Faces – May 2019

Dear Sofia,
Sorry for the late reply. I just got back from a trip to
the Dominican Republic with my family. It was a warm,
sunny break from New Hampshire. I’m so excited to
talk with you more. We like similar things. Paris sounds
exciting. My school has a New York trip I’ll be going
on this spring. In high school next year, there will be
more options for trips, including one to Hawaii for the
upperclassmen. Aloha!

It’s great that Montreal is bilingual. I wish we began

our language classes earlier. I hope to become better at

French, although I just started this year. I also hope to

learn Spanish. In the Dominican Republic, Spanish is the

primary language, although I was talking to someone

who worked at the resort, and he knew seven languages!

Your school system sounds interesting. You are right,

ours is different. In the United States, grades 1 through

5 are considered elementary (some elementary schools

include sixth grade). Then grades 6 through 8 are called

middle school. Grades 9 through 12 are high school, but

often instead of saying a grade number, we would say

freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior in high school.

After high school would be college or university,

where we also use freshman and those names.

It’s so great that you speak Italian too. That’s

really impressive!

In New Hampshire we have lots of

mountains. They are covered in snow right

now. In the summer, it can get really hot. In the

cooler mountains, we can do fun things like

go hiking or zip lining. In fall, it is cooler and

gorgeous because all the yellow, brown, and

red leaves fall. In spring, the flowers bloom and

it is beautiful. What are some fun things to do in

Montreal? When do you do them?

Your friend,

Kylie

Sofia enjoying a Quebec winter day.