Fostering a Love of Reading and Creativity

A 6th grader of The French American Academy reading his self-created book to a 1st grader in front of the Jersey City building.

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 […]

Students Meet Authors

Cover of "Titouan le Goelan" and "La Grande Plongée"

Fruitful Discussions This month has been rich in exchanges with different famous authors: The K to 3rd graders virtually met Celine Lamour Crochet, who wrote the book ”Titouan le goëland”. The main character is a gull who lives on the coast of Brittany with a whole colony of gulls. Nothing differentiates him from the others, […]