.png){kind=tracking}
Vive la France: French Culture Mixes with LFCDS House Spirit for a Fun-Filled Relay
On a balmy July day in France in the year 1789, hundreds of crazed, yet inspired citizens stormed the infamous Bastille,
emphatically setting in motion the French Revolution. Adorned in red and blue berets and hoisting the flag and color of their country, the proud citizens strode forward with confidence in their unity and an impassioned dedication to a common cause. With the Parisian-themed LFCDS auction fast approaching, the School’s faculty and students joined hands in similar unity and enthusiasm for a House event that involved a Bastille race of its own. While not quite a revolution, the scene that took place in the LFCDS gym on a blustery February day resembled a common depiction of both adults and children proudly sporting their House colors and joining together for a common goal: To become the first apron-wearing team to successfully carry a tray stacked high with baguettes and French cheese across the finish line.On a balmy July day in France in the year 1789, hundreds of crazed, yet inspired citizens stormed the infamous Bastille,
emphatically setting in motion the French Revolution. Adorned in red and blue berets and hoisting the flag and color of their country, the proud citizens strode forward with confidence in their unity and an impassioned dedication to a common cause. With the Parisian-themed LFCDS auction fast approaching, the School’s faculty and students joined hands in similar unity and enthusiasm for a House event that involved a Bastille race of its own. While not quite a revolution, the scene that took place in the LFCDS gym on a blustery February day resembled a common depiction of both adults and children proudly sporting their House colors and joining together for a common goal: To become the first apron-wearing team to successfully carry a tray stacked high with baguettes and French cheese across the finish line.In the spirit of the LFCDS House System, which began in 2011, faculty and students gathered in the gym on Wednesday morning under the familiar blue, yellow, red, and purple banners that each represents a distinct House. Blue for Farwell, red for Mason, yellow for Bell, and purple for Alcott, these banners resemble the names of the School’s three early founders and the founder of independent schools in America. After Ty Stuckslager, Cindy Edwards, and French teacher Elisabeth Brunner explained the origins of the Bastille race as a celebration for waiters and waitresses in France, the leaders of the morning agenda delegated the rules. Members of each House then lined up separately into equal teams and the relay began with the chiming of a bell. Beginning with the youngest child in the House and ending with the House group’s faculty leader, each team member was entrusted with the precarious duty of speed walking from one end of the gym to the other while delicately balancing a small tray of French cuisine and plastic glasses.
After forty-five minutes of haphazardly spilled trays, apron changing on the fly, and much laughter and cheering, the Bastille Race House event came to an end with the Alcott House taking the first prize. Although a full two-hundred and twenty years after the storming of the Bastille—not to mention in the middle of the winter—the House event that took place in LFCDS gym on Wednesday morning resembled much of the same pride, enthusiasm, and comradely that was on display on that warm, fateful July day so many years ago.
A co-educational independent private school for students age 2 through Grade 8.
Graduating students of strong character with a passion for learning since 1888.
Schedule a tour!
Graduating students of strong character with a passion for learning since 1888.
Schedule a tour!
