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World Language Week Wows SLS
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For more than two decades, St. Luke’s World Language Department has presented World Language Week, a five-day celebration with activities, music, food, and fun! This year’s theme was “history”. From April 17-21, Middle and Upper School World Language teachers ran engaging, fun activities each day during lunch for students to enjoy learning about languages and linguistic history.
For more than two decades, St. Luke’s World Language Department has presented World Language Week, a five-day celebration with activities, music, food, and fun! This year’s theme was “history”. From April 17-21, Middle and Upper School World Language teachers ran engaging, fun activities each day during lunch for students to enjoy learning about languages and linguistic history.
Activities included:
- International coffee, tea, and hot chocolate tastings with related history lessons
- Chinese character and historical figure games, and a lively history-themed Jeopardy tournament
- The newly-redesigned Francophone Jukebox designed by Middle School French teacher Cynthia Briggs’ 7th & 8th-grade students
- A live conversation with Anna Bick Rowe ‘08, an executive producer, about her Academy Award-nominated film “Strangers at the Gate”
- French, Latin, Mandarin, and Spanish musical performances from students and faculty at St. Luke’s International Coffee House
- Luca Lab, an international cuisine cooking lab featuring five hands-on food prep stations for students to prepare and eat globally-inspired dishes
- Internationally-inspired cuisines for lunch each day, created by Food Service Director Patrick Sullivan, Chef Dan, and the FLIK team (See the yummy menu options)
Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s World Language Week a huge success!
St. Luke’s School is a secular (non-religious), private school in New Canaan, CT for grades 5 through 12 serving over 40 towns in Connecticut and New York. Our exceptional academics and diverse co-educational community foster students’ intellectual and ethical development and prepare them for top colleges. St. Luke’s Leading with Humanity curriculum builds the commitment to serve and the confidence to lead.
