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The lunch service is provided by Elior and includes an entrée, a hot dish, a cheese course, and a dessert. The elementary school serves midday meals on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; a self-service in the main building serves CE1, CM1, CM2 and two CE2 classes, while a modular building houses a second canteen for CP and the remaining CE2 classes; meals are the same. The App Table app lets parents view weekly menus, and a personalized care plan (PAI) may be arranged on request with the elementary principal; the midday break is a paid service with monthly payments by direct debit, online card, or cheque to the town hall.
MDL stands for Maison des Lycéens and is the CSI lycée's student association. Created October 25, 2011 and amended on February 20, 2018 and November 22, 2024, it aims to develop social relations, democratic practices, citizenship, charity, creativity and teamwork, and to combat discrimination. It is governed by a 10-member board and has a CVL advisor; membership is open to all CSI lycée students who pay annual dues.
The Cité Scolaire Internationale (CSI), or Gerland High School, is a group of schools in Lyon comprising an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school hosting students from 48 nationalities. Its creation was decided in 1988 by the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council due to rising demand for international education, notably linked to Interpol's arrival in Lyon; it opened in 1992.
CSI Lyon is a public school in the French national system that also hosts nine language sections for ages 6 to 18. The campus comprises an elementary, a middle, and a high school, with no kindergarten. Elementary education is free and books are provided; maximum enrollment 567 students in 21 classes of about 27 pupils. Curricula run in French alongside one of nine sections: Anglophone, Arabophone, Germanophone, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Polish, and Chinese, with language-specific instruction in addition to core French subjects. The Anglophone section adds an English-language curriculum and prepares for the BFI at terminale and two iGCSEs in Seconde. ABIBAC is offered in the German–French lycée; other sections lead to OIB or BAC options. The school year runs September to July, with classes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; Wednesday is a non-school day. CSI Lyon provides a bus service and a swimming pool for physical education.
