Mrs. LoPresti has been teaching French 7-12 for 26 years of which the last 17 have been at Long Lake Central. She graduated from SUNY Potsdam with a B.A. in Secondary Education and a concentration in French Studies. Mrs. LoPresti's undergraduate work included a year living in the Loire Valley in France and Studying in Tours at L'Institut des Etrangers affiliated with the University of Poitiers. She has traveled extensively through western Europe with many student groups at Long Lake Central and various other schools. And with her husband, Frank. Mrs. LoPresti's hobbies are gardening, sewing, reading, and cooking. She also enjoys art history, silk painting, stencilling, music and knitting.