A Season of Learning: Supporting Summer Reading Goals
For students entering second grade and up, the French American Academy teachers assign summer reading tasks, activities, and challenges to ensure that students retain their reading stamina and skills. We do this because it’s very helpful for preventing the dreaded “summer slide” (more on that here), and because it’s useful for students to return to […]
What’s the Difference Between Pre-K and Kindergarten?
One of the most common questions we receive from both current and prospective FAA families is “What’s the difference between Pre-K and Kindergarten?”. In our bilingual school, where we draw from both French and American practices, how are children ushered from 2 to 6 years old and made ready for the first grade? In this […]
Scrolling into Slumber: The impact of electronic device usage on sleep
March 10-16 was national Sleep Awareness Week, and it got us thinking about the importance of a good bedtime routine for students, whose minds are rapidly developing and who need many hours of restorative, high-quality sleep every night. Longitudinal studies of adolescents have shown a clear correlation between late night phone or tablet use and […]
Benefits of Spending Time in Nature for Children
Does anyone else hear their mother’s voice identifying plants in their head, or is that just me? As I walk around Jersey City every spring, she constantly pipes up: Ooh, look at the little crocuses popping up! There are the daffodils […]
Announcing Our Newest Partnership: The French American Academy Teams Up with Global Soccer Academy
We are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between the French American Academy (FAA) and the Global Soccer Academy (GSA), marking a significant step forward in enriching our students’ extracurricular & athletic experiences. This collaboration is set to kick off with soccer enrichment classes every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday during the spring enrichment period […]
The Power of Discipline in Children
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. -Jim Rohn Discipline – the ability to govern one’s own actions while working to achieve goals – is not always a natural talent. If it were, none of the examples I just listed would apply to any of us! Some people are born with self-discipline, just like […]
