School Life
Discover the School Life at Our 3 Campuses
Welcome to our School Life page for our Englewood and Jersey City campuses. Here, you’ll discover everything that makes our school a warm and engaging community. From hours to after-school activities, we provide a comprehensive overview of the experiences that make The French American Academy unique.
Englewood - Preschool & Elementary School | School Life
Welcome to our Englewood campus, where we serve Preschool through Elementary with a high-quality bilingual curriculum in a safe, nurturing, and creative environment that fosters critical thinking, curiosity, and global citizenship.
SCHOOL HOURS
| Preschool: Pre-K & K | 8:45am to 3:00 pm |
| Elementary School: 1st grade | 8:30am to 3:00pm |
| Elementary School: 2nd grade through 5th grade: | 8:30am to 3:15pm |
The following half-day session is available at our preschool in Englewood:
The half-day session available for Pre-K 2 and Pre-K 3 starts at 8:45 am Monday through Friday and ends at 12:30 pm.
Before and after school care:
Before-school-care is open from 7:00am to 8:30am.
After-school-care starts at 3 pm and ends at 6:30 pm.
A free school bus is available for Middle School students from Englewood to Jersey City and back.
CALENDAR
Click HERE to download the 2025-2026 School Calendar.
The French American Academy is offering the opportunity to sign up for a daily, hot, balanced, and healthy meal, or to send your child with a lunch box.
Where do the lunches come from?
In our bilingual preschool and elementary school in Englewood, meals are provided by Daily Delicious. Each meal consists of a MAIN COURSE, SIDE ITEM, and FRESH FRUITS.
Daily Delicious serves 100% grass-fed beef and free-range chicken in their lunches. Daily Delicious also use fresh ingredients in their carefully selected and nutritiously balanced dishes. Fresh organic and local seasonal produce is used in meals. Meals are cooked and prepared daily.
How to Order?
Parents can sign up directly at dailydeliciousmeals.com
Our enrichment program is one of the many ways we educate the whole child. We truly believe that to develop all of a child’s inner talents, they need to be exposed to new and different things all the time. The French American Academy offers programs for all children after the regular classes – a convenient alternative to finding programs at locations around the area. Whether your child is enrolled in our bilingual preschool in Jersey City or our elementary or middle school, we provide various activities to meet each grade level’s needs and interest.
Learn and have Fun Everyday
Classes typically run from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm for our younger students in our preschool in Englewood and for students in lower grades (PreK3 and PreK4 Cohort and K & 1st Grade Cohort) while extracurricular classes designed for 2nd grade & up run from 4:30 to 5:30 to allow our students to do their homework during Study Hall.
A Rich Offer
Our enrichment program includes not only sports activities such as basketball, soccer, tennis and rugby but also S.T.E.A.M oriented classes such as chess, board games, woodworking and engineering. It also often includes gymnastics, yoga or cooking as well as artistic classes such as Arts, music and dance.
Our enrichment program can be held in either English or French depending on the instructor. We usually include local after-school providers who come to our school to share their field expertise while giving a convenient opportunity to our busy parents.
Check out the Enrichment Guides to discover our different enrichment offerings!
Englewood Summer Camp: June 23 – Aug 15, 2025
To find details about our summer camp in Englewood, including programs, pricing, and schedule, and to access the application form, please visit our Summer Camp page.
In-Person Summer Camp at the French American Academy
Program
- 8:30am Drop-Off
- 9:00am Start of a Day Camp in French
- 3:00pm Dismissal of Day Camp
- 3:00pm – 5:00pm Extended Hours
Activities
- Art & Craft in French
- Games & French Oral Workshop lead by an experienced French teacher
- Reading & Story Time in French
- Daily outdoor sports on our large grass field
Theme
The theme for the summer camp will be announced soon.
Preschool and Elementary Groups
We offer at least two age groups
- Preschool: Pre-K* students (3-5 years old & potty-trained children)
- Elementary School: K-1st Grade* (5 & 6 years old)
- Elementary School: 2nd to 5th Grade* (7 to 10 years old)
*Children need to be at least 3 years old on July 1st to join camp.
Note that groups may vary upon enrollment.
Rates
All children are welcome to our camp whether they already speak French or not. Our method is based on Immersion and bilingual hands-on activities such as crafts, science experiments, arts such as music or visual arts, as well as sports, storytelling and oral language workshops.
