School in the USA

5. ………………………………… : students usually ride these yellow vehicles to school. Students over 16 can drive to school
6. ………………………… is the formal dance at the end of the school year for seniors (= last year students). Students wear a tuxedo (un smoking), a suit (un costume) or a gown (robe de soirée). A Prom Queen and Prom King are nominated during the evening.
7. A ………………………………… is a symbol that represents a school. Schools generally choose an animal.
9. ………………………………… are where students put personal belongings (affaires personnelles). Students can decorate them. To open them, students must remember their lock (cadenas) combination.
10. To encourage group work, students are invited to join ………………………………. based on their interests or passions (drama, anime, cooking, adventure, foreign languages, science, speech & debate club, etc.).
11. The highest …………………………… in the USA is A. B is good. C is average. D is failing. F means complete failure.

1. ………………………………….. …………………………………. : the day when senior students receive their diploma. They wear a hood and a mortarboard. Their family and friends are invited.
2. The ……………………………… is a book published every year by a school. It gives information about the events and achievements of the previous year, and has pictures of the students.
3. …………………………………… : schools have teams for basketball, football, soccer, baseball, track and field, swimming, and sometimes hockey. Students usually practice in the afternoon. They participate in games against other schools.
4. ……………………………………. dance and yell the slogan of their school to support (= encourage) their team and entertain the spectators at football games, for example.
6. Students are ……………………… (= fiers) to show that they are part of a school, a community. They often wear sweaters, t-shirts or hats branded with their school’s logo, name and colors. Profits usually (= généralement) go to associations.
8. The ………………………………… is the place where students eat lunch. Many students bring a bagged lunch (or packed lunch) from home.