WSHS French

Caroling photos

2011-12-15T22:20:00.000-08:00

Caroling, caroling

2011-12-15T21:49:00.000-08:00

Tonight was caroling with the other French students in the district. We were outside JC Penny's at the downtown mall in Salem. C'est amusant!

Gingerbread houses with French Club

2011-12-13T22:12:00.000-08:00

French National Honor Society West Salem Chapter

2011-09-25T21:47:00.000-07:00

Fall elections were last week!

House Quidditch Tournament

2011-06-08T20:22:00.000-07:00

Here's a video from the Quidditch Tournament on Monday!

Final French Club Meeting

2011-06-06T09:07:00.001-07:00

Our final French Club meeting this year will be on Wednesday June 8 after school in the cooking room. We will be making cream puffs!

Quidditch--french style

2011-06-06T09:04:00.001-07:00

Today after school we will be playing quidditch. House teams will compete in a three game tournament. Come and cheer on your favorite team! Snitches will be Sean Barr, Katy Bentson, and Anna Hauck. We will also be having several teachers help us keep on track!

Field Trip to French Press!

2011-05-21T22:05:00.000-07:00

Remember, restaurant reviews are due
Monday, May 23.
Most of them should be about French Press!

French Camp 2011

2011-05-16T15:20:00.000-07:00

It is that time of year again! We are getting French Camp ready for June 20 -24. Counselor applications have been turned in and now I will complete the background checks. If you are interested in having a student join us for French camp the price is $75 per student and includes all activities and food plus a camp t-shirt. Sessions are Session I 9-11:30 and Session II 1-3:30. Applications are available on the West Salem High School Website, at the West Salem HS front office or on the SKSD TAG website.

Europe Trip 2012 update

2011-05-16T15:18:00.000-07:00

We will be meeting on May 17 at 6:30 pm in the Titan Room. Look for updates on fundraisers. There will be a group working on basic Italian during the summer. Also time to get your passport! Our goal is to have all passports currect by next fall so start your application today!

Coupe des Quatre Maisons

2011-05-16T15:12:00.000-07:00

We are finally on our way to our first annual "Coupe des Quatre Maisons" or House Cup competition! All of the first and second year students have been sorted into one of the four Harry Potter houses. Their French names are: Gryffondor, Poufsouffle, Serdaigle, et Serpentard. Our first two activities for house points will be the trivia quiz en français this week, and house spirit points for wearing your house colors on Mon May 23-Thurs May 26 of next week.

We are hoping to have a quidditch tournament before the end of the year : )

La Société Honoraire de Français Spring Awards and Induction Ceremony

2011-04-07T08:59:00.000-07:00

We are pleased to announce that we will be honoring 16 seniors and inducting 49 new members at our annual Spring Awards and Induction Ceremony this year. The meeting will be held Tuesday April 19 at 7 pm in the West Salem High School Auditotium. Principal Ed John will be awarding the senior cords to our outstading seniors. We will also recognize our honorary chapter senior members. Please join us for a fun evening with refreshments following the program.

AP French Exam

2011-04-07T08:57:00.000-07:00

Just a reminder that the AP French Exam is scheduled for May 10 at 12:00 noon. We will have a practice exam on Friday April 22 beginning at 1:00 pm. If you have any questions, please contact Mme Beckstrom

Poisson d'avril--everyone loves being "fished"

2011-04-07T08:53:00.000-07:00

We had a great activity last Friday on April 1st. Over 200 people came to turn in their paper "Poisson D'Avril" for candy in the french room after school! Who knew so may foolish people were on our campus?! We had a great time and then French Club watched part of an Astrix film.

French Update

2011-03-28T07:47:00.000-07:00

Well we made it through Spring Break--this time next year we will bereturning from a wonderful trip to Europe! There is still time to register if you are interested in joining us. Program fees will increase April 1. Get in touch we me if you need registration information.

Also the French National Honor Society Applications are all in and now we wait for notification on who will be inducted this spring.

The AP French Test is coming soon. A little more than a month!

Petanque League will begin in April or May. Sprague is very interested in competing with us.

French Club will be on Friday April 1 for the Poisson d'Avril! Join us right after school in B126

Caroling

2010-12-10T22:43:00.000-08:00

We joined with French students from the other high schools in Salem to spend the evening caroling at the Salem Center Mall downtown.

