We managed to have Fleur placed in quatriéme (eighth grade) rather than cinquiéme (seventh grade). When we met with the school’s principal a couple months ago, he suggested that we place her in cinquiéme because of her limitations in French. He said that if she were placed in a class lower she would adjust better to the language because she would be learning familiar material. But seeing that Fleur has been homeschooled, and had not been following the French school system, or any school system other than our own, I thought we should still place her in quatriéme. When we returned to the states we put together a portfolio to show what she had studied the previous years. We were able to get help from friends who gave valuable input on the wording and to help translate needed parts into French. We could not had done it without their help. Having said that, we presented the portfolio to the principal but he didn’t even look at it. He did place Fleur in quatriéme though.