French Preschool Program

The goal of L’ecole is to help children become bilingual and develop the qualities needed to enter Kindergarten and become a successful students. In this sense, L’école uses the French Government official curriculum for the classes of Maternelle (2-5 years old) adapting it to our students who have various level of French.

The curriculum can be divided into 6 main axes :

• Appropriation of language
• Discovering writing
• Becoming a student
• Physical expression
• Discovering the world
• Perception, feeling, imagination, and creation

The oral language is the main focus of the program. Students will learn to express themselves in french by building sentences with precise vocabulary, and learning to communicate with their peers and the teacher. L’école encourages interdisciplinary work constructing its schedule around diverse projects. The project approach helps children make sense of what they are learning. Each child is given a “cahier de vie“ (life notebook), which is a reflective personal notebook of the child’s life in class. We use it to tell about our activities, and keep a record of rhymes, songs, drawings, and work. This notebook is also uses to build a strong connection between L’école and the families. Families are able to complete it on a regular basis with pictures, stories, or explanations of special events that happened at home. It gives the child the opportunity to explain it in class.  

The preschool has 4 classrooms :

• Très Petite Section de Maternelle (TPS1 and TPS2) – for 2 year old
• Petite Section de Maternelle (PS) – for the 3 year old
• Moyenne Section de Maternelle (MS) – for the 4 year old

Aligned with the French school system. Preschool is held every morning from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. The children have lunch together around 12 pm.

The daily schedule is based on the following:

• 9:30-9:45: welcoming time – free play
• 9:45-10:05: circle time with daily rituals and language (calendar, weather, rhymes…)
• 10:05-10:30: gross motor skills activity (obstacle race, dance, games, mime…)
• 10:30-10:45: activity (art, music, science, counting, writing…)
• 10:45-11:15: recess
• 11:15-11:25: story time
• 11:25-12:00: activity (art, music, science, counting, writing…)
• 12:00-12:30: lunch
• 12:30-12:45: recess
• 12:45-1:20: activity (art, music, science, counting, writing…)
• 1:20-1:30: dismissal

Monthly tuition  for the year 2019-20 are (10 installments):

2 days per week	$ 249
3 days per week	$ 365
4 days per week	$ 483
5 days per week	$ 539

  ** You can pay tuition in 1, 2 or 10 times. A 5% discount is applied if you pay in 1 time, 2% if you pay in 2 times.

	Registration	Total	1x (-5%)	2x (-2%)	10x
2 days per week	$ 200	$2,490	$2,370	$2,440	$249
3 days per week	$ 200	$3,650	$3,480	$3,576	$365
4 days per week	$ 200	$4,830	$4,600	$4,734	$483
5 days per week	$ 200	$5,390	$5,130	$5,282	$539

The non-refundable registration fee is $200 per family, and must be paid at the time of registration. The child will be considered as registered only after payment of this fee. The first tuition payment and a $60/child supply fee is due by June 1st, or at the time of registration if after June 1st.

From 2 to 5 years old is the best age for children to learn another language. All children are welcome in our french preschool program regardless of french language experience. We have a mix of French, bilingual, and non-French speaking families. If you are interested in enrolling your child in our preschool, please fill out the contact form below to request a tour. L’ecole – French school of Raleigh, NC, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, and other school-administered programs.