New Officers Elected at Spring Meeting - Elections were held for the offices of Vice President and Secretary. As current Vice President Barbara Gilbert assumes the office of President for the 08-09 academic year, and current Secretary Sally Schneider steps down from her position, the new slate of officers for the 08-09 year will be:

President - Barbara Gilbert
Vice President - Milia Haidar
Secretary - Laurel Mayo
Vice President of Special Events - Megan Diercks
Treasurer - Becky Lee
NFC Administrator - Becky Richards

Congratulations and best wishes to our new leaders!


(L-R) B. Gilbert, B. Lee, M. Diercks, M. Haidar, L. Mayo.

Calling All Volunteers! - Volunteers are needed for AATF events for the 08-09 school year. Please see the report on this year's events and the volunteer survey below. If you would like to support these events, contact Megan Diercks. The survey may be emailed to Megan or faxed to Flower Mound High School, attn: Megan Diercks. Fax: 972.691.5826.

Report on AATF Events 2007-08
Volunteer Survey

Workbooks Available - Robert E. Lee high school in Tyler has 18 Discovering French activity books (Level 1) of the 1997 edition to give to any school that can use them. Contact Mary Delaney if you are interested.

Recorded Textbooks for Blind and Dyslexic Students - French teachers, if you have a desire to use your good reading voice to help blind and dyslexic students, Reading and Radio Resource needs your help. Volunteer readers are needed to record the McDougall (Valette) textbook ASAP! Please contact Nancy Adrian at Reading and Radio Resource at 214- 871-7668.

Promouvoir le Francais avec la Chanson - The French singer-songwriter, Eric VINCENT (http://www.eric-vincent.com), will be back in the USA next fall for a new tour on campuses from the end of September 2008 until Thanksgiving.
If you are interested in a concert and/or a workshop session, to help the promotion of French in your College, University or High School contact Marie-Claude BARBIN for more information.

The World Speaks French - Posters from The World Speaks French campaign are now available. They can be purchased on-line through the AATF Web site.

Technology Survey - Please take a moment to complete this national survey regarding technology use in teaching and learning French. The survey, developed by Lara Lomicka Anderson, Chair of the AATF Commission on Telematics and New Technologies, and Lawrence Williams, a member of the Commission, is posted on the TNT portion of the AATF Web site.

The results will allow the Commission to provide teachers with useful information about how technology is being used around the country, and to provide workshops or perhaps on-line tutorials that could be helpful for teachers.

Alliance Française Discount - The Alliance has also graciously offered to give a discount of 20% to teachers who wish to take any of their classes. For further information, see their website, www.afnorthtexas.org . Other resources there include non-natives' proficiency tests available for students and contemporary French films each month.

Mentorship for New Teachers - Many new teachers are the only French teacher on campus and could use friendly advice and encouragement. If you are interested in mentoring a new teacher or would like a mentor for yourself, please contact Pauline Sinnamon (Plano East Senior High) at Pauline.Sinnamon@pisd.edu for information about the new mentoring program she is setting up.