Y’all, what’s an end of year party without a bounce house, food and….beer?!  France really knows how to make school events more enjoyable!

Makenna’s school threw an end of year party on a Friday evening towards the end of June, 2 weeks before school ended.  The last day of school here was July 6th which seems late for our friends back home, but they also start later….usually a few days into September and they have a 2 week vacation about every 6 weeks during the school year.

The evening started out with the different grades performing dances.  Makenna’s class combined with a class of 2nd graders to dance to the French version of “The Muffin Man” (in French it is Le Ramoneur, or the chimney sweep).  They wore shirts the the teacher’s aides painted that said “trés Briand” which was a play on words….Briand is part of the school’s name and it sound like the French word “brillant” which means bright.

There were tables set up with sweet and savory foods made my parents, which the school charged money for to help pay for the event.  There were also hot dogs, slushies and beer!

For the kids, there were bounce houses with slides set up.

Unfortunately Makenna had a fever that afternoon so we only took her for a little while and then had to go home.  It was nice to have such a casual setting to talk to teachers and other parents.