Jeanne Koré Salvato

terminale

terminale

his is the time of year when high school seniors are madly preparing their applications to go to college.  Did you ever wonder what this might be like in a foreign country?  Let’s take a look at la belle France. The last year in high school is called...
un mot

un mot

ne day, before school correspondence between teacher and parent had gone on-line, my daughter came home with un mot from her teacher, a word written in what is called lecarnet.  Now le carnet is a most important notebook which documents the student’s existence at...
pétanque II

pétanque II

n last week’s post, we learned (more or less) how to play pétanque, or should I say we learned how pétanque is played.  I do hope you practiced your swing, which requires no boule, no pitch, and no team.  Nonetheless a good swing is central to your eventual possession...
pétanque

pétanque

ochester, New York, located on the shores of Lake Ontario, has its legendary charms.  From beautiful fall foliage to the burial place of Frederick Douglas, we have the Jazz and Fringe Festivals, many Halloween decorations, and it may surprise you to learn that we...
brood

brood

he word “brood” is a double entendre, meaning a brood of chickens or even a brood of children, and also “to brood,” which brings to mind someone like Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff The novel brood by Jackie Polzin brings both of these...