OUR APPROACH
A broader education built on strong foundations.
The Meridel Experience prepares students for the lives they will build beyond school. Knowledge gives them something to draw from, and their education teaches them how to use it.
The International French Curriculum
The French national curriculum organizes education around competencies that develop progressively over several years. Learning is structured into multi-year cycles, giving students time to build knowledge, consolidate skills and progress according to their development.
This creates continuity throughout a student's education. Each cycle has a distinct purpose and prepares students for the level of learning that follows.
Cycle 3
MERIDEL'S INAUGURAL CYCLE
Question, discover and develop confidence in one's abilities.
Cycle 2
Fundamental Learning
Question, discover and develop confidence in one's abilities.
Lycée
Upper Secondary Education
Shape one's future, develop a sense of purpose and engage with the wider world, leading to the French Baccalauréat.
Cycle 4
Advanced Learning
Deepen knowledge, develop critical thinking and embrace new challenges, leading to the Diplôme National du Brevet.
Cycle 1
Early Learning
Awaken curiosity, explore and discover the wonder of learning.
CYCLE 3
Meridel's journey
begins at a pivotal stage
Cycle 3 connects the final years of elementary education with the beginning of secondary school. Students consolidate the knowledge and skills developed in earlier years while gaining greater independence, stronger working methods and the ability to engage with increasingly complex subjects and ideas
Build fluency in the essentials
Cycle 3 strengthens the academic skills students rely on everywhere else in their education. Reading, writing, mathematics, communication and reasoning become increasingly sophisticated and are applied across a wider range of subjects.
Become a more independent learner
Students begin taking greater responsibility for how they work. They develop strategies for organizing themselves, approaching challenges, recognizing where they need support and understanding what helps them progress.
Encounter a wider academic world
The curriculum expands considerably during Cycle 3. Literature, history, geography, arts, experimental sciences and technology introduce students to new disciplines and increasingly complex ways of understanding the world.
Put knowledge into practice
Learning is repeatedly brought into new contexts. Students investigate, create, collaborate and solve unfamiliar problems, strengthening their ability to recognize when something they already know can help them approach something new.
A HIGHER EDUCATION
Guided by an international standard
Meridel is accompanied by the Agence pour l’enseignement français à l’étranger (AEFE) as the Academy works toward homologation. This guidance connects the development of Meridel to the standards and educational framework of the French international school network.