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EB Says Goodbye
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VALERIE BISHOP
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Valerie has been part the Middle School team since 1998, educating students in the French language and in drama. She shared her passion for art at our Maker Fairs by hosting “small book” workshops, and she’s been instrumental in leading many trips to Paris. Her two children, Victoria and Adrien, both attended EB.
We don’t know what’s next for Valérie, but we are sure much of it will include spending time with her grandchild. Thank you Valérie for all these years of teaching at EB.
PATRICIA CAMACHO
We are grateful for Patricia’s dedication to her students. For 20 years, Patricia has worked to build the Middle School’s Spanish program, infusing the class with cultural connections beyond the language. Student designs were wild in her popular piñata club class, and our annual visit to the Oakland Museum for Dia de los Muertos was an important part of the 8th grade experience. Patricia, we wish you a wonderful retirement!
BRIGITTE LITTLE
Brigitte started as a part-time administrative assistant at the Ecole Bilingue’s Lower School in 1991, then took on a full time position the following year. In 1997, she became interim Lower School receptionist, and subsequently was the Middle School receptionist. After approaching Andrée McGiffin, Head of School at the time, to express her interest in becoming a Teacher’s Assistant, she started working in Kindergarten in 1998. Over the years, Brigitte has fulfilled the duties of a teacher on two occasions—in 2003, she taught a kindergarten class for a full year, and more recently, during the pandemic, she was entrusted with the online teaching of two groups of preschool and kindergarten students.
Brigitte has worked under seven directors, with 18 different teachers, and hundreds of children! She is also known for her fantastic stand of antiques at the Marché and her talent for painting in her time. Lastly, Brigitte’s daughter, Chloé, attended EB starting in preschool and graduated from the 8th grade in 2004. Chère Brigitte, we wish you a great retirement! Bonne retraite !
