By Taylor Batterton – Staff Reporter

Law’s French Club meets on Mondays after school in Room 224 to discuss the new activities for this year.

This club’s focus is to learn and develop an appreciation for French culture and language. The officers encourage those who do not take French to join. 

“My goals for this year are to have a lot of people involved with the club,” junior President Sarah Gutierrez said. “Also, we want to take away the stereotype that it’s just about people who take just French. People that don’t take French can be in the club because we’re going to do activities that involveFrench culture and I want as many people as possible to be involved in that.”

Some activities the club is doing include celebrating French Appreciation Week, French cooking, research on French artists, and the Manie Musicale.

“Me personally am excited about Manie Musicale,” junior Vice President Riley Hungerford said. “It goes on during March Madness. It’s a music competition, then (Advisor) Dr. Evans puts barcodes up outside her room, and you can scan them and vote for your favorite French song of the year.” 

Evans spoke highly of the formation of the club and the enthusiasm from the moment Gutierrez presented the idea. 

“Sarah was the one who really spearheaded it,” Evans said. “She came to me the first day of school, we had elections, we started having meetings, and now we have a French Club.”

Students taking French take notice of the difference between the club and classes at school.

“The club is much more casual and the club is open to those not taking French classes, you do not need any previous knowledge of French in order to join,” senior AP French student Giuliana Agria said. 

Club members do not have to take a French class in order to participate. 

“I am currently in Spanish,” junior club member Carter Elliot said. “I joined because I heard my friends were going to be in it and I would like to expand my vocabulary.”

The possibility of a district-wide club trip to France has also been discussed. This is not official in any way, but it would involve Jonathan Law and Foran joining together to fundraise for the trip. 

“We are in the process of getting the okay, not 100% official yet, but there is a strong possibility that in June of 2025, there will be a trip to Paris,” Evans said. “I would like to open it up to students at Foran, with details to follow and pending official approval from the District.”

A French Honor Society will be formed, similar to the other language honor societies. Evans encouraged the other language departments to form their own Honor Society as well.