French Schools Abroad
There are six schools in the consular district of Los Angeles that are approved by the French Ministry of Education and respect the French curriculum.
International School of Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona
Accredited for maternelle (pre-school) to CE1 (2nd grade). CM1 and CM2 coming soon.
9128 E. San Salvador Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Phone: (480) 874-2326 - Fax : (480) 663-6894
Email : isa@isaz.org
Website
International School of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Accredited for preschool to 5th grade
206 Red Cross Way, Denver, CO 80230
Phone: (303) 340-3647 - Fax : (303) 360-9426
E-mail: info@dmischool.com
Website
Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles
Accredited for preschool to 12th Grade (Petite Section de Maternelle à la Terminale). Le Lycée Français offers Le Baccalauréat Classique and the Baccalauréat Français International (BFI)
Website
Phone: 310-836-3464
Le Lycée Français has five campuses :
- Campus 55
Preschool-PreK (PS-K1)
3055 Overland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034
Tel: 310-836-3464 x 301
Email: campus55@lyceela.org
- Pacific Palisades Campus
Preschool-2nd Grade (PS-CE1)
16720 Marquez Ave, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Tel: 310-836-3464 x 302
Email: leloup@lyceela.org
- Century City Campus
K-1st Grade (Grande Section de Maternelle-CP)
10361 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel: 310-836-3464 x 303
Email: centurycity@lyceela.org
- Main Campus
Elementary
2nd-5th (CE1-CM2)
3261 Overland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034
Tel: 310-836-3464 x 310
Email: generalinfo@lyceela.org
Middle School
6th-8th (6eme-4eme)
3261 Overland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034
Tel: 310-836-3464 x 337
Email: middleschool@lyceela.org
- Raymond and Esther Kabbaz High School Campus
9th-12th Grade (3eme-Terminale)
10309 West National Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034
Tel: 310-836-3464 x 331
Email: secondary@lyceela.org
Lycée International de Los Angeles
Accredited for pre-school to high school (literary and economic baccalaureates). The LILA also offers the International Baccalaureate (IB)
Website
The LILA has five campuses :
- Burbank Campus
6th - 12th grade (French Science or Economics Baccalaureate, and International Baccalaureate)
1105 W. Riverside Drive, Burbank
Phone: (818) 900-1895
Email : burbank@lilaschool.com - Los Feliz Campus
Pre-school to 5th grade
4155 Russell Avenue, Los Angeles
Phone: (323) 665-4526
Email : losfeliz@lilaschool.com - Campus de West Valley
Pre-school to 5th grade
5933 Lindley Ave, Tarzana
Phone: (818) 345-0155
Email : westvalley@lilaschool.com - Campus de Pasadena
Pre-school to 5th grade
30 N. Marion Avenue, Pasadena
Phone: (626) 793-0943
Email : pasadena@lilaschool.com
International School of Orange County
Petite section à la sixième (PS-6th)
Niveaux homologués: de la petite section au CM2 (PS-CM2)
1838 N Shaffer St., Orange, CA 92865
Phone: (714) 771-4710
E-mail: info@ischooloc.org
Website
San Diego French-American School, San Diego, California
Accredited for pre-school to 8th grade
6550 Soledad Mountain Road, La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: (858) 456-2807 - Fax : (858) 459-2670
E-mail: headmaster@sdfrenchschool.org
Website
Le Lycée Français de San Diego (LFSD)
8401 Aero Drive. San Diego, CA 92123.
858-277-1514
administration@lfsd.org
Website
Accredited for Preschool until 6ème.
Immersion programs teach the classic American curriculum taught in a foreign language. This target language is different from a subject, it is the language of learning.
The curriculum can be taught in French at various degrees. The objective is not solely to speak a second language, but also to master the contents of the different disciplines that are being taught in this language.
Immersion programs in the consular district are currently limited to daycare, pre-school, and elementary schools. The Cultural Services of the French Consulate in L.A. support and help the creation of bilingual programs. Please write to frenchlanguage@consulfrance-losangeles.org for any question regarding bilingual programs.
Please note that the following list of bilingual schools is not exhaustive and does not engage the responsibility of the French Consulate.
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
- Savoir Faire
pre-school (private)
117 West Torrance Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: 310.379.1086
Contact
San Diego
ARIZONA
COLORADO
- World Compass Academy
2490 S. Perry Street, Castle Rock, C0 80104
Tél: 303-814-5200
NEVADA
Note regarding pre-school enrollment
Daycare and pre-schools do not exist in the public sector — schooling is only required after the age of 6. Private "Day Care Center & Preschools" enroll children aged 5 or younger. The families are responsible for making sure that the center has been officially licensed.
Newly arrived parents can find useful information on French Morning and French District or via organizations such as Los Angeles Accueil or Orange County Accueil in Southern California.
The FLAM program (Français Langue Maternelle)
The FLAM (Français Langue Maternelle) program was initiated in 2001-2002 by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is especially targeted at French expatriates and supports extracurricular activities and opportunities for French children enrolled in local schools to speak their mother language. A pedagogic program has been created to address the specific needs of these children. It allows them to develop communication, reading and writing skills in French. Various aspects of the French language are being taught, together with a deep cultural background. Please visit the program website for additional information.
Such programs exist online and in person in Long Beach, Pasadena, San Diego and Irvine CA
Private After-School programs
California
- Savoir Faire Language Institute, Torrance :
117 West Torrance Blvd. Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: 310.379.1086
Contact: Joelle Petit Adkins
Nevada
Colorado
Summer Camps
American schools sometimes offer French summer programs. French schools in the US and after-school programs may also have summer camps. Please visit their websites for more information.
The Alliances Françaises (French language and cultural centers)
Arizona
Californie
Colorado
Nevada
Nouveau Mexique
The Centre National d’Enseignement à Distance offers distance-learning courses in the French system. There are different options:
- "Scolarité à classe complète réglementée": offers the entire French curriculum to students who are not enrolled in any school. The student follows the courses under the sole responsibility of her or his family and has access to the French curriculum as defined by the official guidelines of the French Ministry of Education, from the "Cours préparatoire (CP)" to the "CM2" level.
- "Scolarité à inscription libre" gives access to the French curriculum according to the French curriculum as defined by the official guidelines of the French Ministry of Education, from the "Cours préparatoire (CP)" to the "CM2" level. The student can be enrolled in a school at the same time.
- "Scolarité complémentaire internationale" gives students who live outside of France access to a program of three core subjects. The aim is to help the student keep in contact with the French system and ease going back to the French system.
Several language schools in the area offer CNED courses— Find their addresses in the list of "private-after schools"
To take the official French Baccalaureate, the International Baccalaureate or the Brevet examinations, please contact the West Coast coordinator:
Christine Crosetti, Assistant to the Head of School
755 Ashbury Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: 415 6615 232 x1706
E-mail: ccrosetti@lelycee.org
Website
The exams take place at the Lycée Français de Los Angeles:
3261 Overland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034
Phone: (310) 836-3464 - Fax : (310) 558-8069
Supervisor: Monsieur Petauton
E-mail: petauton@lyceela.org
Website
For more information about exams, please contact:
Nadia Boga-Sbihi
Service des Examens du Lycée Rochambeau de Washington
9600 Forest Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 530-8260
Independent or external candidates, please contact Mme Boga-Sbihi to take the Baccalaureate examination.
You may also visit the AEFE (Agence pour l’enseignement français à l’étranger) website
