North Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (NC-AATF)

The North Carolina chapter of the AATF is proud to announce that Dawn Young of Charlotte Christian School has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the AATF ISE Language Matters Award.

This award recognizes a teacher who has done an outstanding job getting students to speak French through motivation and creative methods. In addition, the teacher has provided authentic immersion experiences outside the classroom for students to practice their language skills.

The award will be presented at the Awards Banquet at the annual AATF Convention, to be held this year in Montreal. Dawn will also be honored in the September issue of the National Bulletin. The award includes a cash prize from Intercultural Student Experiences.

Our warmest congratulations to Dawn!

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Bluford Students Win National Poster Contest - May 3, 2010

Three Guilford County Schools students are first, second, and third place winners of a national poster contest sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. All of the students attend Bluford Elementary and are studying French with Charlene Moyer.

Kindergartner Perri Carlisle-Page came in first place in the contest. First-grader Olivia Jackson and Kindergartner Nina Monsanto received second and third place respectively. This year’s theme was “Discover the Wonders of the French Speaking World.”

The AATF holds the poster contest each year for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Check out photos of the winners and their posters at

www.gcsnc.com/event_photos/10/bluford.htm

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The NC-AATF chapter is very pleased to announce the three recipients of the 2010-2011 John Philip Couch Scholarships for study in France. A strong performance by the Couch Educational Endowment made it possible for us to award a yearlong scholarship and two semester scholarships to outstanding students of French at North Carolina universities and colleges. Caroline Robinson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill won the $5,000 scholarship for a year of study in the Political Science College at Menton. Rebecca Sutton of Guilford College and Sarah Senter of Wake Forest University both won $3,000 scholarships to spend the fall 2010 semester studying in France. Rebecca will participate in the UNC-Chapel Hill program in Montpellier, and Sarah will be in Paris with the New York University study abroad program. Our warmest congratulations to all three award winners!

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