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This year, FASRI has engaged in a multi-year initiative centered on nature, ecology, and sustainability.

During the 2021-2022 school year, the Moyenne Section / PK2 and Grande Section/ K classes participated in the eTwinning project. A project partnership between two or more European Union schools on a predetermined topic. 

Alexa graduated cum laude from The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs with a global bachelor major in International Relations, a concentration in Contemporary Cultures & Societies, and a minor in Cross-Cultural Communication. Founder of MomentswAlexaClaire.com, she focuses her efforts on creating a space for her audience to think reflectively, find comfort in vulnerability, and understand the strength in community. Alexa plans on building a scholarship foundation to ensure that all Black and Brown students are provided the opportunity to study abroad at least once during each of the three academic periods of life.

Although Stephanie Da Cruz comes from an international, multilingual family, she didn't speak any French before starting at FASRI at the age of three. But she soon settled into school life and, over the course of eleven years, she formed lasting friendships and distinguishing herself as a visual artist and writer. "FASRI gave me an opportunity to experience and feel connected to a different part of the world through my bilingual upbringing," she says.

FASRI students participated in the "Cartooning for Peace"/ "Dessins pour la paix" zoom seminar organized by the AEFE for the network of French schools in North America. The seminar was held in French and gave an opportunity to 800 students from 4th to 8th grade across the network to discover the work of the  French Cartoonist Kak...

This week, in La Découverte du Monde: Discovery of the World, Grande Section / Kindergarten students finished learning about bears and what they do to hibernate....

In November 2020, all elementary and middle school students in French schools around the world were invited to reflect on the purpose of school in light of freedom of speech and thought (A quoi sert l'école?) in an age appropriate language. At FASRI, French teachers engaged students in conversations centering around the relationship between freedom of self and respect toward the other and conversations were framed in relationship to the core values of the school.....

Check out the performances of the students of the French American School of Rhode Island (FASRI)! Physical distancing doesn’t mean musical distancing. The website below presents the fruits of each class' labor during the twelve weeks of Distance Learning at FASRI. A special thank you to Mr. Keohane, our music teacher, for this wonderful achievement.

How to foster creativity and emotional balance through Visual Arts in a time of Distance Learning.

Our observations show that, for the whole duration of the twelve weeks of distance learning, students continued to be engaged and excited about learning. As a school, the main focus of FASRI’s Art Program was to provide students of all grades with avenues to express their creativity and feelings as they stayed at home....

During two weeks of distance learning, students in first and second grade have explored two wonderful countries in art class. They have been discovering new artforms virtually and gaining appreciation for different cultures in a meaningful and enjoyable way.