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School Type
Public Magnet School

French IS/IE Grades
6th to 8th grade 6ème – 4ème (French)

Average of French Program Students
300

School Address & Telephone
4901 Lincoln Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
Tel: 305.444.7388

Visit the Website
https://gwcmiddleschool.net/

 

George Washington Carver Middle School

Number 1 Traditional Middle School in the State of Florida

George Washington Carver Middle School (Carver) is recognized as an “A” school by the Florida Department of Education and is one of the top ranked public schools in the State. It is also a U.S. Department of Education “Blue Ribbon School of Excellence” and has been recognized by Magnet Schools of America with the “Magnet School of Excellence Award.” Carver provides various language curriculums from grades 6th to 8th Grade as well as an advanced and honors American curriculum. All students must apply via the magnet application that is open between October 1 – January 15 of each year.

There are two French Program tracks at Carver Middle:

  • Internation Studies Program (IS) serving students applying from an IS elementary school and/or via exam placement

  • International Education (IE) beginners French program

The International Studies Program was established at Carver in 1987. 

Schedule

School starts mid August and ends early June. From Monday to Friday: 9:05 am – 3:50 pm. 
Holidays are observed according to the Miami Dade County Public Schools Academic Calendar.  

Curriculum

The subjects taught in French are French Language, Mathematics and Humanities (History and geography). The French IS program is certified “LabelFrancÉducation”. Our goal is to work with France to fully utilize the value of this award for our students, teachers, and schools. In addition, students must take four subjects taught in English: Language Arts, Science, Social Studies and an elective or ESOL (English as a second language) for students arriving from foreign countries.

Electives

Students who are exempt from ESOL classes may choose one of three electives which they have to select from the following list, by order of preference:

Fine Arts / Art Appreciation, Choir, Physical Education, Orchestra (brass or strings), Gifted class, Journalism, or Computer Science. In sixth grade, students who do not get their first choice usually have a combination of three electives during the school year (half a year of art or music and the other half of physical education).  This option allows them to try the electives and select the appropriate one in 7th and 8th grade.

Faculty

American subjects are taught by American teachers who have been certified by the State of Florida.  French subjects are taught by French teachers who can be categorized as shown below:

  • Teachers certified by the French Ministry of Education and hired locally by the school. Certified by both the State of Florida and France, they have also been trained to teach in an international environment.

  • Local teachers. Teachers who have been hired by the school and have a French diploma in their field but are not certified by the French Ministry of Education.

More information

For further information regarding school policy, faculty, ESOL classes, electives, admission process and more, contact the school directly.

FIPA liaisons are also available by email to answer your questions:  carver@fipamiami.org