Lycée International American Section

Lycée International: American Section

 

Curriculum Offered
The Lycée International offers a full French curriculum, as defined by the Ministére d’Education Nationale. All student enrolled in the Lycée International are also part of one of the twelve national sections. In addition to the full French curriculum, students receive 6-8 hours of instruction per week in their section. American Section instruction, covering Language/Literature and History, is extremely rigorous and designed to keep children at level of the corresponding grade of a good American school.

French Language Curriculum & Support
All American Section students follow the full French curriculum. In the final two years of the program students prepare the OIB – the international option of the French baccalaureate, which includes both written and oral American Language/Literature and History components.
Non-francophone students may enroll in français spéciale, an intensive French program, which usually permits them to integrate native-level French courses within one year.

School History
Founded in 1952 for the children of NATO personnel, the school has twelve national sections -- American, British, Danish/Norwegian, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Each section provides its students with instruction in the literature and history of the native country in addition to the full French curriculum.

School Year Title	Age of Children	Capacity	School Day (Hours)
PreK/Mat. 2	4-5	16	8:45am-12pm, 1:30pm-4:15pm No school Wed. afternoon, two half days of American per week.
Kindergarten/Mat. 3	5-6	16	8:45am-12pm, 1:30pm-4:15pm No school Wed. afternoon, two half days of American per week.
1st/11eme	6-7	45	8:45am-12pm, 1:30pm-4:15pm No school Wed. afternoon, two half days of American per week.
2nd/10eme	7-8	50	8:45am-12pm, 1:30pm-4:15pm No school Wed. afternoon, two half days of American per week.
3rd/9eme	8-9	50	8:45am-12pm, 1:30pm-4:15pm No school Wed. afternoon, two half days of American per week.
4th/8eme	9-10	50	8:45am-12pm, 1:30pm-4:15pm No school Wed. afternoon, two half days of American per week.
5th/7eme	10-11	50	8:45am-12pm, 1:30pm-4:15pm No school Wed. afternoon, two half days of American per week.
6th/6eme	11-12	60	8:30am-5pm No school Wed. afternoon, 6 hrs. American per week.
7th/5eme	12-13	60	8:30am – 5pm No school Wed. afternoon, 6 hrs. American per week.
8th/4eme	13-14	60	8:30am – 5pm No school Wed. afternoon, 6 hrs. American per week.
9th/3eme	14-15	60	8:30am – 5pm No school Wed. afternoon, 6 hrs. American per week.
10th/2nde	15-16	60	8am – 6pm 8 hrs. American per week.
11th/1ere	16-17	60	8am – 6pm 8 hrs. American per week.
12th/Terminale	17-18	60	8am – 6pm 8 hrs. American per week.

Sports Offered & Facilities
Inter-section soccer tournament (primary, middle, upper)
Middle School competitive basketball, volleyball, swimming badminton.
During weekly gym classes students of all levels practice rock climbing, rugby, track and field, baseball, basketball, soccer, gymnastics, judo…

Holiday Activities
We celebrate major American holidays.

Technology Facilities
Technology dedicated classrooms in both primary and secondary.Technology incorporated into middle school curriculum (1 hour per week).

What is Unique about this School
The American Section is “a school within a school”; dispensing a challenging American language/literature and history curriculum, as well as the national French program. All students in the American Section are fully bilingual French/English; all students who attend the Lycée International are fully bilingual French/language of their section.

 

School Name	Lycée International American section
School Type	Bilingual : English / French
School Address	Rue du Fer à Cheval 78100 St. Germain en Laye
School Admissions	Mrs Mary Friel
Telephone	+33 (0)1 34 51 74 85
Fax	+33 (0)1 30 87 00 49
Email	american.lycee.intl@wanadoo.fr
Website	www.americansection.org