Hello from Deauville!
My name is Chloe Adams, and I am currently an English teaching assistant through the Deauville- Lexington Sister Cities program. The children here in Deauville are incredibly eager to learn and experience anglophone culture, which makes teaching English an absolute pleasure. In addition to the kid's open-mindedness, the staff here at the school have been incredibly supportive. From a teacher's recommendation, I created a presentation on Halloween in America using only photos from my childhood. I showed the children my childhood home, my parents in costumes, and myself with my friends celebrating Halloween. The students loved it and asked many cultural questions. To celebrate Halloween in Deauville, the staff at the school transformed the Villa Strassburger into a haunted house. Villa Strassbourger is a mansion preserved from the 1900s and normally operates as a museum. For Halloween, the scenic mansion transformed into a film-worthy haunted house. The other American teaching assistants Anna and Charlotte and I worked the event with the rest of the school faculty. It was a great event with an incredible turnout. On October 31st, the school was on a two-week break, so we didn't see the kids in class. Simply by walking through the town, we saw kids dressed up in scary costumes, and going to store owners to ask them for candy. Deauville is such a beautiful town, and seeing how they celebrate Halloween wasn't a trick, but a real treat!
