| Term | Definition |
| apprendre | to learn |
| la bibliothèque | library |
| la bourse | scholarship |
| le bureau | desk, teacher's desk |
| le cahier | notebook |
| le carnet | small notebook |
| le classeur | loose-leaf notebook |
| le classeur | file cabinet |
| le classeur | file folder |
| le collège | junior high, middle school |
| le collégien/ la collégienne | junior-high student, middle-school student |
| la conférence | lecture |
| le cours | course |
| la craie | chalk |
| le crayon | pencil |
| le crayon de couleur | colored pencil |
| le crayon gras | crayon |
| la crèche | daycare center |
| le devoir | homework |
| le directeur/la directrice | elementary-school principal (m/f) |
| l'école (f) | elementary school |
| l'écolier (m)/l'écolière (f) | elementary-school student (m/f) |
| l'élève (m,f) | secondary-school student |
| encourager | to encourage, to praise |
| l'encre (f) | ink |
| enseigner | to teach |
| l'épreuve (f) | test |
| être inscrit(e) au tableau d'honneur | to make the honor roll |
| l'étudiant (m)/l'étudiante (f) | university student (m/f) |
| l'exercice (m) | exercise |
| faire une demande | to apply |
| la gomme | eraser |
| s'inscrire | to register (for classes) |
| l'instituteur (m)/l'institutrice (f) | elementary-school teacher (m/f) |
| le jardin d'enfants | kindergarten |
| la lecture | reading |
| le livret scolaire | report card (long) |
| le carnet scolaire | report card (short) |
| le lycée | high school |
| le lycéen/la lycéenne | high-school student (m/f) |
| le maître/ la maîtresse | elementary-school teacher (2nd way; m,f) |
| la matière | subject |
| la note | grade |
| passer un examen | to take a test |
| le professeur | high-school teacher, university teacher |
| le proviseur | high-school principal |
| le pupitre | student desk |
| rater | to fail (short) |
| échouer | to fail (long) |
| la règle | ruler, rule |
| la retenue | detention |
| réussir | to pass (an exam, a test) |
| la salle de classe | classroom |
| sécher un cours | to cut a class |
| le stylo | pen |
| le surveillant | monitor |
| le tableau | chalkboard |
| la terminale | last/final year of high school |
| les émotions (f) | emotions |
| amoureux/amoureuse | in love (m/f) |
| anxieux/anxieuse | anxious (m/f) |
| choqué(e) | shocked |
| coquin(e) | mischievous |
| coupable | guilty |
| débourdant(e) de vie | exuberant |
| dégoûtant(e) | disgusting |
| déprimé(e) | depressed |
| effrayé(e) | scared |
| ennuyé(e) | bored |
| épuisé(e) | exhausted |
| exaspéré(e) | exasperated,aggravated |
| extatique | ecstatic |
| fâché(e) | angry |
| frustré(e) | frustrated |
| gêné(e) | uncomfortable, embarrassed |
| heureux/heureuse | happy (m/f) |
| honteux/honteuse | ashamed (m/f) |
| hystérique | hysterical |
| jaloux/jalouse | jealous (m/f) |
| plein(e) d'espoir | hopeful |
| prétentieux/prétentieuse | pretentious (m/f) |
| prudent(e) | prudent |
| solitaire | lone |
| soupçonneux/soupçonneuse | suspicious (m/f) |
| sûr(e) de soi | sure of oneself, self confident (m/f) |
| surpris(e) | surprised |
| timide | timid |
| triste | sad |
| troublé(e) | distrubed, bothered |