Lycee Francais de Chicago
| Lycée Français de Chicago | |
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| Address | |
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1929 W. Wilson Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60640 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°57′54″N 87°40′40″W / 41.9649°N 87.67771°WCoordinates: 41°57′54″N 87°40′40″W / 41.9649°N 87.67771°W |
| Information | |
| Established | 1995 |
| President | Eric Veteau |
| Grades | PK-12 |
| Enrollment | 750 |
| Average class size | 16-20 |
| Language | French, English, Spanish,German, Mandarin and Latin |
| Team name | Flames |
| Website | http://www.lyceechicago.org/ |
The Lycee Francais de Chicago is a private French international school in Lincoln Square, Chicago, Illinois. It offers a dual French and English curriculum. The Lycée is founded on the French National Curriculum as defined by the French Ministry of Education and complemented by a strong English language arts program.
The private school was founded in 1995 by a group of French and American parents, with backing from French businesses and the support of the Consul General of France in Chicago. The Lycée is accredited by the French Ministry of Education and is listed on the official directory of the French Schools in Foreign Countries as part of the AEFE French worldwide network which includes over 450 schools outside France. The school is also registered with the Illinois Board of Education and accredited by the Independent School Association of Central States (ISACS). The Lycée Français de Chicago opened with 134 students. Today the school has over 700 students representing more than 30 nationalities, including French, American, Russian, Turkish, Pakistani, Canadian, English, Serbian, Haitian, Chinese, Polish, and many more.
In 2015, the Lycée moved to a brand new campus designed by STL Architects on the corner of Damen and Wilson Avenues in Chicago.
The previous campus was located in Uptown Chicago.
The school has a structural curriculum mandated by the French Ministry of Education and an English curriculum developed using guidelines from the National Council of Teachers of English and the State of Illinois.
The program conforms to the French system. It is broken down into subdivisions that roughly correspond to those in the American school system: pre-kindergarten, junior kindergarten and kindergarten, elementary school (1st through 5th grades), middle school (6 through 9th grades), and high school (10th through 12th grades).
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