ACADEMIC YEAR PROGRAMME

Age:

Boys and girls 12 to 18 years old.

Younger on request

Date: 

• Academic year

January 8^th 2011 – December 17^th 2011*
September 3^rd 2011 – June 2^nd 2012
January 7^th 2012 – December 15^th 2012*

*Academic year programme from January to June and from September to December, the summer break it is not included in the programme. We offer with an extra cost different possibilities:

• Semesters:

January 8^th 2011 – June 4^th 2011
September 3^rd 2011 – February 4^th 2012
January 7^th 2012 – June 9^th 2012

• Trimesters / Other durations:

Anytime from September to April for 4, 6, 8 and 12 week programmes.

Accommodation

• Homestay

  • With a French host family in single room or shared room for the basic programme.
  • We select our families because they are motivated to live a cross-cultural experience and because they will consider the student as a member of the family. We are very careful when choosing our host families and we place the students according to common interests, hobbies and all other details that will make the student comfortable with the host family.

• Boarding school accommodation

  • Various choices of public or private schools in different locations, ask for our list).
  • Please note that in France boarding schools are open only during the week (only 3 exceptions) and that students live with a host family on the weekends and school holidays.

Homestay placement

• Host Families are carefully selected by Education en France in adherence with strict homestay guidelines. Hosts interested go through a lengthy interview process and all homes must meet good standards.

• Each host family must have a desire to welcome a student into their home as member of their family.

• Host families come from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Students must anticipate that they may not be placed in the stereotypical family of a mother, father, children and a pet. Education en France enlists suitable single parent, retired, as well as childless families as hosts will provide a comprehensive profile of the student.

• Most families live in houses or nice apartments.

• Host families will provide the student with separate bedroom, (or may be shared for the basic programme) clean towels and linen, 2 or 3 meals a day depending on the programme, study space, laundry facilities and family interaction.

• Students are expected to respect all rules and customs.

• The means of daily transportation to/from school will depend on the circumstance and may include walking, a school bus, local transit, or a ride with the host family.

• Host families might also have children attending the same school.

• In some occasional cases an alternative host family maybe arranged during the school holidays.