The price for the summer camp will be announced soon.
Sibling Discount 10% off the camp fees (not including registration fee) of the second child.
Extended Hours from 3pm to 5:00pm
For more info contact: Sandy Sanchez at ssanchez@faacademy.org
The ENGLEWOOD school offers French classes and Mommy and Me.
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We offer daily FAA shuttle bus service for students living in Harlem to attend the FAA Englewood campus. The trip is about 25 minutes and brings students to the campus every morning and back to Harlem after school every day.
There is a daily FAA Shuttle Bus service between the Englewood campus to the Jersey City campus. The bus leave from Englewood every morning and returns to Englewood at 3h15 pm every day. This is for students who would like to attend middle school at the FAA.
Jersey City - Preschool & Elementary School | School Life
Welcome to our Downtown Jersey City campus, serving Preschool through Elementary students with a high-quality bilingual IB curriculum in a safe, nurturing, and creative environment that fosters critical thinking, curiosity, and global citizenship.
SCHOOL HOURS
| Pre-K through 1st grade: | 8:30am to 3:00 pm |
| 2nd grade through 5th grade: | 8:30am to 3:15pm |
The following half-day session is available at our preschool in Jersey City:
Pre-K 2 and Pre-K 3: Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Before and after school care:
Before-school-care is available 7:30am to 8:30am.
After-school-care starts at 3pm and ends at 6:30pm.
CALENDAR : Jersey City Downtown Campus
Click HERE to download Jersey City 2025-2026 School Calendar.
The French American Academy is offering the opportunity to sign up for a daily, hot, balanced, and healthy meal, or to send your child with a lunch box.
Where do the lunches come from?
In Jersey City, meals are provided by Daily Delicious. Each meal consists of a MAIN COURSE, SIDE ITEM, and FRESH FRUITS.
Daily Delicious serves 100% grass-fed beef and free-range chicken in their lunches. Daily Delicious also use fresh ingredients in their carefully selected and nutritiously balanced dishes. Fresh organic and local seasonal produce is used in meals. Meals are cooked and prepared daily.
How to Order?
Parents can sign up directly at dailydeliciousmeals.com
Our enrichment program is one of the many ways we educate the whole child. We truly believe that to develop all of a child’s inner talents, they need to be exposed to new and different things all the time. The French American Academy offers programs for all children after the regular classes – a convenient alternative to finding programs at locations around the area. Whether your child is enrolled in our bilingual preschool in Jersey City or our elementary or middle school, we provide various activities to meet each grade level’s needs and interest.
Learn and have Fun Everyday
Classes typically run from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm for our younger students in our preschool in Englewood and for students in lower grades (PreK3 and PreK4 Cohort and K & 1st Grade Cohort) while extracurricular classes designed for 2nd grade & up run from 4:30 to 5:30 to allow our students to do their homework during Study Hall.
A Rich Offer
Our enrichment program includes not only sports activities such as basketball, soccer, tennis and rugby but also S.T.E.A.M oriented classes such as chess, board games, woodworking and engineering. It also often includes gymnastics, yoga or cooking as well as artistic classes such as Arts, music and dance.
Our enrichment program can be held in either English or French depending on the instructor. We usually include local after-school providers who come to our school to share their field expertise while giving a convenient opportunity to our busy parents.
Check out the Enrichment Guides to discover our different enrichment offerings!
Jersey City Camp : June 23 – Aug 15, 2025
To find details about our summer camp in Jersey City, including programs, pricing, and schedule, and to access the application form, please visit our Summer Camp page.
Bilingual Summer Camp at the French American Academy
On our Jersey City campus, we offer an eight-week long summer camp open to all students of our FAA community and to any child who enjoys being exposed to a foreign language. All activities are theme-based and lead in French and/or in English.
Program
- 8:30am Drop-Off
- 9:00am Start of a Day at Camp
- 3:00pm Dismissal
- 3:00pm – 6:00pm Extended Hours
Activities
- Sports & Athletic Activities every day in English and French
- Art & Craft in French
- Games & French Oral Workshop lead by an experienced French teacher
- Reading & Story Time in French or in English
- Trips to Hamilton park (twice a week)
- Local Field trips i.e Community Garden, Public Library, etc.
- A different special every week in English i.e Dance, Music, STEM, Science (varies every week)
Groups
We offer at least two age groups:
- Pre-K* /K students (3-6 years old)
- 1st Grade* to 5th Grade* (6-11 years old)
*Children need to be at least 3 years old and potty-trained children to join camp. All grades are entering grades for the school year 2024-2025.
