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    <title>Alliance Française Hawai'i upcoming events</title>
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    <description>Alliance Française Hawai'i upcoming events</description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 19:23:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 Private French Lessons with Stéphanie (1 Jan 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/Events/AFH%20Class.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="560" height="245" style="height: 245px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Stéphanie was born in France, close to Paris. She achieved her childhood dream of becoming a flight attendant, allowing her to pursue her deep passion for airplanes. Throughout her career, she traveled around the world, immersing herself in diverse cultures and languages that she loved learning about.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;She received a diploma offered by the Alliance Française in Paris in order to gain a professional qualification in the domain of teaching French as a foreign language.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;She teaches French at all levels.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Stéphanie will help students improve reading, writing, listening and speaking in French. You will have conversations with her and have optional homework.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;Her 1-on-1 classes are offered online via Zoom or in person (especially for children). Class hours can be arranged as needed, typically weekly One (1) hour OR Ninety (90) minute class will be adjusted to your skills.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Your time with Stéphanie will be a chance to immerse yourself in learning French language and culture!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-size: 15px;"&gt;Registration Deadlines:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
  &lt;li style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;Flexible, all year&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#132824"&gt;PLEASE CONTACT:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Stéphanie at:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:lavindallron@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;; color: rgb(19, 40, 36);"&gt;lavindallron@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#132824" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style=""&gt;BEFORE REGISTERING/P&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;URCHASING A PACKAGE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="color: rgb(19, 40, 36); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;to set up class schedule.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Two Class Timeframes offered:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 Hour Class Options:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Set of 5- One (1) Hour Private French Lessons- $350.00 ($70 per lesson)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Set of 10 - One (1) Hour Private French Lessons- $650.00 ($65 per lesson)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;90 Minute Class Options:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Set of 5- Ninety (90) Minute Private French Lessons- $525.00 ($105 per lesson)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Set of 10 - Ninety (90) Minute Private French Lessons- $1,000.00 ($100 per lesson)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;Registration WILL OPEN on Sunday, December 1, 2025.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;Registration for private classes in 2026 WILL CLOSE on Thursday, October 15, 2026 in order to have ample time to finish class packages before the end of the calendar year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6404943</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2027 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Private French Lessons with Florence (1 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/Events/AFH%20Class.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="560" height="245" style="height: 245px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#0D0D0D" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Florence was born in France, near the beautiful city of Lyon. She has spent more than 35 years working in the legal field.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font color="#0D0D0D" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;She moved with her husband to the United States and has called Washington State home for 25 years.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;A proud mother of two grown children, Florence discovered a new passion for teaching French when she began working with an after-school language program, where she taught for several years.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#0D0D0D" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;In 2025, Florence made the move to Hawaii, where she decided to share her love and knowledge of the French language and culture with others.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;Florence looks forward to sharing her passion for the French language and culture with her students and making their French-learning journey both enjoyable and rewarding!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Her 1-on-1 classes are offered online via Zoom. Class hours can be arranged as needed, typically weekly One (1) hour OR Ninety (90) minute class will be adjusted to your skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;Your time with Florence will be a chance to immerse yourself in learning French language and culture!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration Deadlines&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Flexible, all year&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#ED1C24"&gt;Before registering/purchasing a package&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#221F1E" style="color: rgb(19, 40, 36);"&gt;t&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#221F1E" face="Helvetica" style="color: rgb(19, 40, 36);"&gt;o&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="color: rgb(19, 40, 36);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824" face="Helvetica" style="color: rgb(19, 40, 36);"&gt;set up class schedule,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;please contact:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(19, 40, 36);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;florence_canel@hotmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Two Class Timeframes offered&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;1 Hour Class Options&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Set of 5 One (1) Hour Private French Lessons&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;- $350.00 ($70 per lesson)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;OR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Set of 10 One (1) Hour Private French Lessons&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;- $650.00 ($65 per lesson)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;90 Minute Class Options&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Set of 5 Ninety (90) Minute Private French Lessons&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;- $525.00 ($105 per lesson)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;OR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Set of 10 Ninety (90) Minute Private French Lessons&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;- $1,000.00 ($100 per lesson)&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(237, 28, 36); font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Tuesday, December 15, 2026.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Friday, November 19, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;In order to have ample time to finish class packages before the end of the calendar year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903754</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2027 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Spring Classe du Samedi (9 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Classe%20Du%20Samedi-Spring2027.