Tallinn French School

Tallinn French School Tallinna Prantsuse Lütseum
The main building at 3 Hariduse street
Address
3 Hariduse street Tallinn Estonia
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Probi estote per totam vitam (Be dignified all your life)
Opened	1 October 1921
Principal	Lauri Leesi
Staff	60 (as of 2011/2012)
Grades	1–12
Age	7 to 19
Pupils	730
Language	Estonian
Publication	L'Écho du Lycée
Website	tpl.edu.ee

Tallinn French School or Tallinn French Lyceum (Estonian: Tallinna Prantsuse Lütseum), is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Tallinn, Estonia. It consists of basic school (from 7 to 16) and secondary school (16–19) levels. Its students show some of the highest results in the national exams at the end of secondary education.

Students learn three foreign languages from an early age: French from year one, Russian from year three and English from year four.

As the current principal, Lauri Leesi, puts it, the school is neither an arts nor a science school, it's a school where all knowledge is equally important.

The school has a policy regarding academic attendance: out of class activities are encouraged but only outside class times.

Students are taught to appreciate the many forms of art, from being able to recognise and place paintings and artists, to going to the theatre to enjoy a concert or an evening of ballet. Ballroom dance is taught as part of the physical education curricula, culminating with the annual Spring Ball.

The school is a member of the G5 Union of Schools which comprises what some call the "elite Tallinn city centre schools": Tallinn English College, Tallinn Secondary Science School, Gustav Adolf Grammar School, Tallinn School No 21.

The school flag has two sides: one side features the French flag with the school’s name in French, its coat of arms and motto (Probi estote per totam vitam – Be dignified all your life). The other side of the flag is similar except that the French flag is replaced by the Estonian flag and the school name is written in Estonian.

The students of the first five classes wear the school uniform, a traditional sailor suit, which is relatively uncommon in Estonia. On festive occasions the students wear the suit with a white collar, on normal schooldays with a blue collar.

All students of the school are expected to wear the school cap. The front of the cap is decorated with the initials of the school, the base of the cap is black, the sides are white and the top of the cap features the French tricolour.

Students who enter the 10th form also receive the school ring, which comes in two styles. One is a plain silver ring with a round cylinder that is halved by a line (unofficially called "the pill"). The other ring is similar, but instead of the round cylinder it features the school initials and the French tricolour.