Vive La France - FREX Students on Campus 

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French Exchange students arrived at SRDS on April 18 and are enjoying their time on campus during the FREX Exchange program that will run until May second when our French visitors will board the plane for the return trip home. 

FREX is Saddle River Day School’s own two-year French exchange program with the Lycée Montchapet in Dijon, France.  The Lycée Montchapet is located in Dijon, the beautiful capital of Burgundy.  It is midway between Paris and Lyon. On alternate years SRDS students travel to France and live as individual members of French families whose children attend the Lycée Montchapet.  This involves attending school with our French “sisters” or “brothers” and participating in the life of the host family.  This year, our families welcome the French “brothers” or “sisters” to our homes.  They attend classes on campus and sample life as an American private school student at Saddle River Day School with us. We enjoy the time spent with our French visitors particularly to show off the campus and activities during our milestone 50th Anniversary year.   

FREX seeks to motivate and facilitate the learning of the French language and culture for our students by allowing the student to experience life as a native French person.  It promotes international understanding and friendship. From the French side of the Atlantic, this provides a direct brief immersion experience into the American culture and helps the French students to improve their English speaking skills.