*Cross Country ‘Off & Running’

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<span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Valle Catholic 4th and 6th Grade classes were recently invited to view professional and volunteer archaeologists on an archaeological dig at the Francois Valle II House in downtown Ste. Genevieve.</strong></span>
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<span style="color: #000080;"><strong>The project is sponsored by <em>The Versailles Foundation</em> and is being conducted for<em> New France: The Other Colonial America</em> (NFTOCA), and the <em>National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Missouri</em> (NSCDA-MO).</strong></span>
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<span style="color: #000080;"><strong>During September the work at the site expanded on past excavations in hopes of defining the full footprint of the building and finding even more artifacts dating to the colonial period of Ste. Genevieve.</strong></span>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Valle Catholic appreciates this opportunity for helping history come alive for our students.</strong></span></p>
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