually touring France.

Message:
This year, the goal of the auction is to collect US$ 108,000 (last year, the Lycée raised US$ 80,000, and two years ago around US$ 40,000). The novelty of the year: the Fundraising committee is working on setting up a Live Auction in addition to the already existing silent action.

The Lycée is always looking for auction items that would jazz up the auction. So if you have any ideas, please contact Robin Holland or Nathalie Resnick.

Hot lunch service

The hot lunch service is provided by caterer Mrs. Kathia Sabbah of The Petit Gourmet.

Menu selection is made over the Internet. Payment is made by check. For further information, please check her Web site at  THEPETITGOURMET.COM

Secured site

To access the secured site of the Lycée, a password and user ID are needed. Send your request to the IT Manager at IT@lelycee.org providing your name, your child's name and grade, and your phone number.

Among other subjects, this secured site includes: e-mail directory of the administrative staff and teachers, students’ grades and homework.

SMART program

If you are registered, consult your school account at SMART Online for Parents.

SMART is the program chosen by the Lycée that is designed to provide a flexible way to budget and pay for your child's tuition.

Contact your Room Parents

Send an e-mail to Susanne Gahnstedt (grade 9/A) or Dara Seng-Sourinho (grade 9/B).

Contact the Lycée

• Visit the Web site of the Lycée.
• Send an e-mail to Mrs. Valérie Savre, room teacher for grade 9/A.
• Send an e-mail to Mrs. Aurélie Basso, room teacher for grade 9/B.
• To contact any teacher by email, simply type in the 1st initial of the teacher's 1st name followed by his/her last name and @lelycee.org (example: abasso@lelycee.org).

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