Flair Newsletter Vol33 No 2

Foreign Language Academic Alliance for International Rapport An Academic Alliance of Georgia and South Carolina Vol. 33, No. 2, January 2018 Editor: Jana Sandarg

Department of English and Foreign Languages Augusta University

FLAIR Honor Society Induction Monday, February 26th 6:30 pm: Ceremony for all Homeschools, all public & private schools from all counties EXCEPT Richmond County public & private schools, Aquinas High School, North Augusta High School, Jefferson High School and Washington County.

7:45 pm: Reception

Tuesday, February 27th 6:30 pm: Ceremony for all Richmond County public & private schools, Aquinas High School, North Augusta High School and Washington County 7:45 pm: Reception

Place: Performing Arts Theater, Summerville campus, Augusta University Registration materials are on the webpage: http://www.augusta.edu/pamplin/english-foreign-languages/flair/honor-society-for-highschool.php

Deadline: February 15 Second-year students: Certificate and seal ($5) Third-year students: Medal ($5) Fourth-year students: Pin ($5) Fifth-year students: Medal ($5) *Third, fourth and fifth-year students who have maintained an “A� average are eligible for the medal or pin *Third, fourth and fifth-year qualifying students who are not members of the FLAIR honor society may join FLAIR & receive a certificate and seal ($5) and also a medal or pin ($5). They will attend the induction. *All third, fourth and fifth-year students are invited to attend the ceremony and receive their medals and pins.

Student of the Year & Teacher of the Year Nomination forms for SOTY and for TOTY are on the webpage:

http://www.augusta.edu/flair For a list of past FLAIR awardees: http://www.augusta.edu/pamplin/english-foreign-languages/flair/honorees.php

DEADLINE: February 15 Outstanding Foreign Language Student Award Each school may select one student as the Outstanding Foreign Language Student of the Year from their school to be recognized at this year’s FLAIR Honor Society Induction. The student will receive a certificate and prize. Only schools that participate in the FLAIR Honor Society Induction may submit the name of their outstanding student for recognition. The list of winners will be published in the next issue of the FLAIR newsletter. From this group of “students of the year” from all the high schools, one student will be selected as the overall outstanding student of the CSRA—the “FLAIR Student of the Year.” To participate, the teacher should send the nomination form for the student to flair@augusta.edu. The forms are on the FLAIR web page: www.augusta.edu/flair

Middle School Certificates of Merit For the twelfth year, middle school students can be recognized by FLAIR for their outstanding work in foreign language. The introductory course is offered over two years at the middle school, so those students maintaining an A average of the three semesters and who are recommended by their teacher, can receive a certificate of merit from FLAIR. There is no cost and teachers will award the certificates at their schools. We hope this will encourage students to continue their study of foreign languages in high school and college.

FLAG/SCOLT Conference March 15-17, 2018, in Atlanta, GA http://scolt.org/index.php/conferences/current-conference

FLAIR Steering Committee meeting at Mi Rancho, Jan. 9,2018. L-R: Azilde Worley, Jana Sandarg, Vasco N’Kutula, Terry Meredith, Christy Presgrove, Di Johnson, Julio Ávila, Velia Rosario and Verónica GarcíaHoepker.

French Students Shine!

The French teacher from Aquinas High School, Terry Meredith, had 3 students place at the 2017 Clemson Declamation: Elizabeth Stevenson won 3rd place in French IV Zoey Koltz won 1st place in French I Lili Ross won 1st place in French I

Congratulations!!

Celebrating with FLAIR In December, Sonia Puerta-Quinn and her husband, Karl, hosted a holiday event at their home for FLAIR teachers. Below is a group photo of faculty and friends enjoying the evening and a delectable pot luck. The photographer was “DJ,� the nephew of Michael Harris. Be sure to join us next year!

2017 ACTFL Conference Nashville, November 17-19

News from our teachers Send us your news so we can showcase foreign languages in the CSRA. Send news items and photographs to jsandarg@augusta.edu

The FLAIR Newsletter celebrates its 33rd anniversary this year!

At left, Brígida Ramos attends the ACTFL conference in Nashville, TN, November 2017.

El Día del Idioma Tuesday, April 24, 2018 5:00–7:00 pm Día del Idioma Contest, directed by Dr. Pedro Hoyos Salcedo (Details on the contest will be emailed to all FLAIR members in late March.)

Contests, music, displays & Hispanic food The Ballroom, Jaguar Student Activities Center Augusta University, Summerville campus Entrance is FREE and open to the public. Free contest registration for students.

Give optional credit! Sign-in sheets will be sent to all teachers maps available at www.augusta.edu

FLAIR TEACHER GRANTS are available to active FLAIR members who are presenting at a conference, working on a special project, or other similar items. Up to five $100 teacher grants will be awarded per year, if funding is available, to active FLAIR members. Teachers may receive the grant only once. To apply, email Terry Meredith at tmeredith@aquinashigh.org. No deadline.

FLAIR wants you! We need steering committee members.

Please contact Terry Meredith (tmeredith@aquinashigh.org) or Jana Sandarg (jsandarg@augusta.edu) if you wish to be added to the steering committee email list. Everyone is invited to attend the meetings.

2018 Jan Feb

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Deadline to register for online National French Contest AATSP-GA Student Immersion Camp, GA FFA-FCCLA Center, Covington, GA 26-27 FLAIR Honor Society induction, Augusta University Mar 9-11 AATF French Immersion Camp 15-17 SCOLT/FLAG Conference, Atlanta, GA TBD FLAIR Culinary Arts Class Apr 24 DĂ­a del Idioma, Augusta University Jul 25-28 AATSP Conference, Salamanca, Spain Aug ?

