Coding Class: A Cross-Curricular Powerhouse
The French American Academy started offering coding classes to its Elementary and Middle School students in 2018. As the years have passed, coding has been integrated into our STEM curriculum for younger and younger grades, and this year, for the first time, even our kindergarten students are learning the basics of analytical thinking and problem […]
Creating Energy and Incorporating Project-based Learning in Middle School
Example of a Project-Based Learning in the Classroom Our 7th-grade students took on the role of being engineers in their science class, and as a team, they built a windmill that produced 22 volts of energy. Over the course of a few weeks, with the teacher’s support, students used their problem-solving skills and science knowledge […]
Math at the FAA: Inside & Out of the Classroom
Inside the Classroom – Singapore Math This year, the FAA implements the Singapore Math Method. First developed by Singapore’s Ministry of Education in the 1980s, its efficacy has been proven by decades of use in different countries around the world (Trends In International Mathematics And Science Study, 2009). Why Singapore Math at the FAA? Singapore […]
The Exit Project
What is the Exit Project? Every year, our 5th graders end the school year with an Exit Project. But what is this endeavor? The exit project supports the school’s pedagogy on learning by actively engaging in real-world and meaningful multidisciplinary projects. Project-based learning involves a dynamic classroom approach in which students develop deep content knowledge […]
Street Art Project: Inside/Out
Have you seen those large-scale faces looking at you from the windows of the school? Have you recognized some of them? The models are the middle schoolers students who participated in an art project called Inside/out. Inside/out was created in 2011 by the French street artist JR who received the TED prize and asked […]
Fostering a Love of Reading and Creativity
We recognize the importance of bilingual reading and encourage our students to read in both languages. Our library is filled with a wide range of bilingual books, and we offer guided reading sessions in both languages. A Picture Book Genre Study In Humanities class, 6th graders participated in a Picture Book genre study; learning about […]
