EXTRAORDINARY PRE-SCHOOL
- Prepares children for school and a life-long love of learning
- Improves problem solving, focus and memory by introducing a new language
- Nurtures development of cognitive and social skills
- Fun, play-based classroom
- Entry from 30 months old
EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION
- Bilingual learners outperform peers who learn in only one language
- An international curriculum with students from 30 countries
- We prefer small class sizes to allow individualized attention
- The only certified Eco-school in Canada
COME SEE FOR YOURSELF
Give your child the extraordinary Cousteau advantage.
Register for our next Open House and learn more.
Don’t forget to ask about our Eco-School program; before and after school child care; club activities; summer camps and more!
EXTRAORDINARY PRE-SCHOOL
- Prepares children for school and a life-long love of learning
- Improves problem solving, focus and memory by introducing a new language
- Nurtures development of cognitive and social skills
- Fun, play-based classroom
- Entry from 30 months old
EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION
- Bilingual learners outperform peers who learn in only one language
- An international curriculum with students from 30 countries
- Small class sizes (maximum 16 students) allows for individualized attention
- The only certified Eco-school in Canada
COME SEE FOR YOURSELF
Give your child the extraordinary Cousteau advantage.
Register for our next Open House and learn more.
Don’t forget to ask about our Eco-School program; before and after school child care; club activities, summer camps and more!
The Cousteau difference
We are a school of academic excellence that integrates the best of both the French and Canadian education systems. Our aim is to educate and better prepare our students to speak and understand the nuances between both languages and the cultural differences of different countries.
British Columbia Approved Curriculum
French Ministry of Education approved Curriculum
Specialist teachers certified from France
We prefer small classes (1:8 in Pre-school and KG)
All linguistic backgrounds welcome
Two facilities: Vancouver and North Vancouver
Our Education
We are a school of academic excellence that integrates the best of both the French and Canadian systems.
Cousteau students are open minded, engaged, thinkers, confident and mindful of self and others.
Preschool
École Maternelle
France’s renowned École Maternelle has been imitated in many countries.
Maternelle teachers, who have the same advanced degree as other Elementary School teachers, are trained in child psychology and physical development, as well as early childhood education.
Elementary School
Grades 1 to 5
Divided into 2 main cycles (Cycle 2 and 3)
Cycle 2: From Grades 1 to 3, marks the start of fundamental learnings of Elementary School.
Cycle 3: From Grades 4 to 5, academic disciplines become more refined as children study literature, history-geography, and technology.
Middle School
Grade 6 to 9
Middle School is the next step in the student’s academic journey.
Having acquired the building blocks of learning in Elementary School, students enter Middle School at Grade 6 ready to embark on a whole new adventure.
Our scholars have the opportunity of graduating with diplomas from France and B.C., enabling them to access the best schools abroad.
Eco-School
The first accredited Eco-School in Canada by the Foundation for Environmental Education.
Education for Sustainability has become a strong focus for Cousteau School. Our aim is to engage all our students in our Eco-School Project.
Eco-School
The first accredited Eco-School in Canada by the Foundation for Environmental Education.
Education for Sustainability has become a strong focus for Cousteau School. Our aim is to engage all our students in our Eco-School Project.
School News
Top ranking in North Vancouver
Cousteau has the best performance amongst French-speaking schools in the Fraser Institute rankings, being 45th in a list of 931 [...]
Greater Vancouver Food Bank
For the first time in its 23-year history, Cousteau French International School is organizing a fundraising campaign for the children [...]