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Girard Gourmet Lunches:
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School Council Minutes
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The school council met on October 10.
Minutes are now available online.
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Tomorrow: Winter Show PK-K: 9AM and Elementary: 10:30AM
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Art Program
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This is the end of the first trimester. This means that students from
1st to 3rd grade have been exposed to music from Brazil or South Africa. Students in 4th grade worked in theater. It is now time to present to parents.
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La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art - Field Trip
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On December 5th, 8th graders enjoyed the temporary exhibition "The Uses of Photography: Art, Politics and the Reinvention of a Medium". The students had the opportunity to see and feel how a photograph tells its own story.
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Our Boys Junior Varsity students played their first Basketball game on December 8, against The Cambridge School!
Go SDFAS!
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Box Tops coupons are found on a variety of products' packaging and look like the picture above.
Each Box Top coupon is worth 10 cents. Schools can collect them and send them in twice a year in exchange for a check.
AT SDFAS, Box Top coupons are collected in the Box Top jar at the front desk.
NEW THIS YEAR : Box Tops Bonus App
Earn even more cash for our school through the Box Tops for Education® Bonus App. It's free and as easy as 1-2-3.
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Anne Ricart
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PRE-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLOG
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLOG
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PK2 choir at "Le marché de Noël"
La Chorale des PK2
A memorable moment shared with our SDFAS community. Many thanks to Claire and her PK2 choir for singing for us a few French songs.
The Marché de Noel was a great success this year
Un franc succès pour le Marché de Noël cette année
On behalf of all SDFAS children and their families, the Parent Association would like to thank all SDFAS vendors for participating in the 2016 edition of this very memorable Marché de Noël.
We end the year knowing that our school is not only a place of exceptional learning but it is also a community leader, helping support local business initiatives and fostering entrepreneurship in our own youth. We also demonstrated that we know how to simply enjoy ourselves together!
The Parent Association wishes you the happiest of holidays and a prosperous 2017!
We look forward to celebrating more joyful moments together soon.
Happy holidays,
The PA
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La Jolla Christmas parade
Thank you to all the students who participated to La Jolla Christmas Parade. Two French cars followed the 21 students who proudly waved at the spectators alongside the streets of La Jolla Village.
A very family event not to be missed!
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ÉDITO
The year 2016 has flown by, we enjoyed many memorable and happy events on campus and witnessed tough times on the outside world. At our modest level, we have been trying to make this world a better place to live in, starting at home with our students, striving every day to make their time spent at school a great learning experience. Would it be with their friends, their teachers as well as all the SDFAS employees who come every day to school with love and passion for their job!
A special thanks to the "Groupe Humanitaire" who has coordinated our efforts to support the community. Recently, we collected large amounts of food for the less privileged children in San Diego and raised money to help schools in Haiti.
Last week, the Marché de Noël has brought lots of joy to the whole community and it has been a pleasure to welcome back some of our former students and parents who miss the school. Bravo et Merci to Lydia Inostroza, our P.A. president and to her entire team for their time and energy spent organizing this yearly event.
I will be leaving you until 2017 to one of the best time of the year. For the next two weeks, the Holiday Break will gives parents and children some well-deserved time off, time to bond and savor family time, rejoice in this warm and peaceful festive season while making plan for the New Year...
Happy Holiday to all our students and their families!
Christian Jarlov, Head of School
Chers parents,
L'année 2016 a filé à toute vitesse, nous avons apprécié à l'école des instants heureux et mémorables, mais aussi été témoins d'évènements plus douloureux dans le monde qui nous entoure. En toute modestie et à notre niveau, nous avons tenté de rendre le monde plus agréable à vivre, en commençant avec nos élèves, tentant de faire de chaque jour une expérience éducative de qualité. Que ce soit avec leurs amis, leurs professeurs et tout le personnel de SDFAS qui partage chaque jour leur amour et passion pour leur métier !
Je remercie tout particulièrement le Groupe Humanitaire qui a coordonné nos efforts pour soutenir la communauté. Récemment, nous avons fait une collecte importante de nourriture pour aider les enfants dans le besoin à San Diego et nous avons réuni des fonds pour les écoles à Haïti.
La semaine passée, le Marché de Noël a fait la joie de notre communauté et ce fut un plaisir de retrouver des anciens élèves ou des parents qui n'oublient pas l'école. Bravo et merci à Lydia Inostroza, la présidente de l'Association des Parents, et à son équipe pour le temps et l'énergie consacrée à la préparation de cet événement.
