Hello Paris,
From  Colbert students in  Chicago.

Departure Paris and arrival in Chicago March 31st 2016

On the plane : Paris-Chicago.

               

   

On the coach on their way to King College Preparatory  High School !

                                   

                           

                                                     

                                   Welcome to King  College Prep High School (KCP) with their  band !
                                                   

Hello Chicago !

Every Tuesday from 6.15 pm to 7.30 pm  at  the lycée  Colbert Club theater in English the students rehearse their play. Last Tuesday They voted for the title of the play and chose to name it in French Une Journée à Paris (thanks Maïmouna for the inspiration!). 

English is not that easy to memorize though ...

Here are (from left to right)  Hagar, Mathis and Maëva reciting a poem by Langston Hughes from The Big Sea.

Love is like the dew

 On lilacs at dawn;

Comes the swift sun

And the dew is gone.

Love is like star-light

In the sky at morn:

Star-light that dies

When day is born.

Love is like perfume

In the heart of a rose:

The flower withers,

The perfume goes-

Love is no more

Than the breath of a rose,

No more

Than the breath of a rose.

Langston Hughes

  Dear Alexandra Tomko  ( from the Drama Ties Company ) and Alexis Rojas  are the directors and co-directors. 

Hello Chicago,
Here is are photos of the French students from the lycée Colbert who will soon come and visit you, we are all excited to spend time with you and to discover your city !
Every Tuesday evening since October 2015, the 11th and 12th graders come to rehearse a play at the club theatre in English. We hope you'll enjoy  it when they play it  for you in Martin Luther King in April  !

     

                                         

Hello Chicago!

The Seniors (terminales) and the juniors organized a party to celebrate the end of the year in the lycée Colbert on june 25th. 

Thanks to the artists !

Théodore Heckmann (terminale)

                                                                  Audrey Ruquet (terminale)

                             

            HELLO CHICAGO !

The students of Colbert in 210-202-203 and 206-207-208 are all on summer vacations now. We wish you all a  great summer !
A bientôt et bonnes vacances !
Le lycée Colbert.

Collage made by the students of Madame Pralon the art teacher of Colbert 2015.

Hello Chicago !

Gare de l'Est et le Canal St Martin,
 I would like to present you a part of Paris where I live- The Canal Saint-Martin, it's located north east near a park : le park Villemin.
It's a channel going from the north  suburb of Paris to the Bastille district : Port of Paris.
You can find lots of bars and restaurants all along. Young and cosmopolitan people live in this area and are called "bobo": 1st BO stands for "bourgeois"- middle class people, and 2nd BO stands for "bohême" (bohemian).
On Sunday no traffic is allowed neither it is in summer , Sundays and Saturdays.Only pedestrians, joggers, families, kids.Sometimes in summer boats sail all along.

On one bank, opposite where I live there is the Hôtel du Nord : North Hotel. It is a very famous hotel with a restaurant.
East of the channel you will find the Gare de l'Est and farther far south the "Place de La République".

Raoul Benmaklouf (2nd)

La Place de la République 

Le Canal Saint-Martin 

La Gare de L'Est 

Bonjour Paris !

Un jour, ma correspondante, ses amies et moi, nous sommes allées à un bar que la mère de ma correspondante aime bien. Là nous avons chanté des chansons françaises traditionnelles et j'ai dansé. Plus tard, nous sommes allées à Notre Dame, et ensuite nous nous sommes promenées le long de la Seine. C'était beau et relaxant. Notre Dame était mieux et plus grande que je l’avais imaginée de mais très romantique. Je souhaite un jour pouvoir visiter Paris de nouveau et revoir comme c’est beau.

Jaylah