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United States, Hoboken
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The school teaches four languages: English, French, Mandarin, and Spanish. There are bilingual tracks in French, Mandarin, and Spanish with English instruction. The curriculum integrates language learning with content instruction.
The school offers bilingual education with tracks in French, Mandarin, or Spanish, combined with English instruction. Preschool uses full immersion in the target language, with about 80% of the day taught in the target language, while English enrichment and other specials are taught in English. In elementary, the school uses a dual-language model, with half of the week taught by an English-language teacher and half by a teacher in the target language.
Full immersion is provided in preschool (Nursery through Kindergarten) in the target language (French, Mandarin, or Spanish). English enrichment and other specials are taught in English. Starting in Grade 1, immersion becomes dual-language, with half the week taught by an English teacher and half by a teacher in the target language.
Tessa International School in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a private bilingual international school that blends French and English-language schooling with IB principles. It offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, integrated with the French National Curriculum through Mission Laïque Française, to create a coherent Programme of Inquiry across six transdisciplinary themes. Instruction is bilingual, with English plus language tracks in French, Mandarin, or Spanish; Preschool immersion reaches 80% in the target language and Primary immersion is 50/50. The campus occupies three floors of the Monroe Center, featuring bright classrooms, a STEM Lab, a Library, a Music Room, and dedicated language spaces. Students benefit from daily outdoor time, gymnasium facilities, and on-site playgrounds. After-school programs total more than 30, including language, sport, art, coding, and chess, with language clubs and science/tech activities aligned to the bilingual international focus. The school is IB-accredited (2021) and Cognia-accredited (2019). It welcomes families worldwide today.