Note that groups may vary upon enrollment.
Theme
The theme for the summer camp will be announced soon.
Rates
The price for the summer camp will be announced soon.
Sibling Discount 10% off the camp fees (not including registration fee) of the second child.
Early Birds Sign up before March 1st and enjoy a 3% early-bird discount on camp fees.
For more info, contact: Khalid Griffith at kgriffith@faacademy.org
The French American Academy offers after-school programs and private classes to students and adults. We schedule group and private lessons.
There is a bus service from Hoboken to our Jersey City Campus. We have also a daily shuttle from Englewood to Jersey City in the morning hours and from Jersey City to Englewood in the afternoon hours.
Jersey City - Middle & High School | School Life
Welcome to our Jersey City campus in The Heights, where we offer students from middle school through high school a high-quality bilingual curriculum in a safe, nurturing, and creative environment that fosters critical thinking, curiosity, and global citizenship.
SCHOOL HOURS
| 6th through 8th grade: | 8:45am to 3:45pm |
| 9th grade: | 8:45am to 3:45pm |
Study Hall (Optional): 4:00pm-5:00pm
CALENDAR : Jersey City Campus in The Heights
Click HERE to download the 2025-2026 School Calendar.
The French American Academy is offering the opportunity to sign up for a daily, hot, balanced, and healthy meal, or to send your child with a lunch box.
Where do the lunches come from?
In Jersey City, meals are provided by Daily Delicious. Each meal consists of a MAIN COURSE, SIDE ITEM, and FRESH FRUITS.
Daily Delicious serves 100% grass-fed beef and free-range chicken in their lunches. Daily Delicious also use fresh ingredients in their carefully selected and nutritiously balanced dishes. Fresh organic and local seasonal produce is used in meals. Meals are cooked and prepared daily.
How to Order?
Parents can sign up directly at dailydeliciousmeals.com
Our enrichment program is one of the many ways we educate the whole child. We truly believe that to develop all of a child’s inner talents, they need to be exposed to new and different things all the time. The French American Academy offers programs for all children after the regular classes – a convenient alternative to finding programs at locations around the area. Whether your child is enrolled in our bilingual preschool in Jersey City or our elementary or middle school, we provide various activities to meet each grade level’s needs and interest.
A Rich Offer
Our enrichment program can be held in either English or French depending on the instructor. We usually include local after-school providers who come to our school to share their field expertise while giving a convenient opportunity to our busy parents.
Check out the Enrichment Guides to discover our different enrichment offerings!
At The French American Academy, in middle and high school, students wear a uniform.
A school uniform teaches students to dress smartly and take pride in belonging to the French American Academy.
It develops a team spirit which is crucial when it comes to achieving something together. Also, a uniformmeans students don’t have to worry about peer pressure when it comes to their clothes. When everyone is dressed the same, worrying about what you look like isn’t so important.
What to Wear?
Middle School – Everyday Uniform
- White shirt or white polo with the FAA logo (short or long sleeve)
- Beige pants, shorts, skort or skirt (no jeans or sweatpants)
- Blue sweater or blue fleece with the FAA logo
- All-black, navy blue or white close-toed shoes (Crocs, flip flops, slides not acceptable)
- Ties are provided for all new families free of charge.
High School – Everyday Uniform
- White shirt or white polo with the FAA logo (short or long sleeve)
- Navy blue pants, shorts, skort, or skirt (no jeans or sweatpants)
- Blue sweater or blue fleece with the FAA logo
- All-black, navy blue, or white shoes, close-toed (crocs, flip flops, slides not acceptable)
- Ties provided for all new families free of charge.
Middle & High School – Sports Uniform
- Royal blue t-shirt or FAA team jersey
- Royal blue sports shorts or sweatpants or black shorts or leggings
- Royal blue sweatshirt or zip-up sweatshirt
- The sports uniform may only be worn on days when the student has a sports class.
- Students participating in after-school sports must change into their sports uniform after regular classes.
A dedicated Jersey City bus runs from Downtown Jersey City to The Heights each morning and afternoon.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, we provide a bus service. Please check each campus page for more information.
Englewood – Preschool & Elementary School
Jersey City – Preschool & Elementary School
Jersey City – Middle and High School
