A few years ago, I took a few students from the Lycée Fabert to an American High School  located in Newburgh, New York. The teachers, staff and students were very friendly and competent and we enjoyed our stay  a lot there. We returned to Newburg the following year. There were a lot of visits that could be made from Newburgh. We were not far from West Point Military Academy, or Franklyn D. Roosevelt's home. Newburg was also an important historical town, dating back to the American Revolution. However, it was rather far from New York City, which we wanted to visit thoroughly. That's why, when I was in Newburgh, I picked up the telephone book and started looking for a school that would be closer. I ended up in Tarrytown, along the Hudson River, and was a little disppointed by the schools I had found so far. It was then somebody told me about a private school up the hill, called Hackley. When I arrived I was thrilled by the beauty of this small school, built in stone. I asked to see the Headmaster. I explained to him the kind of school the lycée Fabert was, with its hard working students,  eager to discover the New World. I must say his reception was very matter of fact. However he sent for his Head of the French Department,  a Dr. Raymond Mitton, who turned out to be a very remarkable and friendly man, and who took me to meet Dr. Mary Farrell. They didn't have any exchange with France, and seemed interested, all the more so as Dr Farrell had spent a year in Thionville, when she was a student. Anyway, to make a long story short, I left the school quite happy with my visit, feeling I hadn't wasted my time, nor that of the Lycée Fabert students.