Twenty-one French
exchange students from the Lycée Saint-Jean Hulst in Versailles, France are
experiencing American culture and high school thanks to an exchange organized
by AHS French teacher, Katherine Rozei and Saint-Jean Hulst English teacher
Bénédicte Applegate. From October 19 – 29th, the French students are staying
with AHS host families and shadowing their host brother or sister’s class
schedules. In addition to interacting
with AHS French classes and taking other academic classes with their host
student, the French high schoolers have made an appearance on the AHS Morning
Show, attended their first football game, compared their systems of student
government with the AHS Student Government, and learned how to trick-or-treat
at an after-school French Club Halloween party.
On two different days, the French exchange students took field trips to
Atlanta to visit the Martin Luther King Center, the World of Coke, the Atlanta
History Center and CNN. Alpharetta
students will be going to Lycée Saint-Jean Hulst in April to be hosted and
learn about French culture and schools.
Front row from left:
Charlie Comeau, Danny Corena, Leticia Soares, Maylis Genuyt, and Lara Thorn.
Second row from left: Julia Choldzynski, Caroline Faujour, Quentin Galle,
Pranav Kandikuppa, Charlotte Chaplain, Rachel Gonano, Julia Volovoi, Celine
Capron, and Marine Montazel. Third row
from left: Charles Lego, Aymeric Euvrard, Hugues Champault, Fabian
Lefievre, Alienor Dupont, Ines Apode,
Julia Lammers, and Juliette Belmer. Fourth row from left: Benjamin Michel,
Nicholas Sanchez, Paul Moreau, Emma Svitil, Sandya Vikram, Hannah Braswell,
Emma Prol, Aoife Goggin, Emily Bonfanti, and Mrs. Rozei. Fifth row from left:
Kalid Sudu, Adrien Etienne-Kahn, Wesley Reece, Mustafa Akbar, Derek Wang, Mrs.
Toulemonde, Oliver Aubert, Nicolas Bonnet, Katrina Ristow, Thea Genet, and Mrs.
Applegate.