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Classe du Samedi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica"&gt;11am to 12 Noon - Via Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Select Saturdays - Specific Dates Listed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;January 9 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;February 6 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;March 6 &amp;amp; 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;April 3 &amp;amp; 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;May 1 &amp;amp; 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;If you want to spend an hour practicing your French while learning a LOT about contemporary French language and culture with significant doses of French history, sign up to be a regular participant in the Classe du Samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;The class takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11 am - 12 Noon with a native French speaking teacher to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&amp;nbsp;new and returning students that are AFH Members via Zoom only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;All levels are welcome, but the average level is Intermediate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday, November 30, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Saturday, January 9, 2027.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 1 - Beginners 1 French Class  (A1) for Adults (12 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-Beginner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;br&gt;
Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;January 12 to March 16, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don't know which class to take?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE OUR PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 3 - Intermediate 1 French Class (A2) for Adults (12 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-01.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;u&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This Intermediate French class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;have already acquired a basic knowledge of the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You should be able to narrate an event, describe things or ideas, and provide explanations or reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;The course aims to help you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;get over your fear of speaking, understand longer conversations, and consolidate your grammatical structure and vocabulary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will learn through reading and listening to articles, as well as watching video clips of native French speakers in their everyday life. Through diverse exercises, you will express yourself while learning grammar and vocabulary with ease and fun.&amp;nbsp; This course is conducted in French, English is only used when necessary for clarification.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;
  &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 2 - Beginners 2 French Class (A1) for Adults (13 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;The course is offered &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;via Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The format of the class will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.*&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 4 - Intermediate 2 French Class (B1) for Adults (13 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;v&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ia Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;This French class has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who have already achieved a good level of proficiency in the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
The course aims to help you refine your French language skills and deepen your understanding of French culture and society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will engage in complex conversations and discussions, read and analyze texts, and write letters with interesting details.&amp;nbsp; The focus is on developing nuanced language skills, including a mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;This course is conducted entirely in French.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 1 - Beginners 1 French Class  (A1) for Adults (19 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-Beginner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;br&gt;
Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;January 12 to March 16, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don't know which class to take?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE OUR PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 3 - Intermediate 1 French Class (A2) for Adults (19 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-01.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;u&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This Intermediate French class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;have already acquired a basic knowledge of the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You should be able to narrate an event, describe things or ideas, and provide explanations or reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;The course aims to help you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;get over your fear of speaking, understand longer conversations, and consolidate your grammatical structure and vocabulary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will learn through reading and listening to articles, as well as watching video clips of native French speakers in their everyday life. Through diverse exercises, you will express yourself while learning grammar and vocabulary with ease and fun.&amp;nbsp; This course is conducted in French, English is only used when necessary for clarification.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;
  &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 2 - Beginners 2 French Class (A1) for Adults (20 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;The course is offered &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;via Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The format of the class will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.*&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 4 - Intermediate 2 French Class (B1) for Adults (20 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;v&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ia Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;This French class has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who have already achieved a good level of proficiency in the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
The course aims to help you refine your French language skills and deepen your understanding of French culture and society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will engage in complex conversations and discussions, read and analyze texts, and write letters with interesting details.&amp;nbsp; The focus is on developing nuanced language skills, including a mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;This course is conducted entirely in French.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2027 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Spring Classe du Samedi (23 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Classe%20Du%20Samedi-Spring2027.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Classe du Samedi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica"&gt;11am to 12 Noon - Via Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Select Saturdays - Specific Dates Listed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;January 9 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;February 6 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;March 6 &amp;amp; 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;April 3 &amp;amp; 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;May 1 &amp;amp; 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;If you want to spend an hour practicing your French while learning a LOT about contemporary French language and culture with significant doses of French history, sign up to be a regular participant in the Classe du Samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;The class takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11 am - 12 Noon with a native French speaking teacher to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&amp;nbsp;new and returning students that are AFH Members via Zoom only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;All levels are welcome, but the average level is Intermediate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday, November 30, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Saturday, January 9, 2027.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 1 - Beginners 1 French Class  (A1) for Adults (26 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-Beginner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;br&gt;
Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;January 12 to March 16, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don't know which class to take?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE OUR PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 3 - Intermediate 1 French Class (A2) for Adults (26 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-01.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;u&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This Intermediate French class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;have already acquired a basic knowledge of the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You should be able to narrate an event, describe things or ideas, and provide explanations or reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;The course aims to help you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;get over your fear of speaking, understand longer conversations, and consolidate your grammatical structure and vocabulary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will learn through reading and listening to articles, as well as watching video clips of native French speakers in their everyday life. Through diverse exercises, you will express yourself while learning grammar and vocabulary with ease and fun.&amp;nbsp; This course is conducted in French, English is only used when necessary for clarification.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;
  &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 2 - Beginners 2 French Class (A1) for Adults (27 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;The course is offered &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;via Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The format of the class will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.*&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 4 - Intermediate 2 French Class (B1) for Adults (27 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;v&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ia Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;This French class has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who have already achieved a good level of proficiency in the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
The course aims to help you refine your French language skills and deepen your understanding of French culture and society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will engage in complex conversations and discussions, read and analyze texts, and write letters with interesting details.&amp;nbsp; The focus is on developing nuanced language skills, including a mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;This course is conducted entirely in French.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 1 - Beginners 1 French Class  (A1) for Adults (2 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-Beginner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;br&gt;
Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;January 12 to March 16, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don't know which class to take?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE OUR PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 3 - Intermediate 1 French Class (A2) for Adults (2 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-01.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;u&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This Intermediate French class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;have already acquired a basic knowledge of the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You should be able to narrate an event, describe things or ideas, and provide explanations or reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;The course aims to help you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;get over your fear of speaking, understand longer conversations, and consolidate your grammatical structure and vocabulary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will learn through reading and listening to articles, as well as watching video clips of native French speakers in their everyday life. Through diverse exercises, you will express yourself while learning grammar and vocabulary with ease and fun.&amp;nbsp; This course is conducted in French, English is only used when necessary for clarification.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;
  &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 2 - Beginners 2 French Class (A1) for Adults (3 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;The course is offered &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;via Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The format of the class will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.*&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 4 - Intermediate 2 French Class (B1) for Adults (3 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;v&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ia Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;This French class has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who have already achieved a good level of proficiency in the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
The course aims to help you refine your French language skills and deepen your understanding of French culture and society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will engage in complex conversations and discussions, read and analyze texts, and write letters with interesting details.&amp;nbsp; The focus is on developing nuanced language skills, including a mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;This course is conducted entirely in French.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2027 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Spring Classe du Samedi (6 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Classe%20Du%20Samedi-Spring2027.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Classe du Samedi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica"&gt;11am to 12 Noon - Via Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Select Saturdays - Specific Dates Listed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;January 9 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;February 6 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;March 6 &amp;amp; 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;April 3 &amp;amp; 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;May 1 &amp;amp; 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;If you want to spend an hour practicing your French while learning a LOT about contemporary French language and culture with significant doses of French history, sign up to be a regular participant in the Classe du Samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;The class takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11 am - 12 Noon with a native French speaking teacher to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&amp;nbsp;new and returning students that are AFH Members via Zoom only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;All levels are welcome, but the average level is Intermediate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday, November 30, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Saturday, January 9, 2027.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 1 - Beginners 1 French Class  (A1) for Adults (9 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-Beginner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;br&gt;
Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;January 12 to March 16, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don't know which class to take?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE OUR PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 3 - Intermediate 1 French Class (A2) for Adults (9 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-01.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;u&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This Intermediate French class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;have already acquired a basic knowledge of the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You should be able to narrate an event, describe things or ideas, and provide explanations or reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;The course aims to help you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;get over your fear of speaking, understand longer conversations, and consolidate your grammatical structure and vocabulary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will learn through reading and listening to articles, as well as watching video clips of native French speakers in their everyday life. Through diverse exercises, you will express yourself while learning grammar and vocabulary with ease and fun.&amp;nbsp; This course is conducted in French, English is only used when necessary for clarification.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;
  &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 2 - Beginners 2 French Class (A1) for Adults (10 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;The course is offered &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;via Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The format of the class will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.*&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 4 - Intermediate 2 French Class (B1) for Adults (10 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;v&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ia Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;This French class has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who have already achieved a good level of proficiency in the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
The course aims to help you refine your French language skills and deepen your understanding of French culture and society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will engage in complex conversations and discussions, read and analyze texts, and write letters with interesting details.&amp;nbsp; The focus is on developing nuanced language skills, including a mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;This course is conducted entirely in French.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 1 - Beginners 1 French Class  (A1) for Adults (16 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-Beginner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;br&gt;
Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;January 12 to March 16, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don't know which class to take?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE OUR PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 3 - Intermediate 1 French Class (A2) for Adults (16 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-01.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;u&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This Intermediate French class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;have already acquired a basic knowledge of the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You should be able to narrate an event, describe things or ideas, and provide explanations or reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;The course aims to help you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;get over your fear of speaking, understand longer conversations, and consolidate your grammatical structure and vocabulary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will learn through reading and listening to articles, as well as watching video clips of native French speakers in their everyday life. Through diverse exercises, you will express yourself while learning grammar and vocabulary with ease and fun.&amp;nbsp; This course is conducted in French, English is only used when necessary for clarification.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;
  &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 2 - Beginners 2 French Class (A1) for Adults (17 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;The course is offered &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;via Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The format of the class will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.*&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 4 - Intermediate 2 French Class (B1) for Adults (17 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;v&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ia Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;This French class has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who have already achieved a good level of proficiency in the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
The course aims to help you refine your French language skills and deepen your understanding of French culture and society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will engage in complex conversations and discussions, read and analyze texts, and write letters with interesting details.&amp;nbsp; The focus is on developing nuanced language skills, including a mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;This course is conducted entirely in French.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2027 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Spring Classe du Samedi (20 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Classe%20Du%20Samedi-Spring2027.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Classe du Samedi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica"&gt;11am to 12 Noon - Via Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Select Saturdays - Specific Dates Listed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;January 9 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;February 6 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;March 6 &amp;amp; 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;April 3 &amp;amp; 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;May 1 &amp;amp; 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;If you want to spend an hour practicing your French while learning a LOT about contemporary French language and culture with significant doses of French history, sign up to be a regular participant in the Classe du Samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;The class takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11 am - 12 Noon with a native French speaking teacher to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&amp;nbsp;new and returning students that are AFH Members via Zoom only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;All levels are welcome, but the average level is Intermediate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday, November 30, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Saturday, January 9, 2027.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 1 - Beginners 1 French Class  (A1) for Adults (23 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-Beginner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;br&gt;
Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;January 12 to March 16, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don't know which class to take?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE OUR PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 3 - Intermediate 1 French Class (A2) for Adults (23 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-01.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;u&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This Intermediate French class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;have already acquired a basic knowledge of the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You should be able to narrate an event, describe things or ideas, and provide explanations or reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;The course aims to help you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;get over your fear of speaking, understand longer conversations, and consolidate your grammatical structure and vocabulary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will learn through reading and listening to articles, as well as watching video clips of native French speakers in their everyday life. Through diverse exercises, you will express yourself while learning grammar and vocabulary with ease and fun.&amp;nbsp; This course is conducted in French, English is only used when necessary for clarification.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;
