High School
High School, called Lycée in France, is Grades 10, 11 and 12 (Seconde or 2de, Première or 1re, and Terminale), and it represents the last leg of a student’s journey towards university. Starting in Grade 10, students begin preparing for the French Baccalaureate, and in many cases, our students select its prestigious and rigorous International option (OIB), which gives them the opportunity to showcase their bilingual skills and for which French studies are supplemented by demanding subjects in English.
Grade 10, THE CYCLE OF INITIATION
In Gr 10, students start to explore while creating their own path, through electives. New subjects, such as economics, are included as part of a student’s required coursework, but first and foremost, the goal is to transmit a common culture to all the students (via French, math, history-geography, foreign languages, physics-chemistry, life and Earth sciences, physical education, and civic education courses), and to allow them to explore the literary, economic, scientific and technological domains. At the end of Grade 10, students choose specialized options that complement a core curriculum. Specializations are broken into three Series that will determine a student’s path through Grade 12: Série L (literary series), Série ES (economic and social series), and Série S (scientific series).
Grades 11 and 12 : The French Baccalaureate
Established and moderated by the French Ministry of Education, the Baccalauréat or BAC (not to be confused with the International Baccalaureate or IB) is an exam-driven two-year program. The successful passing of the BAC exams, at the end of Grades 11 and 12, leads to a diploma that marks the completion of the French High School program. The BAC program, taught entirely in French, is a very rigorous and demanding course of study that prepares students for a university career. The L series is centered on literary studies and focuses on foreign languages. The ES series is centered on economic and political sciences, and sociology. The S series is focused on math and experimental sciences (physics-chemistry and life and Earth sciences).
OIB : THE INTERNATIONAL OPTION OF THE FRENCH BAC
The Option Internationale du Baccalauréat or OIB is not a separate diploma, but rather a bilingual option within the traditional Baccalauréat. The French curriculum is augmented by courses in English on language and literature, and U.S. history-geography. The BAC OIB is available to students who have demonstrated a true mastery of both French and English.
TWO DIPLOMAS
LFSF students can graduate with two diplomas: a French Baccalaureate and a U.S. High School diploma. All students graduate with the French Baccalaureate. Many students opt to fulfill requirements for the U.S. high school diploma by taking additional required courses.
GLOBAL LEARNING : Because Learning happens in and out of the classroom!
In keeping with the LFSF mission of empowering future generations to make meaningful contributions to our world through a multilingual and multicultural education, LFSF offers students many opportunities to immerse themselves in cultures, languages, and geographies through a global travel program that provides them with a rich understanding of different cultural perspectives than that can only be achieved by spending time living, learning and working in a foreign country.
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LFSF is implementing the changes initiated by the French Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer. Greater emphasis will be placed on continuous monitoring student's knowledge and skills, with some occasional testing to evaluate academic performance.
CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES
During the final three years of secondary education, LFSF students often carry a course load of between 37-40 hours per week, with a corresponding amount of homework. LFSF is a commuter school, and so students can travel an hour or more to and from school. As a result, students often seek extracurricular opportunities outside of school which impacts the number of teams, activities and clubs that LFSF offers on site. Fencing and judo remain the top LFSF sports and our students are consistently nationally ranked.