Je vous laisse donc, jusqu'en 2017, profiter d'un des meilleurs moments de l'année. Les deux prochaines semaines donneront aux parents et aux enfants un repos mérité, du temps pour se retrouver en famille dans la chaleur et la paix des fêtes de fin d'année, tout en faisant des projets pour la nouvelle année...
Joyeuses fêtes à tous nos élèves et à leur famille !
Christian Jarlov, chef d'établissement
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Do you love experimenting or testing your ideas about scientific phenomena? Turn that into a science fair project and share what you learn with our community. Find a topic that interests you and that you are curious about. Develop a testable question. Create an experiment and repeat it multiple times. Collect your results. Present all your findings on a display board. Bring the project to the auditorium on Monday, January 23, 2017. If you have questions or would like to see an example of a completed project, contact
Echo Jacoway
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Anne-Laure Denis
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8th graders' play
La pièce de théâtre des élèves de 4ème
On December 1, our 8 graders performed a play which they had written themselves. They presented an interpretation of "The Crucible", and their performance was simply brilliant!
Thank you to all students and their teacher: M. G. for this performance! The dramatization and the performance was very much enjoyed by all the Middle School and their parents.
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A nice way to progress in early reading and writing
Une manière intéressante de progresser en lecture et en écriture
Pictured: Elise.
We recently received some material from France that will allow the students in PK2 to progress faster with their pre-reading and pre-writing skills.
The manipulation of the individual letters allows the children to memorize first and foremost the letters; then understand their different styles such as: capitals, printed and cursive, know how to associate them and give them the habit to read and write from left to right. Finally students will be able to place the letters on a line which will help them with their learning of the alphabetical order.
The new material offers
different games and activities which promote the manipulation of the individual letters almost effortlessly.
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Story book in Kindergarten
Les sacs à histoire en grande section de maternelle
"Les sacs à histoires"(bag with a story), is a French story recorded in an audio file format by the teacher.
Each bag contains a book, a QR code, the list of the material and the activities about the book.
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French stories are coming home and parents will be able to play with their children by making a puzzle about the story. One way to do this is by putting bookmarks at the right page or redoing the story with the characters.
Let's encourage and build this craving for reading by using the bags with stories!
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The creation of the stage decor for the 2016 Winter Show
La création du décor pour la scène du spectacle d'hiver 2016
Pictured: Emma , Octavia and Layla - Jacob and Audrey.
Older students share their reading skills with PK1 students. It is such a proud moment to be able to read to younger students! The third graders are highly motivated and the young ones love it!
Congratulations to the 3rd graders for your efforts.
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Outreach Program: Visit of Mission Bay High School students at SDFAS
On December 9, as part of its Outreach Program, the SDFAS Middle School welcomed on campus a cohort of 15 high school students from MBHS. The students were French learners experiencing French at different level of language abilities. 8 of our 8th grade students served as Ambassadors around campus.
The MBHS students enjoyed an immersion experience in a French Math class with M. Giot, where they were offered the opportunity to solve a problem of logic collaboratively with our SDFAS students.They also visited a Spanish class conducted by Ms. Patino, and marveled at the K class, listening to 5th graders reading stories to their younger peers. Finally, they had a chance to explore the Marché de Noël.
"Merci beaucoup pour cette excellente rencontre, mes élèves étaient enchantés et certains veulent y revenir. Sur le chemin du retour ils ont exprimé leur enthousiasme ! Ils étaient d'abord intimidés, mais se sont relâchés par la suite. Merci aussi pour les photos que je partagerai avec eux. Marion, Bénédicte et Nicolas ont été supers, ainsi que les ambassadeurs. C'est une bonne expérience pour tous." Said their French teacher.
Thank you to all student ambassadors and teachers who helped to make this visit a success!
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Meet Catherine Olive, Admission Director
Rencontrez Catherine Olive, directrice des inscriptions
Miss Olive was born and raised near Paris, France, and received her French Baccalaureate Degree in Business. She then moved to the United States to pursue her Bachelor Degree in Business Administration at Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA.
Following her graduation, Catherine worked for telecommunication, publishing and technology companies in various international marketing, sales and operations executive positions for the U.S. and European markets. These rich experiences taught her the many benefits a multicultural environment has to offer to one's life enrichment.
Catherine speaks French, English and possesses some knowledge of Spanish.
A mother of triplets who formally attended San Diego French American School and an alumni parent herself, she has a personal knowledge of the school and its community as well as understands first-hand the importance and the benefits of a multicultural education.
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WHAT'S COMING UP
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- December 13:
Winter Show PK-K and Elementary - Minimum day
- December 19 - January 2: Holiday Break
- January 1: Happy New Year!
- January 16: Martin Luther King day, no school
- January 23: Science Fair
- January 28:
Morning of Fun
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