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SOMMAIRE

WORD OF THE PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

A NEW EDUCATIVE MODEL AT THE HEART OF CASABLANCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH EIB PARIS . . . . . . . 8

A DECIDEDLY INTERNATIONAL FRENCH SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

KINDERGARTEN AT EFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT EFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

AFTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

LIFE AT EFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

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Bernard DELESALLEEFI Casablanca President

EIB Paris President

In a world where adaptation and performance are essential, where digital tends to dispel borders and strengthen globalization, you must choose the best educational partner for your children.

Your choice is therefore crucial to assure them a true personal fulfillment but also and above all prepare them to become the leaders of tomorrow.

Surely, the modern world will not function only with «knowledge» but will require an ability to analyze, to understand, to know how to communicate in several languages and a «know-how» of high level.

The French International School (EFI) in Casablanca is aware that it is at an early age that things are played out. It offers its students a strong ambition and an innovative and perfectly adapted educational concept.

Our educational project benefits from the experience accumulated by the International Bilingual School of Paris (EIB Paris), which I have been running for over thirty years.

Understanding, respect, internationality, multilingualism, and know-how are the

values of the EFI which puts every student at the center of learning.

The EFI has recruited a team of motivated teachers, sensitive to the importance of the personalized accompaniment of students, to the evolution of society and especially open to the world.

It integrates new technologies to improve the academic performance and motivation of students. Offering a course of excellence organized around the official French program, the EFI offers a large place to multilingualism.

In addition to the trilingual curriculum from the Kindergarten with international accreditations, students are offered other languages such as Spanish and Mandarin.

Numerous extra-curricular activities also make it possible to maintain a good balance between learning about fundamentals and cultural, sports, recreational or civic activities.

To offer your child the EFI Casablanca curriculum is making him a citizen of the world and giving him every opportunity to succeed.

PRESIDENT’S WORD

...to make his child a citizen of the world and to give him all the chances of success

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A NEW EDUCATIVE MODEL AT THE HEART OF CASABLANCA

Fruit of the alliance between reference actors of the educative sector, the French International School of Casablanca (EFI Casablanca) is a scholar establishment of excellence, from Kindergarten to High School, with an exclusive pedagogical model and a trilingual curriculum (French, English, Arabic).

The EFI is a French school located in the heart of «Casa Anfa» which houses Casablanca Finance City (CFC).

It issues the teaching of the French National Education Program and is officially recognized in the framework of cooperation between the French and Moroccan Governments.

Cosmopolitan and experienced, the EFI’s management and pedagogical teams were specially selected by the Anfa Urbanization and Development Agency (AUDA) to carry out the school’s excellence project. From kindergarten, our teachers accompany pupils in the learning of basic knowledge and general culture, preparing them for the French national tests (Junior High School diploma, Scientific High School diploma and Social and Economic High School diploma with International Option) and the main international language certifications.

Accredited by the best international academic institutions, the EFI offers all guarantees of quality and fulfillment for students, and gives them access to the best universities in the world.

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A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH EIB PARIS

The tailor-made accompaniment and the excellence teaching of languages are the cornerstone of EIB Paris’ success since 1954.EIB Paris offers the French bilingual curriculum under an association contract with the State, a program of immersion classes and an international curriculum. The partnership with Morocco is an essential educational and cultural asset. It is concretely translated into strong academic cooperation, a guarantee of quality, dynamism and influence for EFI Casablanca:

Exchanges of teaching practices between professors;

Joint projects (educational stays, citizen projects, etc.);

Class twinning;

Sharing of educational programs and resources.

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establishments located in the center of Paris

of success at the High School diploma with 77% of mentions, of which 50% are Very Good or Good

years of educational experience in international education

jury prizes at the Harvard Model Congress of Europe 2015

nationalities represented among the students and the educational team

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A FIRMLY INTERNATIONAL FRENCH SCHOOL

Since the EFI aims at leading all its students on the path of multilingualism, especially trilingualism (French, Arabic and English), our students will have the ability to express themselves and to write in these three languages. FOCUS ON ARAB TEACHING

The teaching of Arabic language and culture is a fundamental pillar of our linguistic and cultural discovery program. This teaching also includes the Arabic language, history, geography and institutions of Morocco.

From first year of Elementary school: all children, regardless of their nationality, are taught Arabic for 3 hours per week.

From second year to fifth year of Elementary school: possibility of a reinforced curriculum of 5 hours / week.

THE PASSERELLE DEVICEAt the primary level, non-francophone students can be gradually introduced through intensive French learning, at least 75% of the school time.

Directly inspired by the EIB Monceau Immersion Classes for Educational Education, this program has proved itself for many years and allows students to quickly enter a class of the normal curriculum, with an individualized and adapted follow-up Needs of each, for a school of excellence resolutely open to all nationalities.

