Bloomingdale Yearbook

Each year, Mme Richardson’s French Club supports the Foster Angels charity program, and participants have the opportunity to make a young child smile.

The program assigns each person to a foster child. They get a card with general information about that child, such as their name and age. The donors use this knowledge to prepare boxes of items, and Angels sends them to their recipients.

Common donations include clothing, toys, or books. However, being assigned a specific person makes it possible to compose boxes that appeal to them especially. For example, many would say that a doll would be an appropriate gift for a seven-year-old girl, or a picture book for a kindergartener learning how to read.

These children, who may not always be the happiest, get their precious moments of joy when they open up a package and see that someone, somewhere, cares about them enough to have taken the time to prepare it just for them.

Salut! The French Club had its first meeting on September 9th. It is a red club sponsored by Madame Richardson.

The members met in the cafeteria to vote for officers, homecoming nominees, and club T-shirts. They also discussed activities they would be doing throughout the year, such as a trip to Epcot in the fall, and another to Europe during spring break.

Sponsor Madame Richardson describes, “French Club is fun. It’s a way to enjoy the culture.” She also says that the club practices culture by eating French bread and cheeses and playing trivia. They help with the French Honor Society inductions as well, and do a service project for foster children, which involves bringing gifts to kids in foster homes.

In general, the French Club is a way for students to learn not just the language, but the traditions and culture of French people. According to Madame Richardson, “It’s awesome!”