News & Events

The French School of Austin had monsters, ghosts and ghouls visit for Halloween! Trick-or-treating, fun and games were the highlight of our all-hallow-eve party and all the students had a blast. Thanks to all the volunteers for making it happen.

2018 National Medalists: We did it again! For the fifth consecutive year, our students are national medalists in the French & Math National Competitions!! In the 2018 French National Contest, the level of enrollment was a total of 74,250 participants, 3,291 in the FLES category and 675 medalists. Only the top 20% of the students are eligible to participate in the speaking portion of […]

Another wonderful end of year performance at French School of Austin! From the charming little singers of our preschoolers to the delightful talent of our older students, the 2018 end of year school performance was beautifully done! Under the direction of the Performing Arts Director, Madame Louali, the students performed famous French songs, such as […]

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 […]