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It does a great job of being a fully immersion french program and follows the curricullum in France to the T. However, if you are looking for good academics, I am not sure this is a place that challenges the bright kids. The focus is so high on French language in the early years that they are actually behind wrt to the public schools on other subjects such as English and Math until you reach 4th grade. In 4th grade they try to catch up and eventually in 5th grade they meet up or exceed some average public school standards. However, paying for private school you expect a bit more than just an additional language. The middle school that most 5th graders seem to move to is Tillicum because a private teacher teaches adv. French before regular classes start. Tillicum is not a good gauge.
This is a wonderful school with a warm, nuturing environment. We have been at the school now for 6 years The teachers we have had, without exception, have all been excellent. We do not speak French at home but my child speaks like a native. At all levels it is a very rich curriculum. The class sizes at the upper levels are also very small which is something we like.
This is a warm, nurturing school that really tries to do the best it can for its students. My children are excited and happy to go to school every day. It is wonderful to hear their French language skills improve every year. Small class sizes (especially in the higher grades) facilitate learning. We have also loved the families that we have met here. They tend to be well educated people who are very interested not only in events at the local level, but life and culture outside of the United States.
This is a great school! Especially if you want your child to be bilingual. My child started in Kindergarten(moyens) and by the fourth grade he was so fluent that parents from France assumed either my wife or I was from Paris! The fourth grade went on a field trip to Paris for 10 days. Parent involvement is key and the school does many activites such as a fund raising auction and Kernesse(carnival). The teachers are all native speakers and there are separate English teachers. The school also has the WASL test for 4th graders. It has preschool to 5th grade. Very safe with French style discipline. A high quality school.
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