  &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 2 - Beginners 2 French Class (A1) for Adults (24 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;The course is offered &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;via Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The format of the class will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.*&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 4 - Intermediate 2 French Class (B1) for Adults (24 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;v&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ia Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;This French class has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who have already achieved a good level of proficiency in the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
The course aims to help you refine your French language skills and deepen your understanding of French culture and society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will engage in complex conversations and discussions, read and analyze texts, and write letters with interesting details.&amp;nbsp; The focus is on developing nuanced language skills, including a mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;This course is conducted entirely in French.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 1 - Beginners 1 French Class  (A1) for Adults (2 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-Beginner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;br&gt;
Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;January 12 to March 16, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don't know which class to take?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE OUR PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 3 - Intermediate 1 French Class (A2) for Adults (2 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-01.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;u&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This Intermediate French class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;have already acquired a basic knowledge of the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You should be able to narrate an event, describe things or ideas, and provide explanations or reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;The course aims to help you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;get over your fear of speaking, understand longer conversations, and consolidate your grammatical structure and vocabulary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will learn through reading and listening to articles, as well as watching video clips of native French speakers in their everyday life. Through diverse exercises, you will express yourself while learning grammar and vocabulary with ease and fun.&amp;nbsp; This course is conducted in French, English is only used when necessary for clarification.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;
  &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 2 - Beginners 2 French Class (A1) for Adults (3 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;The course is offered &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;via Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The format of the class will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.*&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 4 - Intermediate 2 French Class (B1) for Adults (3 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;v&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ia Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;This French class has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who have already achieved a good level of proficiency in the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
The course aims to help you refine your French language skills and deepen your understanding of French culture and society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will engage in complex conversations and discussions, read and analyze texts, and write letters with interesting details.&amp;nbsp; The focus is on developing nuanced language skills, including a mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;This course is conducted entirely in French.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2027 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Spring Classe du Samedi (6 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Classe%20Du%20Samedi-Spring2027.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Classe du Samedi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica"&gt;11am to 12 Noon - Via Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Select Saturdays - Specific Dates Listed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;January 9 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;February 6 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;March 6 &amp;amp; 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;April 3 &amp;amp; 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;May 1 &amp;amp; 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;If you want to spend an hour practicing your French while learning a LOT about contemporary French language and culture with significant doses of French history, sign up to be a regular participant in the Classe du Samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;The class takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11 am - 12 Noon with a native French speaking teacher to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&amp;nbsp;new and returning students that are AFH Members via Zoom only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;All levels are welcome, but the average level is Intermediate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday, November 30, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Saturday, January 9, 2027.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 1 - Beginners 1 French Class  (A1) for Adults (9 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-Beginner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;br&gt;
Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;January 12 to March 16, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don't know which class to take?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE OUR PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 3 - Intermediate 1 French Class (A2) for Adults (9 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-01.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;u&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This Intermediate French class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;have already acquired a basic knowledge of the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You should be able to narrate an event, describe things or ideas, and provide explanations or reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;The course aims to help you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;get over your fear of speaking, understand longer conversations, and consolidate your grammatical structure and vocabulary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will learn through reading and listening to articles, as well as watching video clips of native French speakers in their everyday life. Through diverse exercises, you will express yourself while learning grammar and vocabulary with ease and fun.&amp;nbsp; This course is conducted in French, English is only used when necessary for clarification.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;
