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Mexico, Mexico City
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The Lycée Franco-Mexicain (LFM) was established in 1937 by 126 members of the French community who founded the association Liceo Franco Mexicano, A.C. The first classes were held in a space owned by the Marist brothers at 193 Melchor Ocampo street and included preschool and elementary programs (with half-board) as well as the collège (with full boarding) and the lycée. Pierre Fouque and Paul Le Brun, prominent members of the French community, sought support from the French ambassador in Mexico, Gabriel Bonneau, and the French government agreed to send French teachers. In 1949 a fundraising campaign began to finance a new site; land in the Polanco district was purchased with gifts from French residents, their companies, and some Mexican firms. The building was designed by architect Vladimir Kaspé, and construction took seven and a half months; on October 5, 1950 the Lycée Franco Mexicain opened at 1521 Homero, Polanco.
The LFM's community page lists several French-connected institutions. ALFM is listed as part of the community. École Molière is listed. EX-LFM is listed. Les Chanteurs du Lycée is listed.
Association des parents d'élèves (APE) is a group formed by parents to safeguard conditions conducive to students' schooling without interfering with the curriculum. The APE is a member of FAPEE, the Federation of associations of parents of students at French establishments abroad, and has been a founding member since 1980. FAPEE is represented on the board of AEFE, the Agency for French Education Abroad, with which the LFM is linked under a convention revised in 2013–2014. The APE commits to listening to parents' concerns and interests, to working daily to provide services, to anticipating parents' needs, and to strengthening communication within the LFM community.
Lycée Franco-Mexicano (LFM) in Mexico City offers a French curriculum for ages 3 to 18 across two campuses, Polanco and Coyoacán. The school is affiliated with France's Bordeaux academy for the baccalaureate, and the bac sits within the French national framework; the years are recognized by the Mexican SEP. The general track presents a wide range of specialties, including History-Geography-Geopolitics, Humanities, Literature and Philosophy, Foreign Languages, Mathematics, Physics-Chemistry, Life and Earth Sciences, Engineering Sciences, and Economics and Social Sciences; a unique STI2D track covers Energies and Environment and Innovation Technology and Eco-design. In both tracks, a substantial core is followed, with three specialties chosen in Première and two in Terminale; optional subjects include theatre, visual arts, Italian and German. Exceptional facilities include libraries (Marmothèque, BCD, CDI), a digital cafeteria (SmartLunch), movement rooms, a gym and a swimming site. After the bac, most students study in Mexico, with options in France.
