A summary of the EABJM curriculum is provided below. Detailed information is provided in the curriculum
pages of each division:
Nursery & Primary School,
Middle School (Collège),
Upper School (Lycée, including the International Baccalaureate), and
Adaptation.
The lower and middle schools follow the French national curriculum with several exceptions:
- English
is taught every day and, in middle school, sciences, history (except
French history), and geography are taught in English. Throughout their
studies students are grouped according to their English proficiency
level so that every subject can be taught at a challenging level.
- The
curriculum is enriched at all levels, not only with a more advanced
English language and literature curriculum, but also, for example, with
Chinese language instruction (compulsory in grades 3-4-5), an
integrated science program in Lower School, and independent research
projects in middle school.
In the upper school,
10th graders follow the national curriculum. In 11th grade, students
choose between the French and the International Baccalaureate.
- The
French Baccalaureate has three concentrations: Literature (L);
Economics and Social Sciences (ES); and Sciences (S). Students who have
reached a native proficiency in English may elect the International
Option (OIB), which involves a demanding English curriculum and
History-Geography exams in English.
- In the International
Baccalaureate program (IB), Mathematics, Economics, Art and Design,
European Studies, and Theory of Knowledge are taught in French while
life and physical sciences courses and History are taught in English.
Adaptation curriculum: each year, EABJM welcomes more than one hundred new
non-French speaking
students who enroll in “adaptation” classes where they follow a French
immersion program. A senior advisor follows them closely and, the
following year, students join the mainstream where they continue to be
supported with a special French program.