L'Etoile French Immersion School

Olivier spent his formative years in central France in Lyon, but moved to the shores of the Mediterranean in Perpignan for most of his professional career. He earned his teaching license in physical education at the University of Font-Romeu and his master’s degree from the University of Montpellier. From 2019, he taught PE in France at the middle school level, but prior to that his passion for teaching was sparked in Portland. From 2014 to 2016, Olivier was an assistant teacher at L’Etoile, where he discovered the joy of working daily with children in the context of sports instruction and homework support. He is thrilled to return to L’Etoile with his family.

Susan graduated with honors from the University of Puget Sound with a degree in French Language and Literature and spent 6 months studying in Dijon, France. She has a strong background working in customer service and administration, including 2.5 years as the office manager at the Alliance Française de Portland. In 2021 Susan joined L’Etoile and has since then been an integral part of the administrative team. In her free time, Susan enjoys fostering pups for a local animal rescue, planning her next trip to France, and biking around Portland.

Cody is a K12 music educator and multi-instrumentalist with a master’s in Music Education from Boston Conservatory at Berklee ’22. In nurturing students’ creative self-expression through music and movement, he likes to believe that students feel alive, engaged, and seen in his classroom. We move, listen, sing, play instruments, compose original songs, and explore complex musical concepts on a regular basis. He’s passionate about digital music and audio production as teaching tools for students to unlock their inner artist. He lives in SE PDX with his partner Lydia and their many percussion instruments.

A native of Sochaux, a small community in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, Jerome has been working in French preschools in the Pacific Northwest since 2015. He joined the L’Etoile team in 2017, working both as an assistant and a classroom teacher during the summer and after-school programs. As a trained musician, Jerome loves to incorporate music into each school day through group songs, use of instruments, and individual expression.