SHARING HER SNAPSHOTS is Heidi Thomas, a Seneca Valley Middle School teacher, who has taken 17 trips alone and with her students to Quebec.

This is an excerpt from a larger article that appears in Sunday's Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read the full article.Quebec has a hold on Heidi Thomas.The Seneca Valley Middle School French teacher went to school in the French-speaking Canadian province.And as a teacher, she's returned to Quebec both to lead eighth-grade students through a tour of all things French and alone to further her own education.She took a group of 76 students and chaperones to Quebec in February 2020, just before the border between the United States and Canada was closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking of the student tour, Thomas said, “It's a very unique trip. We go for four days. It is to immerse them in French culture and French language.”This is an excerpt from a larger article that appears in Sunday's Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read the full article.

She took a group of 76 students and chaperones to Quebec in February 2020, just before the border between the United States and Canada was closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking of the student tour, Thomas said, “It's a very unique trip. We go for four days. It is to immerse them in French culture and French language.”<I>This is an excerpt from a larger article that appears in Sunday's Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read the full article.</i>

This street, Petit Champlain, is in the commercial district of the Old City section of Quebec City.