Speakers :"Welcome program" Monday September 6th & 13th

Lisa BEECH
Family planning & gynecological problems
English Medical Centre
8 bis, rue Quinault
78100 St.Germain-en-Laye
www.englishmedicalcentre.fr

“Health care in France”
Monday September 13th

After medical school she trained as a family doctor in the UK, where she worked in Hampshire for 6 years. She then transferred to a local hospital, working in Family Planning and Community Gynecology.
She moved to France in 1999 with her family, due to her husband's assignment here.
She started working with Docteur Artault at the English Medical Centre in St Germain en Laye in 2001, where she see women with gynecological and family planning problems, and also undertake women's annual checks.
In the recent past she developed and delivered a sex education programme for 2 consecutive year (at the BSP).
She is currently establishing a life coaching practice.
She usually sees herself as a Women's Health in General Practice.

Annie DIVARET-HEPBURN
Head of primary & primary teacher British section
www.lycee-international.net

“Primary school system ”
Monday September 6th

Marilyn GELLNER

“Daily life made easy - Part 3 - Where the shop for what ?”
Monday September 6th

Marilyn Gellner, an American Section parent, founded Check-in to France nearly ten years ago, and brought it to life with a team of three others. She has a graduate degree in intercultural relations, and has been living in France for eleven years with her Danish husband and their daughter who's now in seconde. Marilyn provides daily living training for expatriates, and teaches bilingual English at the Institut Notre Dame in St Germain en Laye.

Julia GRADE
Head of primary & primary teacher British section
www.chcatering.net

“Daily life made easy - Part 4 - Food and wine ”
Monday September 6th

Trained as an Art Historian but food has always been her overriding love.
This passion, which she has inherited from her mother, has only increased after over 20 years of living in France and of travelling throughout Europe discovering its culinary treasures and traditions.
She now contributes to The recipe of the month and The market info for the newsletter.

Yuko MARTIN
Check in to France Committee Member
www.checkin2france.com

“Tourism”
Monday September 13th

Native japonese, she had to discover all the tricks to discover France.
She will share them with you for the best.

Kathy NOONE
www.chcatering.net

“Daily life made easy - Part 4 - Food and wine”
Monday September 6th

Her passion for wine and food started in the early eighties when she got a job working at the wine school in Paris.
L’Académie du vin.
For 19 years she has worked in different areas of the trade and in the past few years has given wine tastings at corporate events.
Recently she has started a food and wine newsletter here in France.

Corinne TUCOULAT
Cofondatrice de Femme Expat Communication – Directrice Générale
www.femmeexpat.com


“Le choc du retour”
Monday September 6th

Having done the CELSA my vocation has always been in human relations.
My 15 years of expatriation as a spouse, in the United Arab Emirates, in Scotland and in Thailand, have given me a chance through my career and through various organizations (training and classes) to acquire a certain knowledge in this area.
That's why, so naturally upon my return to France, to decide to share all of these experiences and start Expat Communications seemed so obvious!

Anne BELGRAM
Psychologue clinicienne-clinical psychologist
annebelgram.com

“Enjoy your new life”
Monday September 13th

Anne Belgram-Perkins is a licensed clinical psychologist with a large practice in Le Vésinet.
Formerly of Richmond, Virginia, Anne Belgram has lived in France since 1984 with her French husband.
Anne has two bicultural, bilingual children who are now respectively 20 and 18.
In her practice, Anne sees children, teens and adults for a variety of problems including anxiety disorders, depression, trauma-related difficulties, abuse, domestic violence, cultural adaptation and acculturation, eating disorders, serious physical illness and bereavement. Anne is also a family and couple’s therapist and is specialized in helping multicultural families and couples. She is an intercultural mediator and trainer for schools, businesses and institutions.
Anne speaks French and English fluently and is versed in both Anglo-Saxon and French cultures.
She has worked many years for various French institutions and has in-depth knowledge of the French public health and social services systems.
She is an active member of the International Counseling Service in Paris.

