Upper School News

On April 1, seniors Hadiya Deshmukh, Ellen Esterhay, Michelle Worthington, and juniors Casey Bariteau, Michael James, Elliot McCoy, Darian McWilliams, Ryan Scinta, and Anna Shugoll left Kentucky for an unusual Spring Break.

They traveled to the city of Clermont-Ferrand in central France, where they spent a week living with French host families. This was an opportunity to catch up with old friends, because our students stayed with the families of the French students who came to Louisville last spring as part of a reciprocal exchange program.

The KCD students spent a three-day Easter weekend with their host families before coming to school at the Lycée Ste Thècle on April 5. During the rest of the week, students spent mornings at school with our host students and afternoons visiting local attractions such as Vulcania, the volcano theme park, the petrifying fountains of St. Nectaire, and the Michelin Museum. Students also visited a farm family who has been making St. Nectaire cheese for seven generations by aging the famous cheese in the troglodyte houses/caves in the area. The night before their departure for Paris, the Lycée Ste Thècle hosted a dinner for the KCD delegation, which provided a great opportunity to spend time together before leaving for Paris. 

On April 9, the students boarded the train back to Paris and spent the next three days there. Their hotel on the Seine in the Latin Quarter was perfect for exploring the great cuisine available in restaurants and from sidewalk vendors. Students visited all the major sites in the French capital, including the Louvre, the Mussée d’Orsay, and the many tempting shops along the Champs-Elysées. Students also visited the Opéra House, Notre Dame, and the artist quarter of Montmartre and its Basilica Sacre Cœur.

On April 10, they spent a beautiful day listening to seventeenth century music while exploring the palace and gardens of Versailles. The trip to Paris concluded with an evening trip to the Eiffel Tower, which was a great way to end the group’s stay in the City of Lights.

Students returned to Louisville on April 13. We look forward to hosting students from Clermont-Ferrand at KCD next spring. Please contact Jean Amick if you would like to host.

Thanks to Tom Hayes for this terrific shot of campus and the new theater building. This photo really puts the new construction into perspective and shows how this new facility is transforming our campus!

It’s hard to imagine KCD without Charlie Fothergill. Mr. Fothergill began his teaching career at Louisville Country Day in 1969 and has been a vital part of our community through the present day.

Mr. Fothergill’s name is a recurring theme when former students think back on former teachers who influenced them. As a teacher who encouraged his students to love literature and pursue its study with critical intelligence and a sense of humor, Mr. Fothergill has been a profound influence on generations of graduates. His presence on our campus will be sorely missed.

Mr. Fothergill, we thank you for your forty-one years of service and wish you the best as you begin your well-earned retirement. We hope you will continue to visit us here on campus!

It has been a year since KCD went online with Rosetta Stone, offering this top-ranked program to our entire ecommunity. We used 996 of our 1000 accounts, and there were 50 teachers and 13 staff who asked to have accounts and have explored the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Persan, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (both Latin American and Castillan), and Swedish.

The students have responded very well to the program, and its 24/7 access has greatly enhanced the US language program. The world language teachers encourage you to use the summer to start a language ! Contact Ms. Amick if you would like an account.

If you are interested in what the program offers, please visit http://www.rosettastone.com.