Language, multi-sport activities and culture
The global village is 37 years old!
Since 1988, the CMEF has welcomed over 15 000 teenagers during the summer period, aged between 12 and 16 years old and coming from around the world. Between mid-June and mid-August, the Centre accommodates about 400 teenagers - a limited number which allows us to pay special attention to each and every student. The programme favours intercultural exchanges between young people.
A global educational concept
- Learn French in an international class at your level.
- Choose your afternoon sports, cultural activities and evening entertainment, enjoy new group experiences and build cross-cultural friendships.
- Share your room with young people of other nationalities, in tolerance and respect for collective rules and safety.
The international meeting
The international meeting at the CMEF contributes to the adolescents' open-mindedness and prepares them better for a globalized world.
All the French lessons are compulsory, as is Saturday’s weekly excursion. However, all evening and afternoon activities are optional in order for students to benefit from their independence. Nevertheless, our team leaders’ role is to encourage the students to take part in a maximum number of activities.
A quality of service and friendly supervision
CMEF teams work together to ensure a quality service. At season's peak, the nearly 50 CMEF staffers cater to up to 130 campers per week.
Read more about our staff
The reception team welcomes, informs and advises teenagers, from 8am to 12.30 pm and from 2pm to 7pm.
Qualified and carefully selected staff is on site 24 hours a day. They handle all transfers to and from the centre as well as organising cultural and sports activities in the evening and supervise the dormitories, ensuring the well-being of the students.
Course leader to child ratio: 1:9 or 1:10 (French Government standard: 1:12)
Our teachers are all graduates in the teaching of French as a foreign language. Their lessons are not only beneficial but also enjoyable for teenagers.
Our team of housekeepers looks after the practical side of the campus: they manage the cafeteria and meal preparation, they clean the bedrooms and they maintain the overall cleanliness of the centre, not forgetting the upkeep of our fabulous garden of 3 hectares.
Transfers, accommodation and security
Transfers
We provide a caring service ensuring all students are met on their arrival at Nice airport or Monaco station and subsequently dropped off on their departure.
Read more about the arrival at the Centre
On their arrival at the centre, the students are greeted at the reception for check-inn in order to hand over documents and a part of their pocket money.
We also provide students with their room key, their own personal card fort the centre, a folder containing important information, the rules and regulations for the centre and a timetable listing the programme of events for the following week. They are then allowed to settle into their rooms and they are invited to go on a tour of the centre with a member of staff.
There is a welcome barbecue on Sunday evening on the terrace following an introduction to members of staff, where students are also briefed on important information relating to their stay.
After dinner, group games are organised by the facilitators to encourage communication among everybody.
Each student is also offered the chance to meet with a team leader individually on Monday following the French test to discuss any queries or problems and also to give us the opportunity to get to know each and every student personally.
Accommodation and Catering
The rooms are ensuite and have between 3 to 4 beds and wardrobe space.
The self-service cafeteria provides generous and well balanced meals.
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Pocket money and launderette
Pocket money is distributed securely 3 times per week: every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm and on Sunday at 11.30 am.
Each week: the laundry is collected Sunday morning, and returned on Wednesday at the latest. The laundry must be endued with a label. Do not give too delicate clothes to launder.
Health
First Aid is on hand at reception where members of staff in possession of their First Aid Certificate (AFPS) take care of all minor injuries under supervision by the management at the CMEF. In cases of illness or more serious injury, a doctor of Monaco would be called in to intervene. The nearest hospital is only 1 kilometre away situated in Monaco.
Nota Bene: The medical form which you receive on enrolment must be carefully completed and returned to the centre before your child’s stay.
Security
The Centre is a secure area of 3 hectares of nature with restricted access. At night: a private security company from Monaco provides surveillance of the buildings and grounds. Young people are free to roam the grounds in complete peace and quiet. Unaccompanied afternoon outings, authorised by parents: possible for 13-year-olds and over and in groups of at least 3 (recommended by the CMEF for 14-year-olds and over).
NO SMOKING
For the protection of young minors (health and safety and risk of fire) smoking is strictly forbidden in schools in accordance with French law. This visit is authorized by the Youth and Sports Ministry
