A VOUS LA PAROLE 2006
December 2005
Dear
Colleagues,
I
am pleased to announce the 2006 A Vous la Parole oral French contest. Once again thanks to the
efforts
of Betsy Kerr, it will be held Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at Coffman Union on the campus
of
the University of Minnesota, from 9
AM to 1:30 PM. This date is earlier than normal years
due
to a conflict with MCA testing in late April and limited availability of Coffman Union. A Vous
la
Parole is open to students of French
in Grades 7 through 12 accompanied by their teachers or
representatives. Only students of AATF members may
participate. For you or your colleagues who
are
not current members of AATF, this is a good opportunity to renew/join by
contacting
MN-AATF
treasurer LaRae Ellingson at 651-423-7501 or larae.ellingson@district196.org.
There
will again be an opening ceremony
this year which will begin at 9:00 am.
On
the enclosed sheet you will notice that there are a few changes in the
description of categories
especially
in the prose & poetry section (7th, 8th and 9th
grade). Please pay close attention to the
specific
information provided including time limits. For the 8th year
in a row, I am able to keep
the
fee per entry at $6.
Similar
to previous years, certificates will be printed with names and categories, but you will
be
asked to affix the stars.
In
order to finalize plans for this year's event, I need to know some information
regarding
approximate
number of students, time limitations and video entries. Individual students may
enter
in several categories, but each entry needs to be counted separately and paid
separately.
Due
to limited space and time, I am still unable to grant more than 4 time slots
per
category
per school. That means 4 individuals in individual categories and 4 total
groups
in
group categories from a single school. There is also a limit of 4 entries per
school in
the
video category.
Many
teachers gave me positive feedback regarding last year's option of registering
electronically. This year I'd like to encourage you to do all your
final registrations electronically
if it is convenient for you. Please see
information in the next mailing
regarding how to submit
your
names electronically whether it be in a spreadsheet form (preferred way) or
simply in the
body
of an e-mail or word document.
To
receive the next mailing, you must let me know your intention to participate
by
January,
27th, 2006. You can mail the [Initial
Interest] form or e-mail the info
to
avouslaparole@hotmail.com.
The second mailing should arrive by
early February. At this
point
I do not need to know how many entries you will have in particular
categories (just keep
in
mind that the limit is 4 per category as you are assigning them to your students)
nor do
I
need any student names. For those of you who have never participated before,
here is a
synopsis
of the process:
by
Friday, January 27th --- you send the
enclosed form or e-mail me regarding your school's initial
interest
in participating
early
February ---
those who responded above will receive info regarding registering students
Friday,
February 24th --- this is when
finalized entries are due– you provide me student names,
specific
categories entered AND this is also the date by which video/DVD entries need to
be sent in
about
10 days prior to the contest -- you
receive all master judging sheets, last minute instructions
in
the mail
March
14th, 2006 --- see you at the
competition!
As always, I look forward to your
participation and to the success of the 2006
A Vous la Parole.
Clare Hagen
coordinator, A Vous la Parole 2006
avouslaparole@hotmail.com
(please continue to use this
e-mail address instead of previous ones since I am on a parental leave)
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reformatted for MnAATF chapter website - 3 January, 2006