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Open their world of opportunity

Give your child the opportunity to be truly bilingual from day one. We educate in a balance of French and English from the beginning.

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Open their world of learning

Small learning groups allow our experienced educators the ability to innovate in the classroom and individualize learning for your child.

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Open their world of growth

Decades of research shows that children who learn in a bilingual environment have better results in reading, writing, and mathematics.

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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
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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
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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!

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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.

Education on civic duty and global citizenship

  • British Columbia Approved Curriculum

  • French Ministry of Education approved Curriculum

  • 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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Our Environmental Actions

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.

Our Environmental Actions

School News

Top ranking in North Vancouver

Cousteau has the best performance amongst French-speaking schools in the Fraser Institute rankings, with a score of 9.2/10. Other Vancouver [...]

January 12th, 2021|
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