The Gift School is open from 8 am to 6:30 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
On Wednesdays (Gift Wednesdays and Montessori Wednesdays) the school is open from 9 am to 5 pm.
In keeping with the recommendations of the French National Board of Education, children are in class for 24 hours each week. Class time for the two maternelle classes is between 9 am and 12 pm and between 1:30 pm and 4 pm. For the two elementary classes, classtime is between 8:50 am and 12:30 pm and between 2 pm and 4:20 pm. Children can be dropped off at school between 8 and 9 am.
A daycare service is offered between 8 am and 8:30 am and between 5 pm and 6:30 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. (*Important: there is no daycare service offered on Wednesdays and during holiday camps.) Parents sign up in advance for daycare service which is invoiced in 30 minute slots.
A special room in the school is prepared every day for naptime and children of any age can use this time to rest and sleep.
School Calendar
The Gift School is open from September to July and follows the French national school calendar for “Zone B”.
School Holidays 2024-2025 Zone B
| Back to School 2024-2025 | First day of school: Monday September 2nd 2024 |
| Toussaint Vacation | First day of vacation: Saturday October 19th 2024 Back to school: Monday November 4th 2024 |
| Christmas Vacation | First day of vacation: Saturday December 21st 2024 Back to school: Monday January 6th 2025 |
| Winter Vacation | First day of vacation: Saturday February 8th 2025 Back to school: Monday February 24th 2025 |
| Spring Break | First day of vacation: Saturday April 5th 2025 Back to school: Monday April 22nd 2025 |
| Pont de l’Ascension | First day of vacation: Thursday May 29th 2025 Back to school: Monday June 2nd 2025 |
| Summer Vacation 2025 | Last day of school: Friday June 26th 2025 |
Other holidays during the 2024-25 school year: Monday April 22nd 2025 (Easter Monday, included in Spring Break), Thursday May 1st 2025 (Labor Day), Thursday May 8th 2025 (Victoire 1945) and Monday June 9th 2025 (Whit Monday).
Holiday camps are organized on the first week of every school vacation, except for Christmas vacation, as well as during the entire month of July. For more information, click here.