February 2008 Archives

Greetings!

We have begun our preparation meetings with your children for the trip to France in just a few short months! During these meetings we will be covering a number of topics including:

•Program expectations
•Group travel: roles and routines
•Packing and money
•Itinerary info and planning
•Successful family stay
•Getting around
•Hotel and restaurant behavior
•Group logistics
•Sites, cities, events
•Safety
•Communicating with home
•Managing free time
•American Ambassador
•Language commitment

By now your child should have turned in a signed copy (by parent and child) of the program expectations sheet as well as a photocopy of their passport.

Julie Dunlop, our Language and Friendship coordinator will be contacting you shortly with the final payments. I believe we are going to break up the final payments into two due dates: March 15 and April 15.

Please check our France2008 Blog. We are updating this blog frequently with new information. We will also be using this blog to keep you posted when we are in France and Switzerland. I am including the link. France 2008 is also located on the A-Z page on the new MPA website.

Thank you,
Evy Johnson

Thank you to all who were able to attend the meeting today. It is really important that you make every effort to attend these meetings. Please let me know if you are unable to attend. We meet in M. Swanson's room across the hall from the cafeteria. Our next meeting is Friday, March 7th.

Important info and reminders:

A. If you have not given your shirt size to M. Saunoi, please do so as soon as possible. The shirts will cost $16. Please bring your checks to either M. Saunoi or Mme Johnson made out to MPA.

B. Please turn in your signed program expectation forms and a copy of your passport to Mme Johnson as soon as possible.

C. A number of you have not heard from your families. Please do not be concerned!!! You'll be hearing from them soon!

D. If any of you are interested in hosting a student from France or Switzerland this summer, please speak with Mme Johnson.

E. We need to meet next Friday at 11:05. We are going to discuss program expectations and begin the prep work for the trip!

F. Reminder that the final payment for the trip will be due March 15.
Address for L&F is:

Language & Friendship, Inc
8009 34th Avenue South
Suite 880
Bloomington, MN 55425

Tel: (952) 841- 9898

Merci,
Madame Johnson

Good morning!

Please turn in your program expectation sheets and copies of your passport photos. Hopefully by now, you have all turned in your payments due Feb. 1st.

Many thanks,
Madame Johnson

Here is a quick message from M. Saunoi:

A reminder to students to indicate to M. Saunoi the size you want for
the t-shirt. We don't know yet how much the t-shirt will be but you should
Expect to pay about $20.