Pumpkin carving photos

2010-10-27T09:15:00.000-07:00

Tuesday was the Halloween party for the language clubs. The cookies were yummy and the pumpkins were awesome!

Europe Trip 2012 Fundraising

2010-09-22T07:52:00.000-07:00

Applebee's Breakfast is coming this Saturday, September 25 8 am to 10 am at the Lancaster Applebee's. Tickets are $5 per person. Be sure to turn in your $ or tickets by Friday to Mme Beckstrom.

French Club Activity

2010-09-22T07:49:00.000-07:00

We had a great time making Crepes! Students worked in 6 kitchens making crepes and then filling them with a variety of goodies ranging from whipped cream to Nutella to strawberry preserves. Très bon!

Fun French online games

2010-09-16T16:57:00.000-07:00

All students: I have put a link to a great site on our blog. Digital Dialects has some good games to practice vocabulary. I enjoyed the Etre and Avoir game. Check out the link and improve your french skills! I have a prize for the first person from each class to talk to me about a game from this site!!

Installation of New SHF officers

2010-09-16T16:51:00.000-07:00

Tuesday September 14 La Societe Honoraire de Francais (The French National Honor Society) elected new officers. They are:
President--Charles Li, 1st Vice President--Tori Birkholz, 2nd Vice President--Aida Behmard, Treasuer--Lindsey Casian, Secretary--Virginia Tat, and Sergeant at Arms--Garrett Jackson.

Europe Trip 2012!

2010-09-11T21:47:00.000-07:00

Fundraising is under way! Mrs. Rochetto has dining cards for you to sell and Applebee's breakfast tickets for the Sept. 25 benefit breakfast. We also need people to work at Applebee's that morning.

Bienvenue!

2010-09-08T18:00:00.000-07:00

As we begin a new year, we'll use this blog to help students access assignments. I will also include helpful links.

Bonne chance!

LA SOCIETE HONORAIRE DE FRANCAIS

2010-04-08T20:48:00.000-07:00

Well it is that time of year again and we have had our Spring French National Honor Society meeting and new member induction.

The meeting was held Wednesday April 7 at 7 pm in the WSHS Auditorium. Keynote Speaker was our principal, Mr. Ed John. Mr. John applauded the students' efforts in learning and mastering a second language. Senior honors and recognition were accorded to Chapter President Leslie McIntire, Vice Presidents Elaine Capella and Michael Fifer, Sergeant at Arms Daniel Mozell, and members at large Matthew Hettwer, Leticia Falcon, Letty Rodriguez, Emily Domrose, Sam Beckstrom, Mary Simmons, Kyleah Taylor, Jackie Lubbers, Arryn Bess, Brielle Winegar and honorary member Margaux Scozzari. The four senior officers also received the Coq Gaulloise pin for their years of service.

New inductees included: Erin Amsberry, Sam Beckstrom, Vicktoria Birkholz, Lindsey Casian, Jessica Casas, Meredith Coba, Aelix Cunningham, Emily Domrose, Amanda Fergus, Erica Godwin, Kimberly Goertzin, Hetta Hansen, Shelby Hemphill, Anaisa Hernandez, Jennette Isaac, Garrett Jackson, Grace Lundblade, Jill Mayeda, Antonio Nuzzi, Cree Nelson, Rhaven Rodriguez, Larissa Sage, Tessa Seamster, Jazmin Sproule, Virginia Tat and Kyleah Taylor.

Chapter officers Secretary Brendy Schafler and Treasurer Charles Li also helped with the ceremony as did member at large Aida Behmand. Helping with the refreshments were French Club members: Carmen Passanante, Selene Romero and Maddie Martin.

We had a great time and yummy cake with a minimum of challenges (re-assigning parts for the ceremony due to illness, missing certificates and misspelling on the cake!)

FRENCH TRIP 2010

2010-04-08T20:38:00.000-07:00

Our 2010 trip to France was wonderful! It took a little while to acclimatize, though. While the kids were saying that the language was too hard, I noticed the signs in the background said such foreign things as restaurant, cafe, hotel. But by the end of the trip, we all felt comfortable doing such basic things as shopping and ordering food.