Eleven members of the Pomperaug High School French Honor Society visited Mrs. Joan Kelly's fifth grade classroom at Long Meadow Elementary School in Middlebury to introduce the younger students to the French language. French Honor Society president, Paul Northup, and vice president, Caroline Palumbo, led the class activities.

   "This is our first visit to a fifth grade class," said Pomperaug High School French teacher, Mrs. Elaine Lewandoski. "The French Honor Society always visits the seventh and eighth grade French classes in the middle schools to present skits and games in French.  We also go annually to some third grade classes at Gainfield Elementary School to introduce the pupils to the French language, geography, and culture. The high school students love doing the activities, and the younger students benefit from their expertise."

   The high school students taught the fifth graders how to sing "La Licorne" (“The Unicorn”) whereby the students learned the French word for a number of animals. Also, in order to teach the students the French names for different body parts, the French Honor Society played "Body Part Bingo".

   The hour-long class was chaperoned by World Languages Department Chair, Dr. Yolande Bosman, but coordinated by Mrs. Lewandoski and Mrs. Kelly.

   "This class was a way for our French students to reach out to the community," said Dr. Bosman. "In addition, they make a contribution to a francophone country for a needy cause, i.e. orphanage. All of this is to sensitize our students to the diversity of cultures and share the love of their French study. How astonishing it was that the students learned the parts of the body at this class! Our PHS students relished the experience, as much as the younger ones did."