Jerry and Caroline Jones have been running small group tours to France since 1999.
Jerry, a Christian minister for over 40 years, was educated at USC and Yale, with further postgraduate studies at Oxford University, England. They met and married in Oxford in 1978. Caroline graduated from the University of Birmingham, UK, with a Bachelor of Law degree.
After raising their three children in Oxford, the Jones family moved to California, where Caroline became a teacher of French at a local public high school.
The Joneses have had a home in France since 1992. They are well-known and respected in the local area.
Passionate about educational travel, Jerry and Caroline have established Summer School France to bring European History, art, architecture and culture to YOU.
Jerry et Caroline Jones organisent des séjours en petits groupes en France depuis 1999.
Jerry, un ministre chrétien pendant plus de 40 ans, a fait ses études à l’USC et à Yale, avec d’autres études de troisième cycle à l’Université d’Oxford, en Angleterre. Ils se sont rencontrés et se sont mariés à Oxford en 1978.
Caroline est diplômée de l’Université de Birmingham, au Royaume-Uni, avec une licence en droit.
Après avoir élevé leurs trois enfants à Oxford, la famille Jones a déménagé en Californie, où Caroline est devenue enseignante de français dans un lycée public. Caroline est aussi diplômée en l’enseignement d’anglais comme langue étrangère.
Les Jones ont une maison en France depuis 1992. Ils sont bien connus et intégrés dans la communauté.
Passionnés par les voyages éducatifs, Jerry et Caroline ont créé Summer School France pour vous faire découvrir l’histoire, l’art, l’architecture et la culture de l’Europe autant que la langue française, et pour les Français, l’anglais.
OUR TEACHERS:
Karen Ritchie teaches World History, Advanced Placement European History, and Advanced Placement Human Geography in California. She has been teaching for 29 years, and enjoys learning with her students.
After her first trip to France in 2018, she became passionate about the country and reads as much French history as is humanly possible.
She and her husband have two adult sons, both of whom traveled to France with Mrs. Jones while they were in high school, cementing Mrs. Ritchie’s belief that travel for students is essential for their growth.
Jaime Banks is from Florence, Alabama, where she teaches art at a local christian school. When she’s not with kids in the classroom or spending time with her family, you can find her reading on her front porch or planning her next adventure. Her experiences growing up on the mission field shaped her quiet faith in God, a deep love for people of all kinds, and a lifelong hunger for learning.