Catherine Eterstein
Professeur agrégé de Lettres modernes - Lycée International
www.lycee-international.net

“French langage acquisition”
Monday September 6th

Madame Eterstein is a brillant French teacher at the Lycée International, one that we call a "Professeur agrégé de Lettres modernes", which roughly translates to "Accepted Professor of Modern Letters".
You won't find someone with more degrees in the french system!
She teaches French literature and French as a Foreign Language in the Français Special, or "french special", class (FS in Lycée jargon).
Since 1990 she has been entirely responsible for the "Français Special" department: coordinating teams and educational projects, welcoming families, examining admission files.
You and your children will be sure to have the opportunity to meet her.
Like Mrs. Covington, her children went through the Lycée International and therefore she understands its inner workings.

Michelle O’BRIEN

www.agoodstart.fr

“Daily life made easy - Part 1 - Getting set up for a good strat”
Monday September 6th

Bi-national French/American born in Long Island N.Y., relocated to Peru, Belgium, France and U.S.A. Diploma École Française du Marketing et de la Publicité Paris & BA University of Massachusetts Amherst. Professional experience in the service industry in New York City, Boston and Paris. Actively contributes to the social & educational Anglophone organizations in Paris helping new expatriates enjoy and benefit from their time in France.

Isabelle RICHARD
Adjointe au Maire chargé des animations de la vie citoyenne et du tourisme.
www.saintgermainenlaye.fr

CRI (Conseil des Residents Internationaux) welcomes foreigners to Saint Germain and facilitates intercuteral exchanges.

Janine SPRINGALL

www.chcatering.net

“Daily life made easy" - Part 4 - Food and wine ”
Monday September 6th

She has always had a passion for food from an early age. She worked in restaurants and private clubs in the US for 15 years before moving to France.
She also studied Culinary and Pastry Arts with a classical French curriculum at school for 4 years while in the US.
She now enjoys passing on her love of cooking since moving to France in 1998.

Adrienne COVINGTON
American Section
Middle School Principal
Middle School History
3ème, 5ème 6ème and 4ème Advisory BA/MA, Brown University
Ed.M., Harvard University
www.americansection.org

“French school system”
Monday September 6th

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, with a childhood in both New England and Southeast Asia, Adrienne Covington majored in Latin and Asian History at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and Teaching and Curriculum at Harvard University.
She and her family have lived in France for 20 years.
Daughter Billie is a recent graduate of the Lycée International and the American Section, while younger daughter Lucie has just finished four years at the neighboring partner school, Collège Marcel Roby.
In September, Lucie will enter the Lycée International and Upper School of the American Section as a student in Seconde.
For the past fifteen years, Adrienne has served as Middle School principal for the American Section
and is also the Section's Troisième History teacher at both the Lycée and Roby campuses.
Most importantly, Adrienne is a huge believer in the French educational system,
especially as offered at the Lycée International --quite obviously!--and recommends it to anyone who is truly serious about their children's education.
She is delighted to have yet another opportunity to address all of you here today about the rigors, demands and benefits of a French education.

Shelagh RICHARD
Sarah HOUILLER
Ann WILLIAMS
Accueil International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
www.accueilinternational.org


"Activities in Saint Germain and the surrounding arae”
Monday September 13th

Shelagh, Sarah and Ann are all native English-speakers and are respectively President and Anglophone group leaders of the Accueil International.
Shelagh and Sarah have been in France for many years and are perfectly integrated.
Ann has been here for a shorter period but is enjoying her stay in France.
All three remember the problems encountered on their arrival and strive to help others in the same situation.
The aim of the Accueil International is to :
-welcome women from other countries and help them settle down in France;
-welcome French women on their return from living abroad and help them readapt;
-promote friendship between different nationalities;
-enable members to learn about French culture;
-share the cultures of our members.

Harriet WELTY ROCHEFORT
www.understandfrance.org
frenchfolio.hwelty.com

“Celebrating cultural differences"
Monday September 13th

Harriet Welty Rochefort was born and raised in Shenandoah, Iowa and earned her Master's in Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
As a freelance journalist in Paris, she has contributed articles on French business, travel, lifestyle and culture to many top US newspapers and magazines, including Time magazine where she was a reporter in the Paris bureau for ten years.
She is a journalism professor in the International Program at the Sciences Po Journalism School, a regular contributor to France Today magazine, and is currently working on her third book about the French.
A much in demand speaker on Franco-American cultural differences, she addresses varied audiences in the US & France.