  &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 2 - Beginners 2 French Class (A1) for Adults (10 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;The course is offered &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;via Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The format of the class will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.*&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 4 - Intermediate 2 French Class (B1) for Adults (10 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;v&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ia Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;This French class has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who have already achieved a good level of proficiency in the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
The course aims to help you refine your French language skills and deepen your understanding of French culture and society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will engage in complex conversations and discussions, read and analyze texts, and write letters with interesting details.&amp;nbsp; The focus is on developing nuanced language skills, including a mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;This course is conducted entirely in French.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 1 - Beginners 1 French Class  (A1) for Adults (16 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-Beginner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;br&gt;
Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;January 12 to March 16, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.* &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don't know which class to take?&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE OUR PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6903843</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 3 - Intermediate 1 French Class (A2) for Adults (16 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-01.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The course is offered&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;u&gt;via Zoom over a 10 week period every Tuesday!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The format of the class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;This Intermediate French class&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;have already acquired a basic knowledge of the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You should be able to narrate an event, describe things or ideas, and provide explanations or reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;The course aims to help you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;get over your fear of speaking, understand longer conversations, and consolidate your grammatical structure and vocabulary.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will learn through reading and listening to articles, as well as watching video clips of native French speakers in their everyday life. Through diverse exercises, you will express yourself while learning grammar and vocabulary with ease and fun.&amp;nbsp; This course is conducted in French, English is only used when necessary for clarification.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;
  &lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910181</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 2 - Beginners 2 French Class (A1) for Adults (17 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;The course is offered &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;to new and returning students that are AFH Members online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;via Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The format of the class will allow students to interact with each other as well as the instructor from the comfort of their own homes. The weekly one-hour class will go by quickly as you learn to read, write, and speak in French.*&lt;br&gt;
You will have conversations with your classmates and optional homework. Classes are at a maximum 1:6 teacher/student ratio so that every student has the opportunity to speak.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;&lt;font color="#FFFFFF"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sunday, November 29, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;Class fees:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910061</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2027 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Session 1 - Winter 2027 - LEVEL 4 - Intermediate 2 French Class (B1) for Adults (17 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Class-Winter-intermediate-02.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Session 1 - Winter 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Online French Class for Adults&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;January 13 to March 17, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;The course is offered to new and returning students that are AFH Members online &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;v&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ia Zoom o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ver a 10 week period every Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;This French class has a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;maximum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;1:6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;teacher/student&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font color="#212121"&gt;ratio and is designed for students who have already achieved a good level of proficiency in the French language.*&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
The course aims to help you refine your French language skills and deepen your understanding of French culture and society.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
You will engage in complex conversations and discussions, read and analyze texts, and write letters with interesting details.&amp;nbsp; The focus is on developing nuanced language skills, including a mastery of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;This course is conducted entirely in French.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Invite a friend to take the course with you and be your travel companion on your weekly trip to France with the Alliance Française!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;*Our classes and textbooks use the Common European Reference for Languages (CEFR) for linguistic guidelines but are not designed to prepare students for any required language exams. Learn more about the CEFR&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-05/CEFR%20self-assessment%20grid%20EN.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Don’t know which class to take?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Documents/placement-test.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle002"&gt;COMPLETE THIS PLACEMENT TEST&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
and send it to info@afhawaii.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;One of our instructors will suggest which class to take based on your responses.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Opens:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Sunday,&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;&amp;nbsp;November 29, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration Closes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;Friday, January 8, 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Class fees:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#132824"&gt;$220 (10 classes - every Tuesday for 1 hour during date timeframe specified)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;No textbook required.&amp;nbsp;Your teacher will provide language learning materials and exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910185</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2027 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Spring Classe du Samedi (20 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Classe%20Du%20Samedi-Spring2027.