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Committed to Cultural Diversity
Timbers player Frédéric Piquionne, a native of Martinique, signs autographs during a cultural exchanqe at the
Oregon Episcopal School with students from the school
and visiting students from Martinique.
Fostering
Cultural Bonds
S tudents from M artinique have been visiting
O regon E piscopal School through a French lan-
guage ex ch an g e p ro g ram , and T im b ers p la y e r
Frédéric Piquionne, who also is from M artinique,
cam e to ch at w ith his co u n try m en and th e ir
school hosts.
If students asked questions in French, Piquionne
responded in French, and if they asked in English
he responded in English, so all the students had to
use their second language skills to understand
everything he said during the recent exchange.
While in Portland, the students from M artinique
also visited Multnomah Falls, played in the snow on
Mt. Hood, and attended a Tim bers game as well as
attending classes at the southwest Portland school.
Later this spring, the students from Oregon Epis­
copal School will go to M artinique for a French
immersion experience.