topBienvenue à mon site-web pour mes classes du français.      à bientôt!      Mme. Richards

French I students will be using the textboook BonVoyage! as a reference in class. A multi-media CD-ROM version of the textbook is available for use at home on a PC-compatible or Macintosh computer. Additionally, those of you with high speed internet are also welcome to use the on-line textbook which also uses Adobe PDF format.

See the "About Mrs. Richards" section for updates concerning my great news!

Merci beaucoup!

~Madame Richards~

last updated 24 Aug 2008 08:28

You can reach me via e-mail or voice mail at any time. 

To send me e-mail, click here:  

Or you can leave me a voice mail at 972-429-3150 x6528

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2008-09Class Schedule: Wylie East HS Room #820

 

1st  Period	Homeroom	2nd Period	3rd Period	4th Period	5th Period	6th Period	7th Period
9:00-9:50	9:55-10:15	10:20-11:10	11:15-12:05	A-Lunch 12:05-12:35 Class 12:40-1:30	1:35-2:25	2:30-3:20	3:25-4:15
French I Room 820	Homeroom Room 820	French I Room 820	Conference Period	French I Room 820	NovaNet Room 101	NovaNet Room 101	NovaNet Room 101

Other Duties:After-school duty on Thursdays from 4:15-4:40pm

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2008-09Tutorial Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Morning Tutorials	Afternoon Tutorials	Morning Tutorials	Afternoon Duty	Morning Tutorials

Other times can be scheduled on an individual basis as requested.

A late bus will be available to take students home who remained in tutorials for 30 minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays. This bus leaves WEHS at 4:45 p.m. It is not available for detentions unless students complete tutorial in addition to detention.

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Biographical Information

I moved quite a bit as a child and as an adult. As a result, I have a great respect and awe for the differences and commonalities among people on this earth. Some of the places I've lived as an adult include: Australia, France, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tennessee, and Texas. There are aspects of each of these places which make them "home" to me.

My undergraduate degree is from Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, where I studied French and English. Although I originally intended to become an educator in a small public school district, personal and financial constraints forced me into the private sector where I spent over 15 years as an IT consultant and trainer. Now that I have returned to my original career of choice, I am pursuing a Master's degree in French at the University of North Texas in order to better prepare my students for success not only in French but in whatever languages they choose to study in the future.

I am active in the North Texas chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French where I am the AATF North Texas Chapter Administrator of the national French contest, Le Grand Concours. Le Grand Concours is held nationwide each year in February through April. Last year, over 104,000 students nationwide participated, competing for local and national prizes. (For more information on Le Grand Concours, visit the AATF website or send email to:  legrandconcours @ verizon.net)

Yes! It is official! My husband and I are expecting our first 2-legged child, a daughter, this fall. We're overjoyed and a bit overawed! So, work will begin soon on the pod-casts I plan to use while on maternity leave in November.

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