<span>After nursery school or kindergarten (école maternelle), which is optional, the French compulsory education system is divided into three stages or 'cycles': primary school (école) middle school (collège) high school (lycée)</span>
Answer:
Jules descendra la riviere froide a l'aide de son canot.
Explanation: When we speak about feminine things in French, you add an "e" to the end of the word. In this case we can tell that a feminine answer proceeds because it says, "la riviere". "La" is feminine for "The".