North Seattle French School vs. French American School of Puget Sound

NSFS is a top rated, private elementary school and preschool offering French immersion and bilingual education in the Seattle-area.

Whether you speak English, French or another language at home, your family is welcome.

Our parents value the small class size, the supportive community of families and the rigor of our French-American curriculum.

The French American School of Puget Sound is a renowned pioneer of bilingual education in the Northwest.

Now serving more than 450 students from 18 months through Grade 8, FASPS offers a harmonized bilingual French/English curriculum that utilizes the highest standards of the French and American educational systems.

The result is a creative and stimulating program of instruction designed to challenge the individual student, blending intellectual rigor and personal exploration in the classroom.

The multicultural and diverse community creates a global framework for learning that fundamentally influences our students' worldview.

FASPS students become bilingual and regularly score higher than the national average on standardized texts in reading, math, and science. They go on to attend some of the most prestigious private and public secondary schools in the nation and around the world.

FASPS is accredited by the French Ministry of Education, the State of Washington, NAIS, and NWAIS.