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French High School Studies

Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (Quebec City, Canada) is a private educational institution for boys and girls. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1635. It has had a strong traditional educational recognition for the last 350 years. The educational project and other services offered express a vision facing the future and the world while being nourished with profound roots .

A place for several international students (Mexico, United-States, Germany , Australia ), the Collège's first concern is to educate teenagers between 12 and 17 years old in accordance with humanist values and respect of intercultural differences. The world according to Garnier! It's enriching yourself , growing in contact with others while pursuing high school studies in French.

The non-francophone international students who register for one semester or a year must be at an intermediate level of competence in French. If this is not attained, the pupil can follow French courses in the country of origin and/or participate in the program En français à Québec! during the summer previous to the stay. Before registering, a placement test will be sent to the pupil in order to identify his level of competency in French as a foreign language. Extra courses in French will also be available throughout the school year as well as other regular school subjects.

  

The international students live in host families who are carefully selected by the people in charge of the program. The choice of families will be based on these criterias: moral and family values, leisure activities they practice, and the everyday life (a copy of the grid can be forwarded upon request).

To facilitate the integration of the student into the social and scholar community, a twinning to a quebecker is organized and is supervised by a regular teacher at Saint-Charles-Garnier.

The legal tutor of the international students is the director general of the school. This person signs all the papers with Immigration Québec and makes sure that the pupil evolves without affecting the physical and moral aspects of his or her integrity. The inherent immigration mode to an educational stay in a foreign country for a minor pupil are available on Immigration Québec and Immigration Canada.

At last, Quebec City is a safe and warm place. A city of cultural heritage from UNESCO, Quebec City is an environment where everything takes place in French and where leisure activities and cultural visits are close at hand. The half a million inhabitants are proud of their warm welcome values and where meeting differences is considered a great asset in its international development.

Studying at College Saint-Charles-Garnier in Quebec City for one semester or a full year is choosing to live the difference in an harmonious way with people for whom education is the heart of their concerns.

We are looking forward to seeing you in the world according to Garnier!