Classes Duo Videos – Jean Zay Elementary School

The Classes Duo students from both sides of the Atlantic recorded brief videos to say goodbye to their video pals. Several of the Jean Zay students are rotating out of the program because they are going to the 6th grade and will attend a different school in the fall (college, which is the equivalent of middle school in the U.S.).

Below are the videos recorded by the students at Jean Zay Elementary School in Paris.  Some delivered their summer vacation messages in English; Classes Duo participant Savannah or I translated messages for others. The students are sitting in front of triptychs they created in the spirit of three art movements that influenced Beauford Delaney’s art – Impressionism, Fauvism, and Abstract Expressionism.

Click on the photos to access the videos.

Anaïs

Anäis sat in on several sessions during the spring semester 2019. She is going to middle school in the fall.

Chloé

Chloé shared a portrait of me that she created. She will return to the program in the fall.

“Hello,
Thank you Monique and see you next year!”

Elise

Elise joined the program in Spring 2019. She will return to Classes Duo next year.

“Hello,
I would like to tell you that I went to Algeria, my country of origin. It was great! I tell you next year.”

Ilyana

Ilyana joined the program in Autumn 2018. She will return to Classes Duo next year.

“I would like to tell you that I went to Spain in Madrid during the holidays. I was at my uncle’s house. It was great! I wish you to go too. Here is my keychain that I brought back from there.”

Iris

Iris will go to middle school in the fall.

Julie

Julie will return to the program in the fall.

“I am sad to leave you but we will see you next year.”

Kendra

Kendra joined the program in Autumn 2018. She will go to middle school in the fall.

Maurane

Maurane will return to the program in the fall.

“I would like to tell you that I went to Morocco and it was great! I wish you to go there one day.”

Savannah

Savannah is going to middle school in the fall.

Simon

Simon is going to middle school in the fall.

“Hello,
During the holidays I went to the Island of Ré and I bathed in very cold water for 30 minutes. Next year, I will be in college and I will not be able to see you. Today, this is the last time.”

Sirine

Sirine is going to middle school in the fall.

Valentin

Valentin will visit New York from May 15-19, 2019. He is going to middle school in the fall.

Paris en Colère

At the end of the session, several students sang “Paris en Colère” (“Angry Paris”) by Mireille Mathieu.
Click on the image to hear them sing.