Just received via e-mail from Paris is this photo of Todd and Jenny Burkes with their kids (from left) Benjamin, 13, Madalyn, 14 (15 on Feb. 17) and Olivia, 11.
Todd writes:
Madalyn is currently passing tests to get into French lycée (high school) next year. This is a complicated process that involves choosing a school somewhere in the city and applying for admittance like a university in the States. You are not assigned a school by where you live like in the States.You choose a school based on your grades, the subject matter you plan to focus on, etc.
We think we have found a good school that has a bilingual section that will allow her to work on her degree on both English and French, which will be an advantage for her if she chooses to go to university in the States.
“Oh man, I'm getting old!” Todd writes, ‘I’m still in Paris. Working with an international church here now and my kids are growing into wonder young people. Jenny is now working for a language school teaching English and French to business people, and also working in sales for the company.
If everyone wasn’t being shipped out at the BJ, maybe I’d be ready to come back to the copy desk!”
Todd Burkes
46, rue Pajol
75018 Paris
tel: +33.1.40.38.40.65
cell: +33.6.11.07.11.00
e-mail: todd.burkes@iteams.org
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