18Apr, 2026

1985-1986: At the Origins of CIPEC, the First International School in Provence

Yearbooks,

In 1984, creating an international school in Provence was a truly visionary idea. At a time when bilingual education was still rare and international openness had not yet taken the place it holds today, Mr and Mrs Pecnard founded a different kind of school in Aix-en-Provence, one that looked outward to languages, cultures and the wider world. This was the beginning of CIPEC, built on a clear ambition: to offer children a demanding, open-minded and deeply human educational environment.

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16Dec, 2025

Join the CIPEC Team!

Recruitment,Uncategorized,

Are you passionate about education and innovative teaching practices? CIPEC is recruiting! We are looking for motivated teachers and education professionals to join our dynamic team in an international, inspiring environment surrounded by nature.

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14May, 2025

CIPEC 2025-2026 calendar

News,

The start of the school year will take place at CIPEC on Tuesday, September 2nd at 8:45 a.m., at our school in Luynes and on Monday, September 1st at 8:45 am at our school in Les Milles, for a full day. Discover the entire program of events and parties that punctuate the school year on our 2025-2026 calendar.

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20Jun, 2024

Supplies list

News,

From the start of the 2020 school year and in order to make life easier for parents on the one hand and to limit the weight of school bags on the other hand, CIPEC will provide notebooks, display cases and books necessary for teaching.

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28May, 2022

Suggested summer reading lists

News,

At the end of each year, the teachers give the pupils a list of suggested summer reading in English and in French for each class level. Happy reading and have a great summer!

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06Aug, 2021

First Eco School accreditation

Eco Ecole,

Awareness of and respect for the environment is one of the fundamental values of CIPEC International School. Beyond words, it is important that we remember this on a daily basis at school. This is the reason why it was decided to carry out environmental projects and to apply for the accreditation ECO Ecole.

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30Jun, 2021

Children Inaugurate CIPEC’s New Vegetable Garden

Eco Ecole,vegetable garden,

For many years, children in the kindergarten have planted flowers and vegetables at school to observe them growing and study them. This year, we decided to create a large vegetable garden for the benefit of all the children. With the help of Permaculture & Cie, we created the new vegetable garden. Thus, each class has been able to study, plant and observe the plants growing: strawberries, raspberries, aubergines, courgettes, potatoes, tomatoes, beans… Harvesting began in May and continued throughout the…

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11Jun, 2021

2021 Olympics and School Fair

Sports,

A few days before the end of the school year, the sports teams from the different CIPEC houses came together for the annual Olympics: a morning, when all sorts of sporting events took place one after the other in a friendly atmosphere.

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