The educational plan of the Maisons d’éducation of the Legion of Honor aspires to form young girls in step with their time, and to prepare them to a life in keeping with the moral values of the Institution.
Academic training
In a spirit of high standards and benevolence, the two schools implement educational methods that encourage personal reflection and autonomy as well as intellectual openness, through a variety of cultural excursions and extracurricular activities. The development of judgment and access to critical thinking are fostered.
Pupils are expected to be dedicated to their studies. Great attention is given to promoting multidisciplinary synergy, so as to create an environment that is beneficial to intellectual development and to making the students active participants in their training.
The girls’ motivation for scientific studies is also encouraged. They are provided with the most advanced technological resources to help them develop their interest in scientific and technical culture.
Artistic and musical culture
The Maisons d’éducation possess a long-standing tradition of teaching music and the visual arts, practiced with a view to forging the students’ esthetic taste, to encourage them to surpass themselves and to learn the pleasure of creativity.
Nearly half of the schoolgirls learn how to play an instrument. Choir, orchestra, chamber music: the students are encouraged to engage in group performance and regularly perform on various occasions for the Grand Chancellor, as well as performances outside school. They give a concert once a year in honor of the French President. The music classes offered at Les Loges are highly appreciated for the quality and variety of the instruction.
The visual arts also hold a special place in the curriculum, as do theater and dance.
L’ouverture au monde
Des voyages à l’étranger sont régulièrement organisés (Grande Bretagne, Allemagne, Espagne, Portugal, Etats-Unis, Sénégal, Chine…), notamment sous forme d’échanges scolaires avec des établissements partageant la même approche éducative.
Ces échanges favorisent la prise de conscience des élèves des valeurs dont elles sont les héritières et qu’elles doivent transmettre à leur tour.
Le devoir de mémoire
Etudier le passé et ses acteurs majeurs est indispensable aux jeunes générations pour s’y intéresser à leur tour de façon éclairée.
A travers des travaux de devoir de mémoire, ce précepte est constamment rappelé à des jeunes filles dont le lien filial et le mérite de leurs parents sont à l’origine de leur présence au sein des maisons d’éducation.
Le sens civique des jeunes filles est également cultivé avec la participation à de nombreuses cérémonies officielles où elles représentent l’institution.
Surpassing oneself and solidarity among students
The Maisons d’éducation strive to hand down a sense of transcending one’s own abilities in the spirit of the values of the Legion of Honor. The years spent together as boarders favor a feeling of belonging, giving rise to long-lasting friendships and reinforcing mutual support. Mutual assistance, a respect for differences, attention for others and the notion of the common good are living principles experienced daily. In certain subjects, a buddy system is used to pair up the strongest and weakest and teach them teamwork.