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Promoting & Preserving French Language,Heritage & Culture~Continuing the Success of French Education!

02/27/2026

Additional photos from our Annual “Mardi Gras Chicken Chase” 🐓💜🐓💚🐓💛🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

02/27/2026

Additional photos from our Annual “Mardi Gras Chicken Run”! 🐓💜🐓💚🐓💛🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

02/27/2026

Additional photos from our Annual "MARDI GRAS CHICKEN RUN"!
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02/27/2026

Enjoy the first of MANY photos from our Annual “MARDI GRAS CHICKEN RUN”! 🐓🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Proudly Wearing the Traditional Mardi Gras Costumes they Created, Students who LOVE FRENCH, Experienced the part of the "COURIR DE MARDI GRAS" FRENCH TRADITION that's Most Fun for Everyone 💜💚💛

My love of preserving our French language and culture inspired me to create this event for students several years ago, and it's SO exciting to see how much it has grown!!! We LOVE Providing Students Studying the French Language and Culture with Opportunities to Learn About Our French Culture, Heritage & Traditions!

MERCI BEAUCOUP 🙏🏼 to the Following Individuals who Graciously Offered their Time & Resources-

-Karen Thibodeaux, Owner, VaCajun by Sew What Customs
-Maria Simmons
-Leslie Dronet Mencacci
-Mary Delcambre
-Shannon Primeaux
-Brittanie Reynaud
-Lexi Broussard Stelly & Family
-Ashley R Bastida
-Jacob Wilson
-Stephanie Lo
-Olivier Leseur

A SPECIAL THANK YOU 🤗 to Some of My Closest Friends & Family members who Selflessly Provided Support in EVERY Form Throughout ALL of Our "Courir de Mardi Gras Cultural Activities!" Your Kindness & Humility is Such a Blessing For Which I Am So Grateful!

~ Erath Mayor Taylor Mencacci
~ Mario Charest
~Kylie Griffin & Gregg Griffin
~Julie Ryan
~Maggie Jo Melançon (my sweet daughter 🥰 in 6th grade French Immersion who helps me with EVERYTHING throughout this entire project …early mornings, late nights, weekends and weekdays, before school and after school 🥹

*Thank you to Julie Ryan, Rachelle Brown, and the many parents who provided me with photos 📸

02/26/2026

Enjoy these additional photos of 6th, 7th and 8th graders from multiple schools, creating their "Traditional Mardi Gras Costumes" in the classroom 💜💚💛

02/26/2026

Our annual “Courir de Mardi Gras Cultural Activities” began with Traditional Mardi Gras classroom presentations and costume-making, as well as evening costume-making workshops, for MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS! In multiple schools, Pre-K through 8th grade students studying French language and culture learned the history of the well-known French "Courir de Mardi Gras" event that takes place in the rural communities of Acadiana. They learned how to create a Traditional Mardi Gras costume like those used during this event. Les Amis du Français en Vermillon provides students with all of the materials necessary to create their own unique and colorful costume!

Working with these students brings me a tremendous amount of joy! Seeing them have so much fun learning about this piece of our French heritage and culture, all while utilizing the French language, is an experience that I look forward to every year! No matter what it takes to make all of the “Courir de Mardi Gras” activities happen for students, my passion for the preservation of our French language and culture through education, continues to fuel my efforts!

When visiting with others about all of our activities, I am often asked the question, “Why do you do this?” I find the best way to express my thoughts is to share a few of the many special moments like these, where students leave my heart smiling and my eyes watering…Once, I was getting into my car to leave one of the schools, and a middle school student walking back to class after helping me load my supplies, ran back to me and said “Thank you very much for doing this for all of us. I really appreciate it! We have so much fun!” 🥹….. and another time, during one of the evening workshops, a student making her costume with her parents said, “Thank you I love this because it’s the only time during the year that all of my family is together doing something fun like this.” 🥹

Please enjoy these photos of students creating their “Traditional Mardi Gras Costumes”, both in the classrooms and at the evening family workshops, 💜💚💛 Additional photos will be shared in the next post!

02/13/2026

JOIN US TOMORROW (14th) AT 1:00 PM AT ERATH CITY PARK to have an AMAZING time watching students have a BLAST at our Annual "MARDI GRAS CHICKEN RUN"🐓🐓🐓! Bring your chairs or stand, and enjoy the music and fun at our “COURIR DE MARDI GRAS”💜💛💚! This year will be our LARGEST CHICKEN RUN EVER…over 70 students running, Pre-K through 8th grade!! These photos give you just a TINY taste of what you'll experience!

Students studying French language & culture will be Dressed in the "Traditional Mardi Gras Costumes" they've created in classes and workshops this week (Capuchon-Mask-Shirt)...now they get to enjoy the part of the "Courir de Mardi Gras" French tradition that is MOST FUN for everyone— an experience you don’t want to miss!!

01/15/2026

Join Us TOMORROW (16th) at 10:00am! ANY SKILL LEVEL! ALL AGES! ALL DIALECTS! (Erath City Hall-115 W. Edwards St.) LÂCHE PAS LE FRANÇAIS!

12/04/2025

“Christmas in Erath" is here & French is in the air 🎄⛄️⚜️ Vermilion Parish French Immersion Students will perform SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th at 3:30 pm & our Lâche Pas musicians will perform at 4:00 🎶 Please come & enjoy our students & this FUN, FAMILY-FRIENDLY, FREE celebration! We are EXTREMELY grateful to Mayor Taylor Mencacci & his wife Amy, & the Erath community, for hosting this wonderful holiday event…..and for their ENDLESS SUPPORT of the students enrolled in Vermilion French language & cultural programs, and our organization's efforts to preserve & promote our French language, heritage and culture!

From 3:00 - 8:00pm, come & enjoy:
🎁 Holiday Market
🚂 Train Rides (3:00-7:00 PM)
🎅 Selfies with Santa (5:00-8:00 PM)
🎄 Tree Lighting at 6:00 PM
🥣 Gumbo & Jambalaya at 5:00 PM
🎶 Live Music, Concessions, Christmas Crafts, and Special Visitors!

Hosted by the Town of Erath, you don't want to miss this magical evening! Follow “Moving Erath Forward” for updates and more festive details!

Amy Landry Mencacci Erath Middle School LeBlanc Elementary School Codofil -Agence des Affaires Francophones de Louisiane Vermilion Parish School System Louisiana Parents for French Immersion Lâche Pas Louisiane Julie Ryan Festivals des Famillies d'Erath

11/13/2025

The “Laura Plantation” French tour presented a cultural tour experience unlike anywhere else! Our Erath Middle School 6th grade French students took a journey back into history listening to stories of the past from a Creole expert!

Erath Middle School Vermilion Parish School System Codofil -Agence des Affaires Francophones de Louisiane

11/13/2025

Our tour guide at the “Laura Plantation” transported our Erath Middle School 6th grade French students “back in time”, sharing Louisiana history they are currently learning in their Social Studies and French courses.

Erath Middle School Vermilion Parish School System Laura Plantation Codofil -Agence des Affaires Francophones de Louisiane

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