Fall Courses Now Open for Registration :

	French Weekly Courses with Margot Stiassni-Sieracki, Winnie Easton-Jones, and Elisabeth Goodridge: three levels, from September 20.
	Spanish Weekly Courses with Billy Smith and Nohora Estes, three levels of courses starting September 21.
	Italian Weekly Courses with Alessandra Baldetti, three levels of courses from September 21.
	Japanese Weekly Courses with Sachiko Clough and Nobuko Kamecke, beginning September 20.
	German Weekly Courses With Sally Burtnette-Leser beginning September 21.
	Russian Weekly Courses with Julie von Kamecke and Taran Campbell from September 22.
	Beginning Mandarin Chinese with Claire Adams, beginning September 23
	Spanish for Children with Nohora Estes, Kindergarten and First Grade, from September 28.
	French For Children with Margot Stiassni-Sieracki, Grades 2-5, starting September 29.
	Signing for Children with Marcie Howard. Eight week courses beginning October 1.

What's New At the School:

	Penobscot School on Facebook: Please visit our Facebook page, become a fan, take part in discussions about language learning and our international community.
	We've also set up a Students' Page with information about classes and immersions, tips for getting the most out of your learning experience and more.

Luncheon Conversation Groups:

These events will start up again in September

Café Français with Denis Healy
Mondays, 12:15-1:15 PM

Almuerzo Español with Billy Smith
Tuesdays, 12:15-1:15 PM

Mittagstafel with Sally Burtnette-Leser
Wednesdays, 12:15-1:15 PM

Pranzo Italiano with Alessandra Benotti
Thursdays, 12:15-1:15 PM

Meet our new Italian Exchange Teacher:

Alessandra Baldetti, 29, is the school’s Italian foreign exchange teacher for 2010-11. She hails from Sienna, Italy, where she was graduated from the University of Sienna "with honors and distinction." She has also studied at the University of Birmingham (England) in its Italian Studies program focusing on teaching and translating Italian. While in Birmingham she was elected President of the Erasmus Society. Allesandra speaks Spanish and French in addition to Italian and English.

Donate to the School:

International cooking classes:

Watch this space for fall cooking courses with with Renate Tower and Harry Kaisarian

Private tutoring:

Private tutoring in French with Margot Stiassni-Sieracki, and Elisabeth Goodridge

Private tutoring in Italian with Alessandra Baldetti

Private tutoring in Spanish with Nohora Estes, and Billy Smith

Private tutoring in Japanese with Sachiko Clough and Ritsuko Kato

Private tutoring in Chinese with Ms. Curtis.

Memories of a great summer program:

Click here for photos of the 2008 summer english immersions featuring students from Italy, Korea, Russia, Spain, Chile, France, Ecuador, Argentina, Japan, Niger, and Brazil.

Regular Language Dinners:

Language dinners commence again from September.

Cena Comune - Italian potluck supper;
First Friday of each month, 6:30-830 PM

La Petite Soirée – French potluck & hors
d’oeuvres. Third Friday of each month, 5:30-7:30 PM

Cena en Español – Spanish potluck supper, Last Friday of each month, 6-9 PM