FLAIR Conference, Augusta University Oct 19-21 AATSP-GA Teacher Immersion Camp, GA FFA-FCCLA Center, Covington, GA 20 AATSP-GA Conference, GA FFA-FCCLA Center, Covington, GA Nov 16-18 ACTFL Conference, New Orleans, LA Please email items for the calendar to the editor: jsandarg@augusta.edu

$250 Student Study Abroad Award

$250 Teacher Study Abroad Award

Students who are members of the FLAIR Foreign Language Honor Society are eligible to receive a $25 award for participating in a study abroad program.

Only one award will be given per year. Students must participate in an organized program and the funds will be disbursed after receiving official documentation of completion of the program. No deadline. Contact: Terry Meredith at tmeredith@aquinashigh.org

Teachers who are active members of FLAIR are eligible to receive a $250 award for participating in a study abroad program. Only one award will be given per year. Teachers must participate in an organized program and the funds will be disbursed after receiving official documentation of completion of the program.

No deadline. Contact: Terry Meredith at tmeredith@aquinashigh.org

Minutes of the FLAIR Steering Committee Tuesday, January 9, 2018 The FLAIR steering committee met at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at Mi Rancho Mexican Restaurant on Washington Road. The following members were present: Julio Ávila, Verónica García-Hoepker, Di Johnson, Terry Meredith, Vasco N’Kutula, Christy Presgrove, Sonia Puerta-Quinn, Velia Rosario, Jana Sandarg, Azilde Worley.

Jana prepared the agenda and Di volunteered to lead the meeting. Jana noted that FLAIR was founded in 1985. This past spring 2017 marked the completion of 32 years. We are in our 33rd year. We set the next FLAIR steering committee meeting for Tuesday, April 17, at 5:00 pm at Mi Rancho.

Send all items for the next newsletter to Jana as soon as possible. Her email is jsandarg@augusta.edu.

The treasurer, Edwin Pérez, sent the treasurer’s report. As of the December 2017 bank statement, we have a balance of $1,226.90. It was moved and seconded to accept the report.

The December gathering was a big hit, with lively conversation and delectable food. Everyone thanked Sonia for hosting our holiday gathering in her home. She graciously covered the cost of the evening.

After discussing several possibilities for the fall 2018 conference, everyone agreed that our colleague, Azilde Worley of North Augusta High School, would lead a workshop on how to use video production with commands. The workshop will be for all foreign language teachers and the title will be “Using Video Production in the Foreign Language Classroom.”

The FLAIR Honor Society ceremonies will be held on Monday, February 26 & Tuesday, February 27, 2018: 6:30 Ceremony 7:45 Reception Tuesday, February 27th: All Richmond County public schools, Richmond County private schools, Aquinas High School, North Augusta High School, Washington County schools Monday, February 26th: All other schools from all other counties We volunteered for the following assignments. We will look for additional volunteers.

Jana: invite AU dignitaries to give the welcome -- one at each ceremony arrange for tables write & send newsletter receive registrations & fees put in program that schools will be called in the order they won by lottery at check-in write & print program print certificates & seals for all students confirm judges for SOTY & TOTY order FLAIR SOTY & TOTY plaques print SOTY certificates for each SOTY of each school invite Melissa McAllister & Sandra Carraway to attend no door prizes this year assist on stage get signatures of folks in photos for posting on the web page order medals and pins invite Admissions & Financial Aid to have a table during the reception send program list to Tricia so she can make seating areas Tricia: make signs for schools for seating areas set up tables in lobby for reception, teacher registration & AU Admissions/Financial Aid Edwin: pick up & pay for FLAIR SOTY & TOTY plaques checks for SOTY & TOTY assist on stage Task Monday (all other schools) Tuesday (Rich Co public & private, Aquinas, North Augusta HS, Washington Co, Jefferson HS) Person(s) responsible Person(s) responsible M. C. Di Johnson Terry Meredith Reception Christy Michael Harris Entertainment Di-check EHS French teacher Terry Meredith (poetry) Vanessa Lozada?

Michael Harris & Vasco N’Kutula Christy will check Julio or Azilde ROTC Julio Julio Candlelight ceremony Rico?

Julio Pledge Rico?

Julio Decorations Sonia Sonia Check-in Rico Velia Medals Jana Jana SOTY prizes Di Di Hand out SOTY prizes Christy Sonia, Velia Ushering ROTC (Julio) ROTC (Julio) Photography Jana Jana

Di will buy amazon gift cards for SOTY gifts. Sonia has the battery-operated candles for FLAIR for the candlelight ceremony. Jana will bring the 2 black tablecloths. Sonia can provide a table cloth for the candles.

We agreed that the culinary arts class has been a huge success every year, so Di will ask if Sabrina Morgan would host us again at Evans High School in April. Di will email dates to the steering committee once she hears back from Sabrina. As voted last year, we will give her an honorarium (gift card) for $100. This amount will be given each year.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 pm.

Submitted by: Jana Sandarg

Culinary Arts Class International cuisine: Cook & eat!

Date TBA

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Place TBA

classroom is Room TBA

For FLAIR honor society members only $6 per person Registration deadline: Registration & payment must be received by the deadline Make checks out to FLAIR Teachers: Send one payment for all your students & list of names to Edwin Perez 106 Barts Drive Augusta, GA 30909