John Jay HS French Students Visit Canada To Learn Culture Of Quebec City

LEWISBORO, N.Y. -- A group of 41 John Jay High School juniors enrolled in French class spent a four-day weekend in French-speaking Quebec City, Canada, in early February to learn about its cultural offerings through numerous indoor and outdoor activities.

Students who study French at John Jay High School visited Canada.
Photo Credit: *Katonah-Lewisboro School District*

by Katonah-Lewisboro School District

03/26/2015 5:00 a.m.

Outdoor highlights included the annual Winter Carnival, dog sledding, snow tubing and rafting, and an evening of song and dance at a sugar shack, where students learned about maple sugaring. The group also visited the famed Hôtel de Glace (Ice Hotel) and crossed the frozen St. Lawrence River on an evening ferry ride.

Historical highlights included interactive activities that portrayed the daily life of a soldier on the Plains of Abraham, a quiz show hosted by Samuel de Champlain, and the daily life of a convict in a 200-year-old Quebec prison. Classic Canadian culinary delights included crêpes and an authentic lumberjack meal at the sugar shack.

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