Flying Again

 Noah returned home and lost no time getting back up in the sky. Maloé came along, and we flew to Reims and back. With clouds rolling in, the flight was a lot bumpier than I would have liked!

 

News from Noah

 Noah went to Marseille for the week-long CEM été internship. Then he went with the group from Marseille to camp at Colonie Harmonie for two weeks. Camp is in the Ardèche region of France.

As he and the Marseille group went a little early, he got to help get camp ready by helping make the beds and mow the grass. 

Noah, Nathan, Elie

Mont Gerbier de Jonc

Noah's Graduation Party

 As Noah was leaving for all of July, we had his graduation party at the end of June. (Not really a done thing here, which didn't stop us.) 

from left, clockwise: Maloé, Noah, Louis, Clément, Mathilde

Elyse and Benjamin

Logo of the school Noah will be attending

A week later, we found out he passed his baccalauréat. The baccalauréat is a test at the end of high school, partly based on grades during the year, partly based on written and oral tests in junior and senior year, in French, philosophy, and the student's chosen specialty subjects. They choose three specialty subjects for junior year, then drop one before senior year. Noah's were English (dropped after junior year), math, and physics. 

 

10/20 is passing, and 12 and above give you "honors" (assez bien, bien, très bien). 

 

Noah got a "mention très bien." Don't be fooled by the faint praise you hear in the French "très bien," it's "highest honors" in this context.