Lycée Français de San Francisco

Lycée Français de San Francisco
Lycée Français de San Francisco main campus, Ashbury Street
Location
Ortega Campus, 1201 Ortega Street, San Francisco, CA 94112
Cole Campus: 755 Ashbury Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
Sausalito Campus: 610 Coloma Street, Sausalito, CA 94965

San Francisco, CA
Sausalito, CA

United States
Information
TypePrivate
Established1967
ProviseurEmmanuel Texier
Websitehttp://www.lelycee.org

The Lycée Français de San Francisco, previously known as the Lycée Français La Pérouse,[1] is a private school in the San Francisco Bay Area. It welcomes students from preschool through middle, and high school grades. It has a primary campus and a secondary campus in San Francisco and a primary campus in Sausalito in Marin County.[2]

Accredited by the French Ministry of Education and based on the French national curriculum, the school offers both a traditional French Track and an International Track. The International Track follows the International Baccalaureate (IB) program in Middle and High School, providing a rigorous, student-centered curriculum focused on critical thinking and global citizenship. No French? No problem! The International Track is open to students of all linguistic backgrounds, with no prior French required for admission.

The school prepares students to graduate with both their French Baccalauréat and the American High School diploma.

History

The school was founded in 1967 by Claude Lambert and Claude Reboul[3] as Lycée Français la Pérouse and was originally a satellite campus of the French American International School. The French School of Marin merged with the LFSF in 1986.[2]

LFSF alumni include children of musicians, artists and actors, children of the ambassadorial and socialite scenes, as well as various members of European nobility, and there have been examples of extravagant donations to the school-including Picassos and Fabergé eggs. The school continually ranks among the best and hardest schools in the Lycée à l'Etranger system, with graduates attending Ivy leagues and Parisian prepas every year.

Campuses

  • Ashbury Campus: Preschool–Grade 5[4]
  • Ortega Campus: Grades 6–12[5] This campus offers the French bac with the International option of the exam, an honor course of the baccalaureate.
  • Sausalito Campus (formerly Marin County French School): Preschool–Grade 5[6] also includes La Petite Ecole (part-time program for children age 2+) and the FLI program for a gentle integration after Grade 1.
2km
1.2miles
Ashbury
Ortega
Campuses in San Francisco
7km
4.3miles
Ashbury
Ortega
Sausalito
Campuses in the Bay Area

See also

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to the Lycée Français La Pérouse." Lycée Français La Pérouse. March 25, 2002. Retrieved on August 26, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Welcome to the Lycée Français de San Francisco Archived 2013-02-24 at the Wayback Machine." Lycée Français de San Francisco. Retrieved on March 3, 2013.
  3. ^ Jonathan Kauffman, "Welcome to Jeanne d’Arc, the Frenchiest bistro in San Francisco". San Francisco Chronicle, October 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Ashbury Campus.
  5. ^ Ortega Campus.
  6. ^ Sausalito Campus.
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