CREATED BY PARENTS

The Foundation of the Bilingual Education and Baccalaureat has been created
to support the French Program of the Charter Schools of ISCHS in Miami, Florida.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING TAX EXEMPTION:

All Foundation B.E.B. donors will receive a Tax Exemption Letter via E-MAIL in January 2024. If you have any questions or not sure which e-mail is on file, please contact Anne by clicking below:

WHY DONATE?

The French Program continues to thrive, but it exists within a complex setting.

The new Baccalaureate offers students more choices within their educational path, and adds extra classes from which to choose in 11th and 12th grades.

This reduces the class size in certain courses, such as the “spécialités”.
Foundation BEB wishes to financially support part of those additional teachers’ costs, in order to keep providing the highest level of education from 6th to 12th grade, and to aid in preparation for the French exams.

To maintain the Program’s homologation,
WE NEED YOUR DONATION.

French Program of the Charter Schools of ISCHS
Miami, Florida

WHAT WE DO

The French program is a bilingual program that follows the French National Education curriculum for the classes taught in French, along with the Florida standards, or College Board guidelines for the American classes. All classes are Honors or AP classes.
This dual program requires great involvement from motivated students.
The French program students navigate, on a daily basis, between two different educational systems within one international environment.
They show an exceptional ability for adaptation, and this strengthens their ability to pursue careers in an increasingly global world.

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HISTORY OF OUR FRENCH PROGRAM

ISCHS was established in 2004 and provides different curricula for 6th to 12th grade students, including the French International Studies program (accredited by the French Ministry of National Education).
Since its implementation, the French program has been a great success, and students have been admitted to some of the best universities worldwide.
This program is unique in the landscape of French accredited middle and high schools in the US. Hosted in a public school, it provides bilingual education, offering the National French curriculum along with the Florida public school curriculum—all at no cost for students and their families.
In addition to earning a State of Florida High School Diploma, students take the French Baccalaureate. The Program has almost a 100% pass-rate over its 16-year history, with more than 90% of students achieving honors-level results. In some cases, students also graduate with an associate degree.
Thanks to the accreditation of the French program, a student enrolled in the program can automatically transfer in France to the next grade level.

OUR MISSION

Continue the excellence of the French program
Sustain the only accredited French program in middle and high school in Florida
Give back to the program that helped our children and strengthened our global community
As reminder, ISCHS has been an official center of exams since 2011 for:
– The DNB “Diplôme National du Brevet”, taken at the end of 9th grade,
– The French “Baccalauréat” in 11th and 12th grade.
The new French Baccalaureate has been implemented since 2019 in 11th grade and 2020 in 12th grade.
In the US and worldwide, the prestige of the French Baccalaureate enables students to be awarded many credits when he/she enrolls in a higher education institution.

Foundation B.E.B. Board

No one is better as everyone together!
These are the Foundation leaders you may contact for assistance or find out the different ways to help.

Roger Pardo

President

Sandrine Matus

Vice President

Anne Fifer

Correspondent Secretary

Aline Darmouni

Treasurer

Mariano Villalba

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