Collège Saint Marc, Alexandria
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Collège Saint Marc is a French Roman Catholic school in Alexandria
, Egypt. The school is located in the Shatby neighborhood at downtown Alexandria
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Collège Saint Marc was founded in 1928 by the Lassalian Brothers
(Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes) to be the second Lassalian school in Alexandria after Ecole Sainte Catherine. Collège Saint Marc was inaugurated on October 6, 1928, by H.M. King Fuad I. Built on an area of 35,726 m2, it was at the time of its inauguration the largest educational institution in the Middle Easthttp://saint-marc.ws/frames.html .
Collège Saint Marc is a private educational institution with French as its main teaching language. Students must be accepted beginning at KG1, and successful students remain in the school until they receive their high school diploma. The curriculum at Collège Saint Marc prepares the students for the Egyptian Baccalaureate examination, and an optional curriculum for outstanding students also prepares for the French baccalauréat
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Alexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
, Egypt. The school is located in the Shatby neighborhood at downtown Alexandria
Alexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
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Collège Saint Marc was founded in 1928 by the Lassalian Brothers
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
(Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes) to be the second Lassalian school in Alexandria after Ecole Sainte Catherine. Collège Saint Marc was inaugurated on October 6, 1928, by H.M. King Fuad I. Built on an area of 35,726 m2, it was at the time of its inauguration the largest educational institution in the Middle East
Collège Saint Marc is a private educational institution with French as its main teaching language. Students must be accepted beginning at KG1, and successful students remain in the school until they receive their high school diploma. The curriculum at Collège Saint Marc prepares the students for the Egyptian Baccalaureate examination, and an optional curriculum for outstanding students also prepares for the French baccalauréat
Baccalauréat
The baccalauréat , often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée . It was introduced by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies...
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School directors
- Fr. Pierre Cyprien (1928–1931)
- Fr. Léonce Onésime (1931–1937)
- Fr. Hippolyte Itale (1937–1939)
- Fr. Gustave Astier (1939–1940)
- Fr. Hippolyte Itale (1940–1946)
- Fr. Antonin Louis (1946–1947)
- Fr. Léon André (1947–1948)
- Fr. Antonin Louis (1948–1956)
- Fr. Adrien Polycarpe (1956–1961)
- Fr. Castanié Ildefonse (1961–1962)
- Fr. Gabr Saadé (1961–1962)
- Fr. Emile El Masri (1962–1963)
- Fr. Jacques Boulad (1962–1979)
- Fr. Michel Andrejko (1979–1983)
- Fr. Régis Robbe (1983–1985)
- Fr. Jacques Boulad (1985–1992)
- Fr. Régis Robbe (1992–1995)
- Fr. Georges Absi (1995–2003)
- Mr. Waguih Hanna Elias (2003–present)
Notable alumni
- Prince Abbas Halim
- Dodi Al-FayedDodi Al-FayedEmad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed , known as Dodi Fayed , was an Egyptian film producer. He was best known internationally as the boyfriend of Diana, Princess of Wales, with whom he died in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris along with driver Henri Paul on 31 August...
- Esmat Abdel Meguid - former Foreign Minister of Egypt and former Secretary-General of the Arab League
- Roshdi Abaza - Egyptian actor
See also
- Educational institutions in Alexandria
- Education in EgyptEducation in EgyptEgypt has the largest overall education system in the Middle East and North Africa and it has grown rapidly since the early 1990s. In recent years the Government of Egypt has accorded even greater priority in improving the education system...