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“What began as an exercise to

“improve their spelling resulted in |
the: “trip.” ‘ofa ‘lifetime : for:
Madaiie “Marie-Louise La-..
- course’s Grade 5 and 6 French -

Immersion class; A-total of 22

students spent the week of June |
ing their French diligently out-
side the classroom, especially ”
'. with one another as they .

- organized their activities. |
“*Eyen when the teacher was ..”
- not around!’’ she exclaimed.

14 to:21 in Dorion, Quebec, a

town. located between Montreal

and Ottawa. |

-. by Kaeleen Bruce -

At thé beginning of last year’s
school term, Mme. Lacourse de-
cided to provide a unique
motivation for her class to im-
prove their spelling and writing
of the French language.
Through a personal friend. in
Quebec; she contacted a Grade 6

teacher in Dorion, and they de-.

cided to establish a.pen pal pro-
gram. for. their ‘students.
Gradually, over two years of
correspondence, the dream of
visiting their friends in Quebec
became a realistic goal for the
local students.

The problem of obtaining

funds was the major obstacle to.

realizing this dream. Mme. La-
course. discovered a program
which paid expenses for cultural
exchange. programs for older
students aged 13 to 14 years, but

her class was too young to be —
' eligible. They did receive $150

from the provincial ministry of
education as part of the federal
Modern Languages and Multi-
culturalism program.
money covered part of the air-

fare for each: student, leaving ©
parents responsible to cover the ©

remainder,
The parents established a
fundraising committee and. set

up an adopt-a-student campaign
_ to help cover airfare and other

outstanding costs. This, cam- Activa Auto “Brokers, disposal

paign was moderately successful

_and provided. money. for
- students whose parents ‘could
not afford the extra money for

airfare.

It: was determined that each
student required $175 for spend-
ing money and other expenses.

~The best way to obtain this

money was through a variety of
fundraising activities, it- was
decided. The children divided in-
to five committees to organize

activities including bake sales,.

toothbrush or bresse a dents
sales, a dance and canteen, a lot-
tery and a car wash. The chil-
dren were responsible for the
details and organization of all
the events...

-Baked goods and prizes for
the lottery were made by the stu-

~ dents themselves. Identification
- cards carrying the school. in-

signia and signed by the prin-
cipal and teacher were made up
by the students for selling tooth-
brushes door-to-door, Organiza-

tion of the dance and canteen in-

volved doing inventory, . order-
ing and money handling skills.
The lottery required paying a

$10 fee for a provincial registra-. -

tion number. The students who
participated in the car wash had
to: gather supplies and worked
hard for, five hours...

_ These initiatives proved to be
a great success and the spending
money goals were met for. every
student. Mme. Lacourse  in-

divatis that the ® fundraising a ac-

tivities were valuable educa-
tional experiences in themselves.

They... formed. committees, —
chose activities, solved problems .

and got the money,”’ she said.

‘She also expressed delight and.
~, Sciences. .

Father's Day was a quiet day"
‘and the children remained with

pride i in her-students for practic-

Evidently, all the students’ ef-
forts were paid off by the ex-

_ citing trip. Mme. Lacourse and

two parents, Liz Manji and Sue

Tremblay, - accompanied: the

children.

The students were billeted-

with the families of their pen
pals: and experienced life with a

‘French Canadian family first

hand.

The students participated in
the school sports day at Dorion
and three Terrace students won

_. medals. Both the Dorion and

local students, for a total of 50
children, spent 2 day in Mon-
treal which included seeing an
Expos game at Olympic
stadium,

‘*They were ‘wonderfully » well-

‘touring —

: mmersion students. meet
pen pals on Quebec trip —

behaved,’ said Mme, ‘Lacourse.

A day was spent in Ottawa
the - ‘Parliament
buildings, the National: Museum
of Science and Technology and
the National Museum of Natural

their pen pals for a day of family

activities.

The next’ day the students en-

- joyed a trip to an impressive out-

door aqua-club equipped with

waterslides and a large artificial
“wave pool.

They next toured the county
area of Vaudreuil-Soulanges

- around Dorion. Highlights of
this trip included a visit to a...
windmill museum where grain is

still milled in the old way. The

children particularly enjoyed the |
- hands-on display at. the

museum,

The trip ‘concluded with an
evening out at a sap-house
restaurant. The $20-per-person
fee: was sponsored for the Ter-
race group by the Caisse

- Populaire, a sort of credit union

in Quebec. A tour of the sap-
house where. maple syrup is

made and the restaurant bakery.

Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 26, 1989. 23. |

This group of Terrace French

Immersion students

discovered last month that there's nothing wrong with their
language skills when they visited a group of Quebecois pen

_ palsin Dorion. -

where bread is baked in a huge

-old-fashioned brick oven

preceded dinner. During the
meal the students enjoyed enter-

_tainment by a French Canadian

folk musician. ‘Afterwards, there

was a lot of lively, singing and

dancing, :

The Quebec trip was s tated a
success by all participants.
Mme. Lacourse is justifiably
proud of her students.

“They were above average in
French,”’ she says, ‘‘and were
able to speak French fluently the
entire trip.”

She was surprised how easily
the children communicated.

“They did not pick up much
new vocabulary,’’ she says.
“They already knew so much.”’

However, utilizing their
French in different situations
was a very valuable experience,
Mme. Lacourse indicated. .

Besides lessons in the French

language, this French Immer-

sion class benefitted from
lessons’ in motivation, co-

operation and responsibility

while organizing this trip over

. the past year, their teacher says.

“These children are truly bi-
lingual,’” Mme. Lacourse says
proudly. “They prove French |

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Tmmersion really works!”

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