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Classe du Samedi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica"&gt;11am to 12 Noon - Via Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Select Saturdays - Specific Dates Listed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;January 9 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;February 6 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;March 6 &amp;amp; 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;April 3 &amp;amp; 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;May 1 &amp;amp; 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;If you want to spend an hour practicing your French while learning a LOT about contemporary French language and culture with significant doses of French history, sign up to be a regular participant in the Classe du Samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;The class takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11 am - 12 Noon with a native French speaking teacher to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&amp;nbsp;new and returning students that are AFH Members via Zoom only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;All levels are welcome, but the average level is Intermediate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday, November 30, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Saturday, January 9, 2027.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2027 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Spring Classe du Samedi (3 Apr 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Classe%20Du%20Samedi-Spring2027.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Classe du Samedi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica"&gt;11am to 12 Noon - Via Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Select Saturdays - Specific Dates Listed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;January 9 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;February 6 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;March 6 &amp;amp; 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;April 3 &amp;amp; 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;May 1 &amp;amp; 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;If you want to spend an hour practicing your French while learning a LOT about contemporary French language and culture with significant doses of French history, sign up to be a regular participant in the Classe du Samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;The class takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11 am - 12 Noon with a native French speaking teacher to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&amp;nbsp;new and returning students that are AFH Members via Zoom only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;All levels are welcome, but the average level is Intermediate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday, November 30, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Saturday, January 9, 2027.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2027 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Spring Classe du Samedi (17 Apr 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Classe%20Du%20Samedi-Spring2027.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Classe du Samedi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica"&gt;11am to 12 Noon - Via Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Select Saturdays - Specific Dates Listed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;January 9 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;February 6 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;March 6 &amp;amp; 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;April 3 &amp;amp; 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;May 1 &amp;amp; 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;If you want to spend an hour practicing your French while learning a LOT about contemporary French language and culture with significant doses of French history, sign up to be a regular participant in the Classe du Samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;The class takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11 am - 12 Noon with a native French speaking teacher to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&amp;nbsp;new and returning students that are AFH Members via Zoom only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;All levels are welcome, but the average level is Intermediate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday, November 30, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Saturday, January 9, 2027.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</link>
      <guid>https://afhawaii.org/event-6910373</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2027 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Spring Classe du Samedi (1 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Classe%20Du%20Samedi-Spring2027.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Classe du Samedi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica"&gt;11am to 12 Noon - Via Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Select Saturdays - Specific Dates Listed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;January 9 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;February 6 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;March 6 &amp;amp; 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;April 3 &amp;amp; 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;May 1 &amp;amp; 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;If you want to spend an hour practicing your French while learning a LOT about contemporary French language and culture with significant doses of French history, sign up to be a regular participant in the Classe du Samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;The class takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11 am - 12 Noon with a native French speaking teacher to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&amp;nbsp;new and returning students that are AFH Members via Zoom only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;All levels are welcome, but the average level is Intermediate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday, November 30, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Saturday, January 9, 2027.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2027 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2027 Spring Classe du Samedi (15 May 2027)</title>
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://afhawaii.org/resources/Pictures/classes/Classe%20Du%20Samedi-Spring2027.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;SAVE THE DATE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Classe du Samedi&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F" face="Helvetica"&gt;11am to 12 Noon - Via Zoom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Select Saturdays - Specific Dates Listed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 91, 127); font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;January 9 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;February 6 &amp;amp; 23&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;March 6 &amp;amp; 20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;April 3 &amp;amp; 17&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#005B7F"&gt;May 1 &amp;amp; 15&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;If you want to spend an hour practicing your French while learning a LOT about contemporary French language and culture with significant doses of French history, sign up to be a regular participant in the Classe du Samedi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;The class takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11 am - 12 Noon with a native French speaking teacher to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#212121"&gt;&amp;nbsp;new and returning students that are AFH Members via Zoom only.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;All levels are welcome, but the average level is Intermediate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_dotted" style="border-top-width: 1px;" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration opens:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday, November 30, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#005B7F"&gt;Registration closes:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Saturday, January 9, 2027.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Minimum 2 students to run the course.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"&gt;Maximum 6 students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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