2017 Christmas Performance and Recital

We had another great holiday event on Sunday, December 17, at the Blackerby Violin Shop on Anderson Lane. Watch videos of the event on YouTube.

It started with a beautiful modern-dance piece called “Champs des Fleurs.” There was a performance of the popular song, “Qui a le droit,” the play “Le loup et l’agneau, the middle-school kids sang “Le temps qu’il faut,” and there were violin recitals as well. A highlight was the presentation of awards for the National Math […]

Mathematics Competition We've enrolled our Second Graders in the 2016 NLMC Mathematicscontest in March 2016, at the last minute. The competition is a semiannual problem solving contest for Elementary and Middle school students. We registered for the Spring Contest. The goal of the competition is to encourage students' interest in math, to develop their problem [...]

Another delightful performing arts show at the end of this 2016 school year at Ecole Jean-Jacques Rousseau! Congratulations to all the students for their wonderful performances and the teachers for their hard work! From our preschoolers singing traditional French songs to our oldest students displaying true showmanship throughout the performance, the show was a real […]

Our first school carnival was a success! A giant “thank you” to all our school parents, volunteers, teachers and last minute helpers…and YOU! Thank you for coming out and spending the day with us. Your support for our school is greatly appreciated! The event featured children games, face painting, raffles for electronics & childcare certificates, […]

The Second Edition of Ecole Jean-Jacques Rousseau French Dictation 2016, called also « la Dictée de la Francophonie », was held at the Hampton Libray Branch in Oak Hills in South Austin. In collaboration with the Austin French Library, Ecole Jean-Jacques Rousseau participated at the Annual French Afternoon Event with the French Dictation. This year, the Dictation […]

With the New Year’s arrival, our school celebrated this week Epiphany with the students. The homemade “galette des rois” is proudly made by Madame with her famous frangipane cream. With an afternoon of crafts, laughs and French culture traditions, the children learnt about the arrival of the King Cake in France. All the Galettes were […]

What a wonderful Christmas performance by all the students of Jean-Jacques Rousseau! Very poised and well-articulated students of JJR gave another wonderful Christmas performance, to the joy of their teachers, parents and families. Ecole Jean-Jacques Rousseau Christmas performance was a great way to celebrate for the holiday season, once again, the impact of performing arts, […]