Team
L’École de l’Optimisme – Suresnes
The educators are trained in the Montessori method and have diplomas from the AMI (Association Montessori Internationale). Teacher training is essential, requiring one year of full-time study for each age group.
Camille
Director
Laurie
French-speaking educator 3-6 years old
Tsomo
English-speaking educator 3-6 years old
Sandra
Special needs educator for children aged 8-11
Anna
English-speaking educator 6-11 years old
Katrina
English-speaking educator 3-6 years old
Sophie
French-speaking educator 6-11 years old
Isabel
French-speaking educator 6-11 years old
Léa
French-speaking assistant 3-6 years old
Mathilde
French-speaking educator 3-6
Kaja
English-speaking educator 6-11
Noéline
Special needs educator for children aged 8-11
Extra-curricular team
Carole
After-school activity manager
Léa
French-speaking educator
Marie-Angèle
French-speaking educator
Elizabeth
English-speaking educator
Our mission
Learning and developing with confidence
We see education as an “aid to life”, providing children with an environment conducive to the harmonious development of their personality and their full potential. Perceived as such, education lays the foundations for a responsible society, aware of interdependence and therefore conducive to peace. We want everyone to be able to progress in a spirit of trust and goodwill.
Our objectives:
Confidence and joy
The autonomy and independence of the children
Their creativity, sens of initiative, and self-discipline
The taste for learning, curiosity, effort, and finding satisfaction in a job well done
The development of social skills including tolerance, sense of service and responsibilities
Academic notions are learnt in a fluid manner because they are passed on at the right time, according to the rhythm of each pupil.
Bilingual teaching
Today, mastering several languages is no longer really optional. Speaking several languages is a considerable asset. It develops executive functions, increases creativity, the ability to concentrate, adapt and intellectual agility.
Our school offers a bilingual environment where children are exposed to English on a daily basis, through immersion. Soaking up the language is a gradual process , with no need for translation or courses as such. Through songs, nursery rhymes and books, but above all through the repetition of everyday activities, children absorb a second language.
Each class benefits from the presence of two adults, one French-speaking and one English-speaking. Montessori materials are presented in both languages.
We expose the children to a lot of different cultures and this is made all the easier by the fact that our pupils come from very international backgrounds. The presence of English-speaking children creates a language environment that encourages bilingualism. Children’s ears are trained to hear another language from an early age.
What’s more, a good understanding of different cultures is a considerable asset because it makes you open-minded.
