Peanut Butter

Bon voyage!

We wish our French guests an excellent trip back home. Thank you for joining us, these past three weeks were filled with amazing moments for all of us here at Sem. Bonne continuation et a bientot!

A message from the girls: SEM, J-1 ♥ Ca va nous manquer tout ca - SEM, We'll miss you

A song from Mme. Renard

Morning Meeting February 27th.

Basketball clinic with our Hall of Famer Eva Cunningham

Thank you to Coach Eva for offering a basketball clinic to our French girls! They had the greatest time mastering the basics of the game. The whole school could hear their cheer and laughter!! 

US History with Mrs. Greene!

Our French group had a fantastic time with Mrs. Greene yesterday, who prepared for them a discussion on American politics. The group was asked to fill out a questionnaire to discuss conservative and liberal issues so as to compare and contrast the American and French systems. Our guests left the room impressed with their conversation and felt definitely more comfortable with the topic thanks to Mrs. Greene's workshop.

Visiting Toronto!

Our French group at the Falls! On a very cold day...View from the plant

Zumba, anyone?

Thanks for an awesome first week at Sem!

Our French girls and chaperon are very busy making memories in our community. We are looking forward to the next two weeks with you guys! Thanks for being with us!

Dance workshop on Lady Gaga with Mrs. Hopkins!

Chinese Calligraphy with Ms. Ammerman for Valentines'day

Old Fort Niagara

Visiting City Hall!

Extract your own DNA with Dr S!

From Marie & Marie on visiting City Hall and skating in Buffalo

Ce matin, nous avons visité la ville de Buffalo, très imposante par sa magnifique et moderne architecture... Nous avons été impressionnés par la vue du haut du City Hall. Ensuite plusieurs d'entre nous ont testé pour la première fois le patin a glace; nous avons passsé un moment convivial et nous avons bien rigolé des magistrales chutes des plus maladroits !!
Marie Bostyn et Marie Lecrocq

From Camille and Marie L on the PBJ experience...

On tuesday morning , we went to the cafeteria with Mrs Michaud and her class to taste an American speciality. Her students learnt us how to make peanut butter sandwiches with grape jam. It was quite surprising but everybody loved that ! Then we showed them how to make crepes ; that was a funny and outstanding experience !!
Camille and Marie L

From Camille, on the crepe-off

On Tuesday the 12th of February we did a Crepe Off.
We had to make two different teams so that the french girls could team up with the american girls.
After arguing about the people in our team, we finally got the chance to actually bake and make our crepe mixture with all of the ingredients.
When we were done preparing it, both of the teams stormed in the kitchen to finish the preparation by heating up the crepes.
At the end we didn't find out which team had winned but we didn't care.. We still ate a bunch of crepes !
I must say we all had a blast ! Best crepe off ever !
Camille Rault

A crepe-off in Sem's kitchen for Mardi Gras

Madame's Intermediate French class invited our French guests to join 2 competitive teams this afternoon for a crepe-off. The goal: make a crepe batter and make as many crepes as possible in a given time. At the end of the period, it was a tie. Great team spirit, great fun, full bellies.

The very first bite of a PBJ sandwich...

Leave it to Madame's Intro to French class to teach our French guests how to make a staple in American delicacies: a peanut butter & grape jelly sandwich. Let it be known that peanut butter is quite difficult to find, if it can be found at all; and that grape jelly does not exist in France, despite the abundance of grapes. Some of our guests had mixed feelings about the sweet & salty flavor, some had to have 3 sandwiches before the period was over. Bottom line is, it was a fantastic encounter, both ways. Miam!