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Despite our very international flair, many of our students have grown up in sunny California. The concept of real cold is a very foreign thing for a kid who technically could go bogie boarding year round. Oh, they have been to the snow and had snowball fights in Big Bear compliments of Bear[...]]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:00 +0100 2046e01801ba2d626e291b7c4021f5ee Field Trips & Major Projects http://www.chaponot.com/article-life-at-5-degrees-celcius-98523747-comments.html#anchorComment http://www.chaponot.com/article-hindsight-is-20-20-98278193.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:32:00 +0100 3d5c7c50904bc7fc0ad12a44a58d255f Field Trips & Major Projects http://www.chaponot.com/article-hindsight-is-20-20-98278193-comments.html#anchorComment http://www.chaponot.com/article-a-note-from-one-of-our-chaperons-in-paris-97505476.html
I received a note from one of the chaperons in Paris and I thought I'd share it with the rest of you. Enjoy! Hi Elizabeth, I just wanted to share a little story from our second day out and about in Paris. After school we visited the Eiffel Tower with the munchkins. It was a long metro ride from[...]]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:08:00 +0100 e8e6eec0cfb6cb8a610ef825bce18ebe Field Trips & Major Projects http://www.chaponot.com/article-a-note-from-one-of-our-chaperons-in-paris-97505476-comments.html#anchorComment http://www.chaponot.com/article-greetings-from-france-97433438.html
We checked in our crew of Parisian travelers last night. This year our group of 5th graders is 66 students strong and they are all in great spirits. We arrived at the center in the evening and the kids were in their PJs getting ready for bed, blogging, sharing stories. The teachers were roaming[...]]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:23:00 +0100 0f2bd22960b83608d2b9a4e6e64b9acc Field Trips & Major Projects http://www.chaponot.com/article-greetings-from-france-97433438-comments.html#anchorComment http://www.chaponot.com/article-un-expo-de-maths-et-pourquoi-pas-90706637.html
A couple weeks ago I was chased down and enthusiastically handed this (adorable) invitation. Sadly, I was out of town at the time of the event, and was unable to attend, but the feedback I received from parents was stellar. I got glowing reviews and a few fun photos of the event... our 7th[...]]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:31:00 +0100 14b7fa7685d1f58808ba27125ae428f5 Events http://www.chaponot.com/article-un-expo-de-maths-et-pourquoi-pas-90706637-comments.html#anchorComment http://www.chaponot.com/article-our-art-teacher-is-an-artist-91520114.html
I'm always proud to report a success of one of our students, staff and/or families... this last weekend Los Feliz's art teacher Francois Paire was included in the Billboard Art Project. The Billboard Art Project takes over roadside digital LED billboards to turn them into free public art venues[...]]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:56:00 +0100 0aab702660f0bf517552a03cde9c8a19 News http://www.chaponot.com/article-our-art-teacher-is-an-artist-91520114-comments.html#anchorComment http://www.chaponot.com/article-didn-t-you-wonder-how-they-were-able-to-do-it-91559565.html
Last week's winds took out the city of Pasadena and our little campus got hit pretty hard. You drive down the streets of Pasadena now and it still looks like a disaster... yet it only took OUR campus 12 hours to get back on its feet... How you ask? There is no mystery... Philippe Detzen has an[...]]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:14:00 +0100 ea7e632a04352a0f483b345fca20069d News http://www.chaponot.com/article-didn-t-you-wonder-how-they-were-able-to-do-it-91559565-comments.html#anchorComment http://www.chaponot.com/article-excuse-me-while-i-gush-or-writing-to-share-91528353.html
Yesterday Orange County kicked off the latest Writing to Share! Because of the wind, it was held inside... but being confined to a smaller space really brought out how far the program has come. What I saw: French and English teachers working collaboratively in their classrooms, moms and dad's[...]]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:31:00 +0100 c21bc1747766649c3e32d2dfbc0ddd63 Pedagogical http://www.chaponot.com/article-excuse-me-while-i-gush-or-writing-to-share-91528353-comments.html#anchorComment http://www.chaponot.com/article-tis-the-wind-and-nothing-more-91095153.html
Los Angeles was taken by surprise this week by a massive windstorm that semeed to take out powerlines all over the city and pieces of our Pasadena campus in the process. We had two campuses that had to shut down. It was all very dramatic. The positive side to the whole process was we got to[...]]]> Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:10:00 +0100 c5731924497d78ac79353d520eb726e2 News http://www.chaponot.com/article-tis-the-wind-and-nothing-more-91095153-comments.html#anchorComment http://www.chaponot.com/article-meet-the-next-los-feliz-campus-director-88727019.html
As you all know, I am serving as the Interim Campus Director for Los Feliz on top of my Head of School duties for the duration of this school year. I am happy to report that we had several qualified candidates respond to our Ads and last week our search committee of 9 (made up of a few LILA[...]]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:56:00 +0100 5f77a4fba194235fd013b556cfd5f2c8 News http://www.chaponot.com/article-meet-the-next-los-feliz-campus-director-88727019-comments.html#anchorComment