French Connection raised another $367 today to donate to the Haitian Project! haitianproject.org A $1,000 check will be sent to the organisation by the end of this academic year. Amazing team effort! Bravo!

Upper School students in the French Contemporary Culture class had a great experience presenting to students and faculty at College of the Holy Cross last week on their research of the French-speaking community of Worcester! #BancroftSchool #OwnYourLearning #WorcesterMA #IndependentSchool

For Middle School Diversity Day, MS students lead a workshop on the history of "beignets" (French doughnuts). Assisted by US French students, they followed the historical recipe of Café Du Monde in New Orleans, and everyone worked collaboratively on making these delicious treats.

French Connection leaders, Eleanor Li and Colly Liang, about to send another $1,000 to the Haitian Project thanks to the proceeds of two very successful crêpe sales this year at the Bancroft School. Thank you both for your amazing leadership! haitianproject.org

youtube.com/watch?v=9LxfLR… (French Seminar II Students created a public service announcement to develop awareness of environmental issues and climate change)

youtube.com/watch?v=FcABxk… (French III Honors students created both a video relating the story of Le Petit Prince using drawings and a book of illustrations with their personal interpretations)

French II students surprising their teacher with dishes from the French-speaking world that they researched and presented in class!

youtu.be/xVTDOIllp7k Students in Contemporary French Culture created short films inspired by the Lumière Brothers!

French Connection (Bancroft School's French Club) celebrating the Epiphany and eating homemade traditional king cake!

Bancroft hosted the 6th edition of French Immersion Day this past Saturday, with the participation of students from 5 other schools! Games, cooking, music, and drama, were the highlights of this very fun day all in French!

Shark Tank Project: A robot who waters your plants! youtube.com/watch?v=dJuKOj…

Shark Tank Project: A baby blanket that monitors your child's vital signs! youtube.com/watch?v=epx-1_…

Shark Tank Project: Motorized Shoes! youtube.com/watch?v=mGStaA…

Shark Tank Project: Clothes that change colors according to the environment! youtube.com/watch?v=ciF2v9…

Kaia Outzen '22 performing Maurice Ravel (Pavane pour une infante défunte) during French Connection Club! youtube.com/watch?v=reV_8T…

French Seminar Students at Bancroft (Current Events in Conversation) presenting their own newscast all in French! youtube.com/watch?v=qglGef…

French III and III Honors Students at Bancroft came up with various creative projects inspired by their reading of Le Petit Prince by Antoine de St-Exupéry (Recording music, composing a song, designing a decision-based game, creating art work, and sharing personal reflections).

French II Students at Bancroft presented video tutorials of culinary projects. youtube.com/watch?v=bJPoTA…

Playing The "Petit Prince" Board Game with AP French students at Bancroft (the game was designed by a student in the class as an individual project the year before!)

Students in French Seminar I prepared for the simulation of a live presidential debate. They had to create a political party, design a campaign program, study the opponent's beliefs and ideas, before identifying strategies for the debate. The full 30 min debate was in French.