International Private School of Provence
Marseille school phone : 04 91 530 000
Aix-en-Provence school phone : 04 42 600 300
Marseille school phone : 04 91 530 000
Aix-en-Provence school phone : 04 42 600 300
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EPIM Schools: welcoming both International and French families
One might think that International Schools like the EPIM are reserved to certain types of parents or only for international families. Not so! Experience has shown that EPIM schools attract both international populations seeking the quality standards of International Schools, as well as French populations seeking a French school that responds to their new demands, such as preparing children to live in a global world.
[21/06/2009]
EPIM schools welcome different types of parents in their International School at both locations,Marseille and Aix-en-Provence (Luynes) :
- International families are happy to find the educational values they are familiar with in other countries around the world : a recognized, coherent pedagogical approach with experienced teachers in modern, cheerful classrooms equipped with current educational technology; a complete, well-balanced educational program that takes into account all aspects of the child's development (fundamental education, music, theater, visual arts, sports, personal and social education...); an individual educational program with classroom sizes limited to 16 children per class ; special attention devoted to ensuring that classroom learning translates into real-world competency (know-how « to do » and know-how « to be ») thanks to an educational program where children learn and grow through play and experience; finally, a school that encourages open-mindedness where children learn how to learn. These are the main reasons why international parents living in Aix-en-Provence, after having made the rounds of local schools, requested that the EPIM School of Marseille open a second location closer to them (Luynes).
- Mixed couples who offer their children the possibility to continue learning their parents' language, while going to school in a bilingual environment that corresponds to their own culture.
- French parents who have understood that the incapacity to speak English fluently will jeopardize their children's future and realize they must be prepared to live in the global professional world.
- French parents who know it is much easier to learn English through bilingual immersion from as early as two years of age, than by memorizing vocabulary lists as an adolescent, or worse, as an adult.
- Parents who have not received adequate responses from their child's current school to their demands and concerns, and who are looking for a school recognized by the French government, such as EPIM Schools, where their child will be respected as an individual at the center of the learning process, but without being marginalized by methods that would hinder the child's return to French schools if need be.
EPIM School parent populations are varied and rich in their diversity, as should be the case in International Schools around the world. Thus, EPIM Schools are capable of preparing children to feel at home on the other side of the world, while preparing them pursue brilliant studies in a French middle school and high school on the other side of the street.
