Transcript Le LYCEE AMBROISE VOLLARD

3, avenue de SOWETO
– Terre Sainte
BP 399 97448 – Saint Pierre cedex
Tel : 02 62 96 23 50 – Fax : 02 62 96 23 57
Reunion Island is a French island in the south-western Indian
Ocean and part of the Mascarene Islands (or Mascarenhas
Archipelago) approximately 700 kilometres east of Madagascar.
Ambroise Vollard Senior High
School is situated in Saint Pierre in
the south west of the island.
10 000 m²
1 90 bed dormitory
1 central kitchen which delivers 4 500 meals per day
Personnel
15 maintenance (buildings and grounds)
17 central kitchen
3 science lab
11 administrative
90 teachers
The only Applied Arts class
in the Academy
34 classes
1055 pupils
(65 % girls)
Two post-baccalaureat sections
(BTS = higher national
certificate):
• Accounting and
Management of
Organisations
• MAN (catching up to be up
to standards)
One UPI (Pedagogical
integration unit)
One European section
Ambroise Vollard Senior
High School
Strong points:
• Few discipline problems with the students.
• Relatively stable teaching staff.
• Good relations with neighbouring educational institutions
(close to the junior high school, the Institute of Technology, the
l’IFSI, and in the middle of a major urban development project).
• A significant improvement in the Baccalauréat success rate in
the last 5 years (84% in 2009).
Weak points:
• The level of grade ten students remains the weak point
(1 out of 4 students does not move up to grade 11).
• Little or no sense of work ethic.
• A higher absence rate (8%) than the academic average
(5%).
The success rate for the Baccalauréat, while good and steadily
improving, disguises the differences between the general and
the technological series as for example in 2009 (general series
91.08% success and technological series 75.9%) and between
the different technological series :
•A new record in applied arts with 100% .
•A low rate in STG (management) (69.5%) compared to the
academic average (82.5%).
The results for the stream orientation of grade 10 students
(26% repeat, go to a vocational school or to some other type of
training centre or quit) correlated with the success rate for the
Baccalauréat exam clearly indicate the main areas to
consolidate.
Classes and options in grade 10
a) 2 technological classes
- Enrolment limited Options (Academy-wide recruitment )
Management and Communication Computing (IGC) + LV2*
Medical and Social Sciences (ST2S) + medical laboratory
Applied Arts (AA) design creation and culture
LV2 optional in AA and ST2S
b) 10 general classes
Economic and Social Sciences + LV2
A poly-option: ( AA / IGC / ESS ) + LV2
c) foreign languages :
LV1 and LV2: English, German and Spanish
LV3: Chinese, German, Spanish
Other languages: Greek and Latin
d) European section http://pedagogie2.ac-reunion.fr/lyc-a.vollard/
* second foreign language
The subject matters
Hours in grade 10: common subjects
Subject
Hours of class time
French
4:30 (half an hour in groups)
History and geography
3:30 (half an hour in groups)
First foreign language
3 (1 hour in groups)
Mathematics
4 (1 hour in groups)
Physics and chemistry
3:30 (1:30 in groups)
Biology and geology
2 (1:30 in groups)
Physical education
2
Civic, social and legal education
30 minutes in groups
Individualised help
2
Hours of class (annual)
Class organisation
10
Computing help
18
Artistic workshops
72
Social and cultural practices (f)
72
Ambroise Vollard Senior
High School
Student life at Ambroise Vollard
Three Principal Education Councillors lead a team composed of 16 teaching assistants and 3
monitors. Not only are they in charge of the daily management of students, but also the
Students’ Club which has many activities such as dance, drama and a space for playing pingpong and board games.
They also supervise the 90-bed dormitory where 28 places are reserved for the St Pierre
vocational school. The remaining places are reserved mostly for students in Applied Arts and
Medical and social sciences who often live far from the school.
Ambroise Vollard Senior
High School
The Applied Arts section
• Site:
http://www.ac-reunion.fr/pedagogie/lyc%Da.vollard/