30 Years Old

LAST WEEKEND MARKED the 30th anniversary of the Centre International de Valbonne (CIV) -- the school where I now work. There was a huge fête on Saturday night with speeches, food, wine, and live music (our very own CIV Jazz Band). The administration also created a small brochure that highlights some of the basic facts about the school. Some of them I did not know. The CIV at a glance:

• 800 collège students (grades 7-9)
• 800 lycée students (grades 10-12)
• offers the Baccalauréat Option International in English, Spanish, Italian, German, and Russian
• offers options in S (sciences) ES (economics & sciences) and L (literature)
• has 103 students also cross-enrolled in L'Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes.
• 300 prépa students
• 193 teachers
• 832 beds for boarding students
• 1 cinema with 250 seats
• 2 restaurants that can seat 520 people in total (open 7 days/week)
• 22 hotel rooms (in case you want to visit your kids)

There are other things in the brochure that look like their interesting, but I can't read it because it's in French.