Notre Dame International High School

I attended during the first year of the school. It was my first opportunity leaving the US and I had such an amazing experience with the close-knit professors and I am friends with my international classmates to this day! The classroom was active, we could have incorporated more technology though I am sure that has been updated now. A quintessential French town near Paris surrounds you and you will feel nostalgic the minute you leave.

I attended a few years ago, I was 17 and I can say this school made the person I became! I’m forever grateful to the teachers and to the Zicari for the support and confidence they gave me. Now I do a PhD in International Relations and for sure, the MUN club was a great experience. We travelled to Lyon for a MUN conference, best time ever!!!!! Love to NDIHS! Never saw again a campus like this, missing it!

I miss my school so much ! I attended for 2 years, and graduated there. Such an amazing time, so many friends. It was a few years ago already but I’m still in touch with many of my friends and hope to see them again. Mr Zicari and his wife as well as our teachers were really supportive at all times, even when we experienced some homesickness. I thank them for this. The first year I lived at the dorm, and the second year with my French family. They helped me so much to improve my French, that I could take French at University and hope to be a French teacher soon. I never attended a boarding school in France or elsewhere before I arrived in Paris, so I had to adapt, but really enjoyed the experience. It helped me become more independent for sure.

I highly recommend this school. I do not really agree with what the other students wrote about the food. I liked it! We could always select what we wanted to eat, it was fresh, good quality. There was also a kind of Café with snacks but you have to pay extra for that. For sure, it is not like in a restaurant, but for school food, it was not so bad at all. Also during the weekends we could go with the staff to real restaurants, it was so delicious…What I really like there is the park. The campus is a huge park with many old trees, and the castle. It was very challenging for me at school, because the level is good and really prepares you for University, but at first I had difficulties, not good grades. Also my English was not that good… It was hard but I learned a lot, because it is an American school in France, so you speak English and French. And also, the teachers had time to help us, and always encouraged us. I only stayed for a year, but will never forget.