English - Lycée Maurice Ravel, Paris

	Lycée (upper secondary school / 6th form college)
	great majority of students move on to the lycée where they'll spend the next three years.
	Our lycée is much bigger than our collège.
	There are 12 classes in seconde, with about 35 students per class.
	While in seconde, students will study national academic subjects: French, history, geography, mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, sports and two or three foreign languages: English or German as a first foreign language, German, English, or Spanish as a second foreign language, and Spanish or Russian as a third foreign language.

	In addition, they'll take elective courses in academic or technological subjects according to the baccalauréat they will take (Latin, ancient Greek, economy, history of arts, or measures in physics and computer science, P.E.).

	Needless to say that the workload is heavy!

	fter the first year in our lyçée, students will enter the curricular track that will prepare them for the particular Bac they will sit for at the end of their third year. Our Bac provides students a broad general education. (common core + optional activities).

	An additional subject is studied in Terminale: Philosophy: it is compulsory
	We have a choice of three basic types of Baccalauréat:

	" L" for Arts

	SELECTIVE COURSES
PREMIERE	Latin, Greek First foreign language: English- German- Second foreign languages:English- German- Spanish Third foreign language: Spanish- Russian P.E.
TERMINALE	Third foreign language Complementary language teaching Latin Greek


	" S " for Sciences:

	SELECTIVE COURSES
PREMIERE	Latin, Greek First foreign language : English- German Second foreign language : English- German- Spanish Third foreign language: Spanish- Russian P.E.
TERMINALE	Maths Physics/ Chemistry Biology


	"ES"for Economics:

	SELECTIVE COURSES
PREMIERE	latin/ Greek First foreign language:English- German- Second foreign language: English-German- Spanish Third foreign language: Spanish- Russian P.E.
TERMINALE	Social economics Complementary language teaching Maths

e also have a choice of three basic types of technological Baccalauréat :
(common core + very specialised courses)

"STT CG"	for management and accountancy
" STT ACA"	for service industries and administrative communication
"STT ACC"	for management and marketing

First foreign language: English- German
Second foreign language: English- German- Spanish
Third foreign language: Russian- Spanish

P.E. Optional course

ere are our results:

	BAC L	BAC S	BAC ES	BAC CFE	BAC GRH	BAC MERCA
PASS RATE
2003	93.3%	93.2%	94%
2004	86.7%	88.3%	88.1%
2005	90,2%	85,9%	90,2%
2006	91,1%	96,5%	90,7%
2007	97%	90,4%	98,1%	80%	95,7%	95,8%
2008	96,2%	87,9%	91,8%	87,5%	78,3%	95,5%
2009	96,3%	87,1%	94,1%	79%	87,5%	95,8%



	tudents are entitled at least in theory, to attend all higher education institutions.
	When leaving Maurice Ravel, our students usually choose to enter degree programs that match their bac, or join pretigious" classes preparatoires" or will enroll in a two year BTS course.


	he French national Ministry of Education has legal authority over all aspects of curriculum and assessments. It mandates the number of hours students must spend in each subject at each grade level.
	Some functions are delegated to 28 academies, which are regional administrative districts. They are responsible for developing and grading brevet exams for example. Individual teachers are free to choose their own instructional techniques.
	Our lycée is a French state school. It's called a cité scolaire since we welcome students aged from 11 /12 to 22. Our school contains a collège, a lycée and BTS classes.

	Collège( lower secondary school).
	fter completing primary school, students move on to the collège, where they spend the next four years. From 6th to 3rd form (the US equivalent of 6th through 9th grade / from year 7 to year 10 in G.B.).
	There are three or four classes for each level. There are 25 to 30 pupils per class.
	These classes are located on the first floor of our main building.

	Our pupils are taught general academic subjects: French, maths, physics, biology, history, geography, civics, P.E., art, music and they also begin a first foreign language ( English or German). They'll study a second foreign language after the first two years. (Spanish, German, English). Some subjects are not compulsory such as Latin or Ancient Greek.
	By the end of collège, our students have completed the general prescribed common courses and will sit for the brevet exam in three subjects: French, maths, and history / geography. The brevet is awarded on the basis of exam results plus classroom performance in all subjects during the last two years of college.
	Here are the results of the brevet exam at Maurice Ravel:

	Our BTS classes

	BTS PROFESSIONS IMMOBILIERES
	A two year course in real estate will give our students a really appreciated diploma called B.T.S. ( short for brevet de technicien superieur)
	52% of our candidates have just passed technological bacccalauréats or come from university.
	For two years, they'll study law, economics, management, real estate techniques, accountancy and languages (French, English and Spanish).
	They'll conduct work assignments in an estate agency or with a managing agent one day a week and they'll have to carry out work placements, in first year and in second year. These placements are compulsory and are part of the curriculum. They'll give our students experience, expertise and the know how in transaction, management and co ownership...
	Presenting the tasks performed at the agency to a board of teachers and professionals will be a part of the final oral examination.

	CAREER PROSPECTS
	They'll thus become high level technicians in a well defined area: skilled realtors or managing agents.
	Some may choose to gain more qualification and to study for a third year in a I.U.T. (Institute of technology).


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