It is an immense pleasure for me to be back writing my weekly letter to you. I hope each and every one of you had an excellent summer and that those of you are new to us (and to Taipei) this year are settling in happily. Two years ago, I shared an anecdote with you, Read more about Bus problems[…]

At EPC, the school is practically empty. It is 4pm. Min Hui scribbles one last reminder on a post-it, Olivia places a last-minute order, Annie closes her ring-binder, Andria publishes a final Facebook post, Nicolas puts his calculator in a drawer and Carine closes the door of her office behind her. We exchange glances, all Read more about End of Year[…]

I am making an exception and writing to you on a Thursday this week as we are about to embark on a long weekend. This message will no doubt reach many of you while you are waiting in line, or watching the primary end of year show. While there are plenty of celebrations going on Read more about Rumour Mill[…]

This coming school year, the British Secondary and High School Section will abandon the wearing of a school uniform. For those who were unaware, only the children in the British Section Key Stage 3 (the equivalent of 6ème, 5ème and 4ème for us) currently wear a uniform in secondary. In the French and German secondary Read more about Dress Code[…]

The end of this school year should have seen the publication of the French Section School Development Project 2019-2022, which we have been working on all year with FS parents, staff and students. However, it will not happen as planned. Our CEO, Mr Gatley has asked Sections to hold the publication of their individual plans Read more about School Development Project[…]

Tomorrow evening, the fourth annual edition of the Nuit du c0de/ C0ding Night will take place at the French Section. We will be hosting 31 teams of young coders from the French Lycées of Tokyo, Beijing, Rangoon, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco. At this very moment, their planes are landing in (a Read more about A busy month of May[…]

When we welcome an inspector from the AEFE (agency of French Schools abroad) to our school for a visit, as we did this week, we do our utmost to make a good impression. As it was Ms Matossi’sfirst visit to our school (she took up the position as inspector for Asia in September) we wanted Read more about Philo-menal[…]

This truncated week was a reminder to our French primary school teachers – and to all of us who went to school in France – of the joys of having Wednesdays off school, of having a of rest mid-week (even though it did mean our school days finished later – 4:30pm in general). The French Read more about The Hours[…]

For several weeks now, the French Section community has been agitated by the news that tuition fees are set to increase for the next school year. LINE groups have been set up, petitions signed and letters written to the CEO. A number of you have contacted me to ask what my point of view is. Read more about School Fees[…]

I attended the annual AEFE conference for head of schools in the Asia Pacific region this week. My colleagues and I discussed the latest AEFE news, trends in education and how they apply to the French pedagogical model. One of the topics on the agenda was the attraction of the prestigious Lycée français ‘brand name’ Read more about University offers[…]