For 5 years, the French American School of Rhode Island (FASRI) has run a unique and successful program in the educational landscape in Rhode Island. We are proud to serve the community with a window of opportunity that gives children the gift of becoming French American Citizens of the World. 

The first and second grade students studied the cycle of water and energy in science class.  They learned that running water has kinetic energy because it is moving. For an experiment they built a water wheel using recycled objects and learn how to harness that energy to make the wheel spin, then they learned how this could be a useful source of renewable energy.

The ability to think in another language, beyond mere translation, provides a subtle understanding of the ideas through the lenses of cultural perspectives that enrich the thought process. Thoughts undergo changes from language to language and from country to country, and an international education not only allows students to perceive the world from multiple...