Last night we attended the Société Honoraire de Français induction ceremony for the last time.
Our daughter was a 4 year member in the French Honor Society while in middle/high school and #2 Son received his 4 year pin and certificate last evening too.
We've been to 7 of these ceremonies......one year they both were inducted so not 8 ceremonies.
If you feel like wasting a little time, here are a few film clips I shot during the ceremony.
First the introduction and the passing of the torch.....this part is over 6 minutes long.
(The actual torch passing happens around 4:30)
Then Madame Schwartz, the French teacher, spoke. She got choked up this year and there were many tears shed by teens, teacher and parents.....this part is 7 minutes long.
The 4th year students(really 5th year French, since you have to have 6 semesters with a 94 average to get into this society)receive their pins and certificates......this one is under 1 minute.
And finally, this year, a 3rd year student , AJ, sang Le Marseillaise and #2 Son accompanied him on the flute.....
He's actually smiling....I suspect it's because the ceremony is almost over. lolz
Sluggy
Our daughter was a 4 year member in the French Honor Society while in middle/high school and #2 Son received his 4 year pin and certificate last evening too.
We've been to 7 of these ceremonies......one year they both were inducted so not 8 ceremonies.
If you feel like wasting a little time, here are a few film clips I shot during the ceremony.
First the introduction and the passing of the torch.....this part is over 6 minutes long.
(The actual torch passing happens around 4:30)
Then Madame Schwartz, the French teacher, spoke. She got choked up this year and there were many tears shed by teens, teacher and parents.....this part is 7 minutes long.
The 4th year students(really 5th year French, since you have to have 6 semesters with a 94 average to get into this society)receive their pins and certificates......this one is under 1 minute.
And finally, this year, a 3rd year student , AJ, sang Le Marseillaise and #2 Son accompanied him on the flute.....
#2 Son with his French Teacher Madame Schwartz
Sluggy
Felicitations! Je te remercie pour nous avoir partage cette tellement jolie ceremonie! Il est evident que tu restes fiere de lui! : )
ReplyDeleteCarol in CT-who can't type the accents in with this laptop!
Oui Carol, nous sommes fiers de lui! 8-)
Deletevotre fils est tres bon! and damn good looking; he looks like you!
ReplyDeleteMais oui, il et tres beau so he doesn't look like me! bwaaahhhh
DeleteBut thanks a.m.
Very cool! I don't speak any French at all, and only a few words of Spanish (I read more than I speak).
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS!!!
Peace <3
Jay
Merci mon ami.
DeleteFrench is only one of two subjects he ever really excelled at....music being the other. He's the artsy type through and through.
I can't talk French (I guess I could try and fake it), but congrats to him!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize French was an option in the U.S., but of course I wasn't thinking with my brain. I do that a lot. My daughter was in french immersion from kindergarten on but then it's our second official language. So far she has used it in one job. But there's still hope.
ReplyDeleteFélicitations à votre fils.
ReplyDeleteI had to get a translator to say that. LOL! I studied French for 8 years. My first teacher was from France. My high school teacher had lived in France and was married to a French woman. I learned to think in French instead of translating. When I was a Senior in HS, I was president of the French Club and VP of FNHS. When I went to college, I tested out of a couple of years of French but wanted to take it anyway. The teacher sucked. I stopped taking it. I stopped speaking it. I lost it. I can read some and understand some, but I really have to think about it. I would have to relearn it to be fluent again. Tell your son not to lose it.