The total staff numbers twenty men and women including management, teachers, instructors and service staff. The great majority are French, British and American. They share : competence, open mindedness, a sense of responsibility, the awareness of contributing to an ambitious project and above all : love of children.
To the south of Aix, on the outskirts of the village of Luynes, Fontvieille (an old house and its outbuildings surrounded by pine trees) constitutes the CIPEC campus with its classrooms, activity and rest areas, dining hall, terraces, sports, and playgrounds and cabins in the forest. Moreover, the Cipeciens have access to the neighbouring facilities at the I.B.S. secondary school and may also use the local municipal or private amenities in Aix and the surrounding areas. Transport between the different sites is provided by the school's coach company.
Directors |
Patricia & François-Patrice Pecnard | |
Creation |
September 1984 | |
Educational concept |
French-English bilingualism in an international environment | |
Status |
Private primary school, registered with the Aix-Marseille Board of Education (N° 0133332B) | |
Affiliations |
- Fédération Nationale de l'Enseignement Privé Laïque [National Federation for Civil Private Teaching] - University of Cambridge - Stichting NOB |
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Number of pupils |
175 boys and girls from kindergarten to 5th grade (year 6). Most "Cipeciens" are French, British, American and other Europeans. | |
Partnership |
- I.B.S. of Provence, private secondary school, examinations centre for IB, University of Cambridge and American examinations (Toefl, Sat). - I.S. Aix-en-Provence, intensive French lessons for adults. |
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Extra-curricular |
Summer Camp : multi-activity courses in an international environment. |
When we founded CIPEC
we were as ambitious as pioneers,
although our experience enabled us
to be aware of realities.
The years have rushed by,
not without their fair share of difficulties,
leaving us with those troubled sentiments
of apprehension and delight that anyone
who has fathered something feels.
Our success can be read
on our pupils’ faces.
They love their school because
it is not a cold, spiritless, impersonal place
but a learning environment where growing up
is a pleasurable experience
under the watchful eye of devoted adults.
In a time of great political, technological,
scientific, economic, ethical and cultural
upheaval,
even educational programmes aiming at a
qualification of a high level is insufficient.
Learning how to live
a free and happy life
conscious of the rights and happiness of others
in permanent mutation.
With this objective in mind, progress
in an international environment
shows us the way to a new humanism
stamped with hope, while safe guarding
our own identity.
The private status of our undertaking,
underlines our desire for total ideological,
religious, pedagogical
and financial independence.
Our methods and our structures are original.
However, we don’t accept the “fringe”
etiquette. In the steps of,
and hand in hand with others,
we are contributing
to the grand project of building :
THE BEST SCHOOL POSSIBLE.
François-Patrice Pecnard
