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Chers collègues, We imagine that Hurricane Irene wasn’t your idea of the way to begin the school year, and yet we hope that by now you are well under way with fresh ideas and an invigorated frame of mind.We invite you to peruse the information that you will find below. In particular please note our fall program on October: Keep Kids Engaged and Coming Back for More presented by Michelle Kindt. The executive committee has been planning future opportunities to further develop your teaching strategies and add to your own personal enrichment as a teacher. Although we are first and foremost an educational organization, the networking and the camaraderie provide an additional bonus to us all. Please take a few moments to visit our national website. It is an extremely valuable resource: frenchteachers.org. You can get informed or make a contribution on the AATF Facebook site, or your can join a conversation on Twitter. We are so fortunate to be French teachers at a time when we have a wealth of resources right at our fingertips. Just today we consulted the following web site: www.histoireimmigration.fr/histoire-de-l-immigration/le-film, which highlights in detail the theme: Le film : deux siècles d'histoire de l'immigration en France. Do keep in touch with us and we always welcome your feedback. Bonne année scolaire à tous! Amitiés, Rita Davis rdavis@agnesirwin.org Susan Ledieu susanledieu@gmail.com Listserv Notice and Membership Renewal Our listserv is exclusively for members of both National and Philadelphia Chapter AATF, so be sure to include the $8.00 Chapter dues when you renew National membership in the fall. (If you paid $55.00, this did not include local membership.) We send reminders of meetings and other French-related events, as well as news to supplement the most recent newsletter. The complete Listserv Policy is on our site, aatfphila.org. Open French positions are posted upon request. If you are not on the listserv and would like to be included, please send a message to BEACHLLOYD@erols.com And of course, if you would like to have your e-mail removed or changed, please let Joanne know. Joanne S. Silver, Mgr. Beach Lloyd Publishers, LLC BEACHLLOYD.com National French Week, November 7–13, 2011 Please consult our national website at frenchteachers.org for a myriad of exciting and well thought-out suggestions. If we as French teachers want French to be kept at the forefront, it is essential that we create activities that touch the community outside of the classroom. Le Grand Concours For the year 2012, registration will be done exclusively on the website. Please check frenchteachers.org/concours or aatfphila.org for details. All corrections will be done electronically at an off-site location. If you have any questions contact Sister Mary Helen Kashuba, our local administrator at 215-248-7124 or email: kashubam@chc.edu. Calendar of Events 2011-2012 follows! October 1, 2011 Keeping Kids Engaged & Coming Back for More Presenter: Michelle Kindt French teacher, Derry Township Middle School Concerned about enrollment? Tired of watching students drop your courses? Engage them in instructionally sound and diverse language acquisition activities that will keep them motivated and coming back to your upper level classes. National Board Certified teacher Michelle Kindt presents a workshop that addresses language acquisition through gestures, role-play, reading, holistic grammar instruction, and use of authentic resources. 9:30 a.m. to noon The Agnes Irwin School, 275 South Ithan Avenue, Rosemont PA 2 Act 48 credits available – please bring your PDE number r.s.v.p. by September 28 to Rita Davis:rdavis@agnesirwin.org While this conference is free to members of the Philadelphia AATF Chapter, we ask that nonmembers contribute $10.00 to attend.
Profitez bien de vos vacances bien méritées! Rita and Susie Rita Davis & Susie Ledieu, Co-Presidents
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