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The school offers a broad set of secondary school clubs, including Business, Creative Writing, Data Science, Economy, Eye to Eye, German, Greek, Math, Model UN, Science, Spanish and Yearbook. Model UN, Science and Data Science clubs provide opportunities for extended academic inquiry and collaboration beyond the classroom. Clubs vary from year to year according to student interest and club feasibility. A DECA team competes in Illinois State Competition.
The Center for the Arts provides two expansive visual arts studios, a dedicated music classroom, a 3D art studio with a ceramics lab, and a flexible performance and exhibition hall. Students paint, compose, design and perform as part of an arts program that emphasizes creativity and collaboration. The school's Artist-in-Residence program brings an international artist to develop an artistic project in the school every other year.
French for All Ages is offered as part of the school's community language activities. Language clubs include German, Greek and Spanish. LFCextra offers Advanced Language Courses for Grades 6 to 8. World Camp provides international summer camps.
LFCextra offers flexible before and after school programming, break camps, and summer camps for LFC families. Before School Childcare covers pre-K to Grade 5; La Garderie provides after school childcare for pre-K to K. Ateliers offer a wide variety of extracurriculars for pre-K to Grade 12; Homework Help is available for Grades 1-5. Mini-Flames provide athletic classes for Grades 1-5; Private Music Lessons are available for Grades 1-12; Advanced Language Courses are offered for Grades 6-8; Musical Theater is available for Grades 6-12; School Break Camps run for pre-K to Grade 5.
Community Service is part of the high school program with ten hours required per year. Service learning projects engage students of all ages in ways that expand their awareness of the world outside themselves and of the needs of others.
Clubs include Model UN and DECA, among other offerings (Yearbook, Business, Creative Writing, Math, etc.). DECA participates in Illinois State Competition. Clubs vary from year to year according to student interest.
More than 85% of secondary students participate in one of LFC's 15+ Flames sports. Fall sports include Aikido; Basketball (Co-ed); Cross Country; Chess; Golf; Rowing; Sailing; Soccer (Boys); Swimming; Tennis (Girls); Volleyball (Girls). Winter sports include Aikido; Basketball (Boys); Basketball (Girls); Chess; Conditioning; Indoor Soccer; Indoor Track; Rowing; Swimming; Table Tennis. Spring sports include Aikido; Baseball (Co-ed); Basketball (Co-ed); Chess; Golf; Rowing; Sailing; Soccer (Girls); Swimming; Tennis (Boys); Track and Field; Volleyball (Boys). Flames Basketball Academy offers year-round training for top Chicago-area players.
Lycée Français de Chicago (LFC) is AEFE-affiliated international school serving ages 3–18 in Chicago. The curriculum is immersion-based with two diploma tracks: the French Baccalaureate (BFI American Section) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, from pre-K through grade 12. Instruction is primarily in French, with English support through BFI and IB components. The BFI is bilingual and bicultural, blending French bac rigor with American inquiry-based learning to support university entry. LFC is an IB World School offering IB Diploma Programme in grades 11–12 and IB Middle Years Programme in grades 9–10, with BD and ABD options. Graduates earn a US high school diploma alongside the French Baccalaureate or IB Diploma. Bittersweet campus opened in 1995 and Wilson Campus in 2015, on 3.8 acres with facilities, including 50 classrooms, science labs, art studios, libraries, an innovation lab, a student life center, a gym and athletic fields. LFC offers after-school programs, Center for the Arts, an Artist-in-Residence program, and diverse clubs.