Native speakers

A daily teaching of

languages from kindergarten

A rigorous language program

Gradual learning by skill groups

The preparation of language

certifications

Regular language

immersion

An evaluation system adapted to trilingualism

THE SEVEN AXES

OF OUR TRILINGUAL PEDAGOGY

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A FRENCH INTERNATIONAL CURRICULUM WITH TRILINGUAL TEACHING

Nursery school

Elementary School

Middle SchoolStarting from 2018

High schoolStarting from 2021

French Scientific High School diploma (S)Or Economic and Social High School diploma (ES)

with International Option

Cambridge«Tests for young learners»

CambridgeKey English and preliminary tests

Language Certifications

English: TOEFL, IELTS, SAT, CAESpanish: CervantesMandarin: Institut Confucius

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The Kindergarten is divided into Small Section, Medium Section and Large Section. At the EFI, our students learn to grow, interact with others, and are encouraged to express themselves through different modes of communication. From the small section onwards, almost daily teaching of English is provided by native speaker teachers who have graduated from their home country.

In light classes with all the necessary facilities (grouping spaces, space for evolution, resting space, etc.), learning is often accomplished through play or workshops, giving priority to nursery rhymes because music promotes memorization languages.

On this basis, the EFI has designed a time organization that respects the physiological rhythms of children and allows:

To cover all basic learning in French

To reserve a necessary time for the reinforced learning of English and Arabic

To consider the physiological needs of the student

KINDERGARDEN AT THE EFIFrom 3 to 6 years, there is an essential objective: to become autonomous and to acquire knowledge and skills, through the acquisition of a rich oral language, organized and understandable by the other.

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The primary school curriculum is organized around a common core that is divided into five areas:

Languages: to think and communicate

Learning methods and tools

Training of the person and the citizen

Natural and technical systems

Representations of the world and human activity

While following the general curriculum, EFI teachers follow each student, adapt to his / her needs and allow him / her to progress better by offering content that supports and stimulates learning: innovative teaching methods and an individualized teaching approach. To meet the needs of students with difficulties in learning or progressing in school, the EFI implements several mechanisms: personalized help, transition groups for teaching English and tutoring

PRIMARY AT EFI These are the classes of basic learning. The objective of these classes is to acquire a solid foundation in all subjects.

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AFTER THE PRIMARY

Given the specific nature of its pedagogical project based on an intensive practice of foreign languages and the prospect of preparing a French patent and baccalaureate with an international option, the EFI chose a progressive pedagogical approach.

This is accompanied by a process of admission under the control of a commission which assesses the knowledge of the French language and the general aptitudes of the candidates.

From the beginning of 2017, the school will open all kindergarten and elementary classes. It will then gradually open the classes of the secondary school and the secondary school:

Opening of the Junior High School in September 2018

Opening of the High School in September 2021

Tomorrow,

middle school and high school

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For kindergarten students, classes are divided into 8 half-days:

3 full days: monday, tuesday, thursday

2 mornings wednesdays and fridays,

starting from the first year of Elementary School, the lessons are divided into 9 half-days:

4 full days: monday, tuesday, thursday, friday

1 morning: wednesday

ORGANIZATION OF THE WEEK

The general organization of the days provides for a start of classes at 8:30 and an end between 16:00 and 16:30 depending on the levels. This rhythm is subject to slight adaptations according to several elements:

The day (ex: the classes end at 12:30 on Wednesday))

Level (ex: nursery in kindergarten)

The arabic courses (3 or 5 hours from the CE1)

Educational support schemes during school time (ex: personalized assistance)

At the end of the day, students can practice cultural or sports activities at or outside school.

ORGANIZATION OF THE DAYWith an area of 12,500 m2 in the heart of Casa

Anfa, the EFI campus houses three buildings with a contemporary architectural signature, with separate spaces for kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school and high school, as well as scientific, cultural and sportive equipment.

It will eventually welcome nearly 2,000 pupils with 5 classes per level, from the nursery to the High School diploma.

EFI pupils wear a dress code, reinforcing our identity, feeling of belonging to the EFI community and guaranteeing equality.

To integrate both the curriculum requirements and those related to the language curriculum (English and Arabic), the EFI relied on the hourly organization model developed by EIB Paris.

LIFE AT THE EFIThe progressive and differentiated pedagogy of the EFI is based on a rigorous organization in a site that perfectly meets the needs of the students.

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WEDNESDAY PROGRAMVaried cultural and sporting activities (arts, dance, theater, music, ...) organized on Wednesday afternoons.

HOLIDAY PROGRAMSummer workshops that encourage children to express themselves easily and enrich their vocabulary. Courses in English or in French, facilitated by experienced teachers, are held every morning. The afternoon is devoted to artistic activities or outings that will awaken the curiosity of the children while forging their personalities

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBFrom kindergarten, a nursery is offered as well as manual activities and body expression from 16:00 to 18:00.

For students aged 6 and over, a study time (homework help) is also organized.

ENGLISH SESSIONSEnglish time program: English workshops for children from 3 to 10 years old, Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays, for a playful learning adapted to the age and level of the children (beginner to advanced).

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOLEvery day, a daycare is provided between 07:30 and 08:25.

From 4:30 pm to 6 pm and Wednesday afternoons, our students are offered a daycare and many cultural, artistic and sports activities, some of which are offered in English, which contributes to their development and open-mindedness.

129, Boulevard de l’AéropostaleAngle Boulevard Omar Al Khayyam

Casa-Anfa - 20000 Casablanca - MoroccoTel : +212 (0) 6 20 21 21 81 ou 83

Email : contact@eficasablanca.orgWebSite : www.eficasablanca.org