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SIS Paris Ouest operates across three locations: Sèvres, Boulogne-Billancourt, and Saint-Cloud. The international sections are hosted in public schools of the French National Education system at these host establishments. The integrated programme is offered within these public establishments from primary through lycée.
Integrated Programme is designed for bilingual students at mother-tongue level. Two disciplines are taught in English or German: literature and history-geography. The programme provides six hours of instruction in literacy, geography, history and science. Wednesday School offers morning workshops in English and German and periscolar language activities for primary through collège.
Life outside the classroom is rich and varied, with clubs, exchanges and trips organized by teachers. Destinations for 2022-23 included Montréal, Mount Prospect, Edinburgh, London, Shrewsbury and York. Literary and artistic magazines are published, and a Yearbook-Jahrbuch is produced by a Terminale student committee. The Play (Die Bühne) showcases annual theatre performances, while Debating Club, Model United Nations (MUN) and Parliament Européen (PEL) build teamwork, mediation and eloquence. The Room to Read Readathon raises funds for literacy projects.
SIS Paris Ouest offers bilingual education within the French education system, with Anglophone and Germanophone sections. The school operates across three host establishments in Sèvres, Boulogne-Billancourt and Saint-Cloud and serves over 1,300 students from kindergarten through lycée. It was founded in 1960 and remains an international section under the aegis of the French Ministry of National Education, employing about sixty teachers from English- or German-speaking countries. The curriculum combines the French national framework with Cambridge Secondary and Cambridge IGCSE, and the integrated programme is designed for bilingual students with mother-tongue-level language skills. Two disciplines—literature and history-geography—are taught in English or German, and the programme provides six hours of literacy, geography, history and science instruction. A Wednesday School offers morning workshops in English and German, and after-school language activities for younger students. Extracurriculars include Debating Club, Model United Nations and Parliament Européen, theatre productions (The Play/Die Bühne) and fundraisers and exchanges.
