Last weekend TGS 5th and 6th grade French students traveled to Montreal with Madame Jo and parent chaperones Lisa Stolper, Marjorie Ray, and Ned Childs. Students met their Montreal pen pals and teachers at Collège Stanislas on Saturday afternoon, and after some games in the courtyard at the school, they went to tour the city with their host families.
Sunday morning we met at the ONF, the Montreal Film Board, to make an animated film. Pen pals from TGS and CS paired up to make a one minute movie. After the activity, families took the TGS students out for the afternoon.
On Monday morning we toured Collège “Stan” and met briefly with the Head of School. Students and their pen pals then went to a park to play games, and the final group activity was a meal together before we had to head home.
TGS students noted that they had to make an extra effort to communicate with their pen pals who did not speak much English, but they still managed to enjoy each other’s company. A few of their comments: “The stop motion movie we made was awesome!” “In Montreal I went to two really good Arabian restaurants. “ “The highlights of my trip were the Tour Olympique and the Biodome.”
A big thank you to our chaperones, and also to Collège Stanislas and the host families who were incredibly generous in treating our children to a memorable visit to Montreal. The weather was magnificent we all had a wonderful trip.
