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Committee
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Honorary President: Nadine Plet. New Zealand Registered Nurse – Cert in translation – Certificate in Health Care interpreting – Diploma in TESL –Dipl. In Bus. (Marketing) Nadine was the motor behind the creation of Frenz School. She is a visionary who embraces her projects with dedication and an incredible tenacity. She devoted many years to the association. It is definitely thanks to her vigorous leadership skills that New Zealand has a successful bilingual French/English unit. In recognition of the work done mainly for the association, Nadine was made Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite. Nadine’s both daughters have made a successful transition to Intermediate and High schooling via the Primary Bilingual unit. Nadine is now a Full Member of FINZ (Fundraising Institute of New Zealand) and works as the Northern Funding Manager of CCS. In 2008, Nadine was awarded the highest disctinction "La Legion d'honneur" recognising her ongoing dedication towards the French community in New Zealand.
Co- Presidents: Jane Skinner and Diane Clayton Co-President: Jane Skinner Jane Skinner is Co-President of FRENZ along with Diane Clayton. Her son Miro has been at RRS for two years and she has a younger daughter Ava who will start at school in late 2009. She knows she has a good 5 more years as parent of RRS and as a FRENZ member and wants to play a part in assisting the FRENZ community and the success of the unit. Jane is a New Zealander who spent time in France as an exchange student during her secondary schooling and who has returned to France many times since. She is a reasonably?? fluent French speaker and has strong family links with France and ongoing friendships there. She wants her children to able to communicate with everyone in her French world and to have a solid bilingual education. Jane works as a television producer at TVNZ. She works locally and internationally doing long-format current affairs stories for a programme called ‘Sunday’. Co-President: Diane Clayton Secretary: Gael Tavernier We We arrived in New Zealand in October 2006 with Julie who was 7, Marie who was 5 and our 5 suitcases... our only landmark was the school. It was very important to us to find a school where our daughters could continue their education in French as well as learning about other cultures. A public school where they could learn about the wealth brought by cultural differences.... today's world. We are very happy to accompany them on their cultural journey. We have set no limits... we have even welcomed our little Lola in our family. We would never have imagined having a kiwin daugther !
Committee member: Veronique McIntosh I first became involved with Frenz School inc. while working on the preschool sub-committee when my 2nd son was a newborn. After a number of years in South East Asia, where my husband was posted we decided to relocate the family to our home base in Auckland. Having a bilingual primary school helped us in our decision to come back to Auckland. Being a bilingual family, our children needed a French school environment to help them become fluent French readers and writers. I'm now essentially involved witht eh Frenz School Inc. library. Committee member: Claude Gagné Claude arrived to NZ from Montreal in December 2004, and became involved in the coordination of the French Playgroup: Les Petits Lascars. From that experience she gradually became interested in establishing a kindergarten for Auckland ’s French speaking preschoolers, hence her involvement with FRENZ. Her career background is in IT Business Administration and web-based marketing. Outside of the odd mountain bike race and respectable wine tasting hobby, she devotes most of her domestic goddess time to Clara (5), Léonie (2), and reformed-scientist husband Kevin (age not up for discussion)! Committee member: Marie-Laure Houston Committee member: Steve Woodward Committee member: Tricia Ware Committee member: Jane Chabert Ex-Officio: Vesna Nikolic-Ivanovic - Ropu Leader for the Archipel classes
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