E. H. Sutherland Elementary School

10015 S. Leavitt Avenue
Chicago, IL 60643

773-535-2580
773-535-2621 fax

Catherine Gannon
Principal

Maureen Elwood
Assistant Principal

Ms. Annie Malone, Counselor/Case Mgr

Ms. Jeanmarie Ford, School Clerk

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Why Study French?

Richard Shryock

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

http://www.fll.vt.edu/French/whyfrench.html

FRENCH - The Most Practical Foreign Language©

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