Cousteau school is a middle school (« collège » in French) located in Breuil-le-Vert, a middle size city 70km north of Paris. There are 720 students from 10 to 15 among whom, special-need and hearing-impaired students. All of them are encouraged to see beyond the limits of their local environment by taking part in European projects through eTwinning and Erasmus +, by going abroad thanks to school trips and school partnerships.
Four foreign languages are taught in the school : German, Spanish, Italian and English.
The school staff aims at making the diversity of the students an asset.