{"id":703,"date":"2020-12-04T14:18:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T13:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/the-school\/our-story\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T11:01:00","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/en\/the-school\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Our History<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>The International School opens in 2007, to welcome the first 79 students enrolled.<\/strong><br \/><strong> This opening coincided with the launch of the ITER project in Saint Paul l\u00e8s Durance.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/notre-histoire-chantier-eipaca.jpg\" alt=\"Building site of the PACA International School\" title=\"Building site of the PACA International School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/notre-histoire-chantier-eipaca.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/notre-histoire-chantier-eipaca-980x345.jpg 980w, https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/notre-histoire-chantier-eipaca-480x169.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-634\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Initially accommodated at the Lyc\u00e9e des Iscles,\u00a0 the students and their teachers moved in 2009 to the school's new buildings. Since then, the number of pupils has continued to increase and has now stabilised at 825 pupils from thirty-five countries.<\/p>\n<p>The spectacular architecture of the International School is the work of architects Ricciotti and Battesti. The single storey buildings welcome the\u00a0 different school levels (Nursery, Elementary, Middle School and High School) in classrooms open to the playgrounds. All are computerised. It has a large gymnasium, an amphitheatre, scientific labs, a library and large art rooms. Wood and white concrete harmonise around wide, green-lined walkways.<\/p>\n<p>The growth of the School is inseparable from that of the ITER project, which brings its collaborators, researchers, engineers and builders from France and around the world. The proportion of children of ITER personnel is now 65%.<\/p>\n<p>The French teachers are all qualified by the French National Education system, and most of them have been specially recruited for the International School. Half of the teaching staff is made up of qualified foreign teachers, who give the students lessons in an authentic native language.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2009, a European School has been added to the six international sections, starting at the Sixi\u00e8me\/S1 level. The official European School curriculum is taught here, 80% of which is in English.<\/p>\n<p>Our students pass their baccalaureate with flying colours, whether it is the International Option of the French Bac (British, Italian, Chinese and Japanese sections), the Binational Bac (Abibac and Bachibac) or the European Bac. These diplomas allow them to envisage studying in the country of their choice, the vast majority choosing Europe and France.<\/p>\n<p>The school years are punctuated by numerous festive and cultural events which over the years have become ritualised, from the Autumn Cross to the Graduation Ceremony in July. They are an integral part of our history.<\/p>\n<p>The School looks to the future with its School Project, which sets ambitious goals for the entire school community. You can read it here.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":603,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-703","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32400,"href":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/703\/revisions\/32400"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecoleinternationalepaca.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}