Collège / Middle School (Grades 6-8)

The challenge of our students' years of dual language education culminates in FASRI's Middle School program. During this final stage, students' language skills mature, and they further develop creativity, critical thinking and depth of knowledge. Instruction time is approximately 50% in French and 50% in English, and at this level, subjects are taught in one language only. Language arts are taught in their respective languages, social studies in French, and math and science in English. A third modern language, Spanish, is introduced in 6th grade, and Latin is offered as an extended day elective from Grade 7 onwards.

Middle School exposes students to a wide range of knowledge and principles and prepares them for High School. They are introduced to more complex concepts that modify and expand upon their bases.

Grade 6 builds on fundamental knowledge acquired in Elementary School and introduces students to disciplines and methods that will be expanded upon in Middle School. Grades 7 and 8 deepen and broaden their knowledge base and skills, and prepare them for High School academic standards.

As they emerge from ten years of dual language education in a multi-cultural setting, our graduates possess unique strengths and skills that allow them to reach their highest potential and thrive in the 21st Century as active, collaborative citizens. These skills include:

Social conscience: our graduates naturally integrate respect for diversity and cultural awareness in their lives. They exhibit fundamental knowledge of a culture that is necessary for them to construct their identity (both personal and social).

Character: our graduates gracefully embrace challenges, changes and differences. They appreciate diversity and adapt naturally to other people and culture.

Academic excellence: our graduates are equipped to succeed academically in both French and American high schools and beyond.

Communication and expression: our graduates are prepared to develop into multilingual adults.Students master principal forms of speech and rhetoric. They can form their own opinions and express themselves coherently and eloquently verbally and in writing.

Analytical skills: our graduates demonstrate superior aptitude for critical thinking, problem solving and deductive reasoning.

Creativity and technology: our graduates are inherently creative and proficient in technology. They know how to find information and evaluate sources.

The curriculum at the Middle School level becomes much more complex and detailed in all subjects to meet students' educational needs and to provide them with the best of academic standards for high school and beyond.

Middle School students need an environment that will help them develop and be ready to face the challenges ahead. FASRI's Advisory Program helps them progress along the road to maturity, promoting team building and personal management, as well as providing support in high school placement.