Founded in 1983, the association is powered solely by parents volunteers
Whether you're new to the school or a seasoned parent, this FAQ provides quick access to essential information.
You'll find simple explanations, helpful guidelines, and ways to get involved in the school community.
Our goal is to make school life clearer and more peaceful for all families.
If you can't find the answer you're looking for, please don't hesitate to contact us, we'd be happy to help.
Books marked "distribués par Florimont" (distributed by Florimont) are internal to the school and are handed out at the start of the school year. You can buy the other books yourself or wait for the start of the school year and the school will distribute them.
Yes.
Anything marked "distribué par Florimont" (distributed by Florimont) is not available for purchase outside.
"Petit Matériel" (Small Supplies) is for Primary, and "Fournitures" (Supplies) is for Cycle (Middle School) and Sec.2 (High School).
The list for English will be given at the start of the school year.
Wait until the start of the school year, unless you are certain of your child's English or German level.
No, they are provided by the school for all classes.
There is no list for Secondaire 2. Students are free to use what they want or what the teachers will request at the start of the school year.
The ""économat/papeterie"" is the name of the place where the school stores all the textbooks and necessary materials for students. It is located under the cafeteria and is accessible every day. Everything picked up there is billed to the parents a few weeks later.
No, there is a list starting from the 9e.
It depends on the level and the children. They need to learn to manage their locker and their home supplies. To save weight, it may be a good idea to have doubles of books and/or dictionaries at home."
You must quickly return them to the "économat" to avoid being billed. Avoid writing into them.
You will receive an invoice after a few weeks.
Use self-adhesive plastic, gift wrap, or wrapping paper.
Yes.
Yes, they can change. You must check the ISBN.
Sizes I-IV are for Primary, and S and above are for Secondary. It is better to try them on at the store.
The minimum is shorts/T-shirt and their long version (for winter).
Uniforms can be bought new at Fourteen or second-hand with FloVert. There are several second-hand sales during the year.
There are 2 sports uniforms: the classic pack and a specific pack for Art et Sport.
No, it is not mandatory, you can use any backpack you like.
Education physique et sportive.
90 minutes per week.
Maternelle (Nursery/Kindergarten) students do not have a sports uniform. It starts in Primary.
Yes, anytime during the year. But there is a lot of demand at the start of the school year, so Fourteen may take a little time to deliver them.
Yes, they are open all year.
Yes, provided they are Florimont uniforms.
The password is available in the back-to-school email.
These are two applications: Seesaw is used in Primary and Pronote in Secondary.
Yes.
Pronote contains homework, grades, and schedules. Teams contains course content.
The children will receive them at the start of the school year, and parents a few days later.
The password is in the Back-to-School Circular received by email.
No, there is one Whatsapp group for each class.
Yes, the APEF manages several groups: Committee, Class-Delegates, Classes, Chaplaincy, Escalade, FloVert, Christmas Market, etc.
Go to the parent information meeting at the start of the school year, or contact the Class-Delegate, or ask the APEF.
No need, the APEF creates them before the start of the school year.
It is a Saturday where all members of the Florimont community can gather in a relaxed manner, visit the school, have fun, do activities, and meet each other.
The school will send you a letter with the bus stops and schedules.
In Primary, yes.
Yes, they are there all year on the same route.
Classes start at 8:10 am and finish around 3:30 pm, except on Wednesdays when they finish between 12:20 pm and 12:40 pm.
Cycle students can leave either at 3:30 pm, or after study hall at 4:40 pm, or with the school buses at 4:50 pm.
You can find the schedules in the two Parent Guides available on the Florimont website.
No, but make sure your child knows which books to take or not take from the ""économat".
For Secondary: it's a padlock, pencil case, water bottle, and a few sheets of paper.
The 6e pleinière session is the moment when children are sorted into their classes with their homeroom teacher.
For the start of the school year, no. For the class photo, it depends on what the class will have decided to wear.
On the first day of school.
You will receive the information at the start of the school year.
A padlock with a 4cm opening.
Yes, and they will be billed a few weeks later.
To be a member, you just have to pay the membership fee. This does not commit you to anything else. To be a Class-delegate or a volunteer in an activity, you must register on the website or send an email to info@apef.ch.
The Class-Delegate is the link between the parents, the school, and the APEF. They manage the class Whatsapp group, relay information and questions between parents and the APEF, and also organize, if desired/possible, a parents' dinner during the year.
No, Latin is an option. Students can enroll at the beginning of the year.
Students who choose Latin have two periods of Latin added to their normal schedule, from 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm.
Yes, starting from the 6e. You must register directly with admissions. Classes start after the Jeûne Genevois.
They take place every day, but students generally choose one slot per week.
At the start of the school year or shortly after.
Extracurricular activities start the 2nd or 3rd week after the start of the school year.
There is a club and an extracurricular activity. The club is open to everyone. The extracurricular activity is only for the Institute's students.
No, children do not eat at the canteen on Wednesdays unless they have an afternoon activity at the school. he Wednesday canteen is by registration with "Vie Scolaire".
You must write to ""Vie Scolaire"" (School Life Office) (Primary or Secondary depending on your child's age).
Yes.
Supervised study are for the year. Accompanied study (in small groups) are billed additionally, at half-semester.
In Primary there are 2 things: optional study with the Homeroom Teacher from 4:00 pm to 4:35 pm, and extracurricular study from 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm. Everything is explained in the Primary Parent Guide."
For accompanied study, you have the possibility to unregister your child at each holiday: in October, at Christmas, February, or at Easter.
Yes, all study programs are on the school's website, under "documents utiles" (useful documents).
Write to "Vie Scolaire"
Primary and Maternelle parents can park briefly in the primary school courtyard to drop off their children.
The morning snack is provided by the school for all Primary + Maternelle students, but since they have lunch quite early (11:30 am), they really need an afternoon snack from you.
Yes.
No, English-speaking children will be placed in the English level that corresponds to them.
The lockers are about 40cm wide. Vie Scolaire will tell you where to put the sports equipment.
Yes.
The dress code is in the General Regulations.
Chemin du Bac near the stadium and Marbriers near the Reception. Petit-Lancy Place is also not bad, but a little further away.
At Les Vernets.
No, they are only for 8e students.
No worries, we have a solution!<br>Please send us the details of your registration to: floescalade@apef.ch and we will transfer everything after the official registration is closed, around mid november. You will receive an email confirmation then.
No, the Institut will not register the student to the race, parents are responsible to do so via the APEF website.
We receive a list of all active credit from the escalade association and will deduct it from your invoice.
All registration of a non Florimont individual will be charged to the family doing the registration. Nonetheless, we encourage you to limit it to the inner family.
Please do contact us as soon as possible at: floescalade@apef.ch with all the details and our volunteers will do their best to adjust it directly with the Escalade association.
From November onwards, a list of all registered runners will be published on our website and Pronote but also displayed on the primaire’s main gate, which will allow you to check regularly.
