École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel
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The École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel (EABJM) is an elite private day school in Paris
, France. It was founded in 1955 by Jeannine Manuel, and also has a separate boarding school campus in Lille
. EABJM is known for its rigorous bilingual (French and English) curriculum. Classes in both English
and French provide students of diverse nationalities the opportunity to reach a high academic level in both languages. The campus consists of several buildings, the most important being 70 and 65 rue du Théâtre, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. The preschools are nearby at the Suffren and the Dupleix campus, also in the 15th arrondissement. The school is one of the few in France
that offers the International Baccalaureate alongside the Option Internationale du Baccalauréat and the French Baccalauréat.
The current head of the school is Elisabeth Zéboulon.
With its privileged underpinning the school prides itself in promoting social and cultural diversity. It offers bilingual students the opportunity to learn many additional foreign languages including Chinese
, which is offered to students ages 8+.
A Jeannine Manuel Scholarship is available for students unable to meet the financial requirements.
The school is attended by many children of celebrities, politicians, diplomates and business magnates. The admissions process is rigorous and includes previous academic records, parent recommendations and interviews.
EABJM graduates matriculate to a very high academic standard, and many go on to pursue higher education in the United States, Canada, UK, France and many other countries in the world. In recent years many students have been admitted to the prestigious universities in America and the UK, including (Harvard, Yale
, Princeton
, Columbia
, Cornell, Brown
, Berkeley
and UPenn), liberal arts schools such as Middlebury College
, Wellesley College, Wesleyan University
, Swarthmore College
and Amherst College
, as well as Oxford
, Cambridge
, University College London
, London School of Economics
, King's College, London.
Notable faculty include French Minister of Culture and Communication, Frédéric Mitterand.
Notable alumni include Gaspard Ulliel
and Charlotte Gainsbourg
.
Notable parents include Nicholas Sarkozy, Jean-François Copé
, Schlumberger
Family, Christian Clavier
, Alain Delon
, Patricia Kaas
, Thierry Ardisson
, Denfert-Rochereau Family, Arnaud Lagardère
, Denis Kessler
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France. It was founded in 1955 by Jeannine Manuel, and also has a separate boarding school campus in Lille
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
. EABJM is known for its rigorous bilingual (French and English) curriculum. Classes in both English
English language
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and French provide students of diverse nationalities the opportunity to reach a high academic level in both languages. The campus consists of several buildings, the most important being 70 and 65 rue du Théâtre, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. The preschools are nearby at the Suffren and the Dupleix campus, also in the 15th arrondissement. The school is one of the few in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
that offers the International Baccalaureate alongside the Option Internationale du Baccalauréat and the French Baccalauréat.
The current head of the school is Elisabeth Zéboulon.
With its privileged underpinning the school prides itself in promoting social and cultural diversity. It offers bilingual students the opportunity to learn many additional foreign languages including Chinese
China
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, which is offered to students ages 8+.
A Jeannine Manuel Scholarship is available for students unable to meet the financial requirements.
The school is attended by many children of celebrities, politicians, diplomates and business magnates. The admissions process is rigorous and includes previous academic records, parent recommendations and interviews.
EABJM graduates matriculate to a very high academic standard, and many go on to pursue higher education in the United States, Canada, UK, France and many other countries in the world. In recent years many students have been admitted to the prestigious universities in America and the UK, including (Harvard, Yale
YALE
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, Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Columbia
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, Cornell, Brown
Brown University
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, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
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and UPenn), liberal arts schools such as Middlebury College
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...
, Wellesley College, Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
, Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
and Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
, as well as Oxford
Oxford
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, Cambridge
Cambridge
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, University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
, London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, King's College, London.
Notable faculty include French Minister of Culture and Communication, Frédéric Mitterand.
Notable alumni include Gaspard Ulliel
Gaspard Ulliel
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and Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg
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.
Notable parents include Nicholas Sarkozy, Jean-François Copé
Jean-François Copé
Jean-François Copé , is a French politician. He is currently Mayor of Meaux, Deputy for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne, and acts as President of the Union for a Popular Movement Group in the French National Assembly...
, Schlumberger
Schlumberger
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Family, Christian Clavier
Christian Clavier
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, Alain Delon
Alain Delon
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, Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas is a French singer and actress.Kaas is a very successful French-speaking singer, with an International following...
, Thierry Ardisson
Thierry Ardisson
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, Denfert-Rochereau Family, Arnaud Lagardère
Arnaud Lagardère
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, Denis Kessler
Denis Kessler
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