French Club's partnership highlighted at summit

The French Club at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Jefferson City presented its three-year partnership with a school in France at the Missouri International Education Summit held recently at the Capitol Plaza Hotel.

Donna Johnson, literacy coach and club sponsor, along with three eighth-graders - Hannah Holt, Sean Burton, and Precious Jackson - presented at the summit sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education through a grant from Longview Foundation for the Education in World Affairs and International Understanding Inc.

The presentation highlighted Thomas Jefferson's three-year partnership with Andre' Lassange College in the Academie of Lyon, France.