Colombia, Bogota
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The Secondary School welfare team fosters a safe, caring, and trusting atmosphere that supports academic success. They promote dialogue, active listening, and individualized support for students facing difficulties. They develop citizenship and well-being by encouraging autonomy through participation in democratic bodies, promoting healthy lifestyles, and encouraging responsible behavior. They promote inclusion, respect for diversity, and work to prevent bullying and discrimination.
Students with Special Educational Needs include those with physical or mental disabilities; learning differences such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, dysorthographia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia; developmental language disorder; ADD or ADHD; and autism spectrum disorders. The school also supports newly arrived non-native-speaking students (EAL – English as an Additional Language / NAMS – Newly Arrived Migrant Students), students with chronic illnesses and/or allergies, high intellectual potential students, and those in difficult family or social situations or with itinerant status.
English as an Additional Language (EAL) includes Newly Arrived Non-native-speaking Students and Newly Arrived Migrant Students.
The Inclusion Team works with the school nurse and the school psychologist to monitor and support students' mental health and overall well-being.
Daily safety and student well-being are ensured by monitoring absences, tardiness, and movement within the school; the welfare team maintains a visible presence in shared spaces; the code of conduct is enforced to promote respectful, value-based coexistence; and the team actively works to prevent conflicts, bullying, and discrimination.
Lycée Français Louis-Pasteur is a French international day school in Colombia, serving ages 3 to 18. It is affiliated with the French national education system and works with AEFE exchanges. The school offers the French national curriculum for collège (6e–3e) and lycée (Seconde–Terminale), including a Baccalauréat Français International – Anglophone section and a bespoke pathway that incorporates Colombian requirements (Social Sciences in Spanish and Spanish) and the Saber 11 exam. A placement test in Seconde and tailored options in Première and Terminale lead to the Baccalauréat Général or the International French Baccalaureate. The campus supports reading and research through Marmothèque (kindergarten), BCD (elementary), and CCC (6e–Terminale), with extensive print, media, and digital resources, plus E-Sidoc and librarian-led information-literacy sessions. Sport is central via UNSS and UNCOLI, with interschool competitions and opportunities to compete nationally and internationally. Extracurriculars include LYFMUN, Cine Club, Chess Club, and language clubs such as English and Russian, fostering a multilingual, globally oriented community.