School Trips

Students spend three days and two nights in a Wisconsin nature camp, two hours away from Chicago. The experience helps them become more independent and responsible through various workshops, sports and social activities, in the middle of nature. 

Each spring, our 5th-grade students travel to the Camp des Débrouillards in Quebec to further develop their language skills in a French-speaking country. There, they have the opportunity to learn about a new culture and explore nature through sports activities and scientific experiments. 

Each fall, 6th-grade students take an overnight trip to a nature area and participate in a variety of team-building activities. The goal of this day is to strengthen the sense of community among students and accompanying teachers, to welcome the students to middle school, to teach them about citizenship in the Lycée community and to have fun in an outdoor environment.

In winter, 7th graders have the opportunity to spend five days in Colorado enjoying nature, skiing, learning about mountain safety and strengthening bonds with fellow students.

The 8th graders spend three days in the U.S. capital. Guided by their teachers, they study important documents, institutions, and figures of the American Revolution. They visit museums and monuments, including the Holocaust Museum, the Vietnam War Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, the Air and Space Museum, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Capitol, the Supreme Court, and the White House, upon specific authorization.

Each fall, high school students take an overnight trip to a nature area and participate in a variety of team-building activities. The goal of this day is to strengthen the sense of community among students and accompanying teachers, to teach students about citizenship in the Lycée community and to have fun in an outdoor environment.

The LFC proposes numerous opportunities for high school students to discover other cultures and to engage in international dialogue. These selective programs are opportunities to create a more diverse high school environment and expand cross-cultural understanding, as well as to establish life-long friendships.

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The LFC is part of an active network of more than 550 international French schools that organize diverse opportunities for groups of secondary school students to travel, gather and compete around the world. These exciting experience include sporting and academic competitions, as well as cultural events. Examples include:

• DECA
• MATh.en.JEANS
• Jeux internationaux de la jeunesse (JIJ)
• Jeux du golfe
• UNSS-AEFE sports league (French High Schools in North American)