Our mission affirms international education's central principles: academic rigor and diversity, critical thinking, and communication across cultures. We are the only Bay Area school offering a truly multilingual, multicultural education that culminates in the International Baccalaureate or French Bac. Our youngest students pursue a bilingual curriculum in French and English through 8th grade. As students progress through the school, they hone their critical thinking skills, communicate in at least three languages, and participate in a rich array of arts, athletics, service learning, and travel programs.
Our classrooms are lively, and our school community is always engaging. Students and faculty from across the Bay Area worldwide forge meaningful, trusting relationships as they experiment and explore, question, and collaborate. Committed to every student's well-being and success, our teachers bring global teaching experience and expertise in their disciplines into a differentiated classroom daily. Boldness is a hallmark of a French American education: students grapple with real issues raised in the context of a challenging curriculum. Here, students experience the world and develop a sense of autonomy, empathy, and agency. They are primed to go out into the world and make a positive difference.
Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the French American International School offers programs of study in French and English to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and communicate across cultures is of paramount importance.
Our international community brings together people from many backgrounds. Together we strive to create a shared culture that develops compassionate, confident, and principled people who will make the world better. We base our community on these values:
- RESPECT – We celebrate the dignity, shared humanity, and potential in everyone. We listen attentively, speak thoughtfully, and act with courtesy and kindness. We take care of ourselves, our community, and our environment.
- INTEGRITY – We speak and act with honesty. We take responsibility for our actions, and we meet our commitments.
- INCLUSION – We celebrate the diversity that defines our school, our community, and the world. We seek to understand one another and to appreciate differing perspectives. We act with empathy and compassion.
- COLLABORATION – We prize the benefits of working and learning together. We succeed through shared effort and by seeking excellence in ourselves and one another.
- CURIOSITY – We are inquisitive about the world and our place in it, about ourselves, and one another. We ask questions, take risks, and delight in discovery.
At French American International School, our youngest minds are immersed in two languages from day one. Teachers pay close attention to each student's linguistic and socio-emotional development, warmly encouraging critical thinking, active exchange, and cooperation.
As students progress through the school, they learn to communicate in at least three languages, study mathematics in two languages, participate in a rich array of arts, athletics, and travel programs, engage in local and global service-learning projects, and further develop strong critical thinking skills within a challenging, engaging curriculum. There is no better way to see what we do than to come to an Open House, schedule a campus tour, or attend one of our community events. Our doors are open, and we look forward to welcoming you soon.
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