 All students have to take two quality-check tests in their 10th grade (one in November, the other at the end of the school year), the results of which, when combined with their GPA for the major, can re-determine which class the student is in, in their 11th and 12th grade.There is no difference between the two classes in the first year of studies, but only the students who are in the first class (or those who qualify to move to the first class but decide not to) are eligible to compete in the municipal, national, and international academic competitions.The French major has a Bilingual class (called French 2) wherein certain subjects are taught in French.