1. Le lycée français

2. Schools and Grade Levels
École maternelle (3 years, ages 3-5)
École primaire (5 years, ages 6-10)
Collège (4 years, ages 11-14)
Lycée (3 years, ages 15-17)
Université (ages 18+)

3. École maternelle
3 years
Ages 3-5
École primaire
5 years
Ages 6-10
Collège
4 years
Ages 11-14
Lycée
3 years
Ages 15-17
Université
Ages 18+

5. Daily Schedule Approximately 8:00am – 5:30pm 60-90 minutes for lunch
15-20 minute breaks 2-3 times each day
Individual classes may be cancelled by the teacher.

6. Weekly Schedule Every day is different!
Location and meeting times change from day to day.
No school Wednesday afternoon (most lycées)
Some schools have classes on Saturday morning.

7. Courses Offered
Students choose their track early on, which determines the courses they take in their last 2 years of school
S: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Math
ES: Economics, Sociology
L: Languages, literature, philosophy, history, geography

8. Courses Offered
Number of hours per subject is mandated by the National Ministry of Education
Philosophy required
2 languages required
English
Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Arabic…
Options
Latin, Greek, Art

9. Grades Course grades are out of 20 points
18-20 very difficult to achieve
12/20 is considered good.
10/20 required to pass

12. Physical appearance of the lycées
Look at the following pictures and see what you notice about these classrooms in a French lycée.

17. Classrooms
Look at the following pictures and see what you notice about these classrooms in a French lycée.

22. Classrooms Not much on walls No French flag
Students often facing each other
Not assigned to one teacher
Teachers never leave things in the room.

23. Teachers & Students Strict teachers Respectful students
Students are NEVER late to class.
Very few disruptions
Teachers often unavailable for help

24. Lunch 60-120 minutes Students can go home or walk to a café
La cantine (cafeteria) on campus

25. Sports & Clubs Physical education is a required course.
Sports outside of class are done outside of school on community teams. (No school sports teams!)
Few to no clubs
School is focused strictly on academics.

26. Other Interesting Information
No homecoming
No prom
No school colors
No school mascot
No spirit weeks
No yearbooks (Yearly class pictures instead)