Schreiber Senior Hoping For French Connection Among Students

A Schreiber senior, and self-described "Frencophile," is working with the Port Washington school district to promote French culture and language in several schools.

During National French Week next month, a Parisian Street Fair theme with mimes, musicians, caricature artists, face painters, baked goods for sale and a French trivia game has been planned during the one-hour lunch period in the Schreiber lobby on Nov. 4, 6 and 8. 

"This is the busiest time for lobby traffic, so we expect several hundred students to be present," says Schreiber student Jackson Shain, the organizer of the French promotion. "It is my hope that this passion will drive students to either take French if they do not do so already, or become more dedicated to French if they already take the class."

All "street fair" performers and artists will all be Schreiber students.

The primary goal of this event is to get students to become passionate about French, said Shain, working to organize the event through a senior experience project.

The secondary goal of the French project is to raise money for Weber students travel to Montréal. The trip, historically an important teaching tool to the French Department, has been reserved for Eighth Grade French students in the past but it has not taken place in six years.

Shain says he hopes to keep the community involved in an effort to promote French in Port Washington.