Collège Notre Dame De Jamhour
Overview
The school campus includes Petit Collège, Grand collège, a church, and a sports complex. Before the late 1950s, the campus was located on Rue Huvelin in Beirut. Notre-Dame offers French and Lebanese baccalaureate programs with specializations in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English Literature (LLC), Extended Philosophy (HLP), and Economy and social science (SES). Language classes include French, Arabic, English, and Spanish/Italian (optional). Common courses for all include History/Geography, Philosophy, Scientific lessons, PE, Computer Science, and Religion.
Jamhour was founded in Ghazir and is still run by Jesuit priests. It welcomes students from "douzième" (equivalent of kindergarten) to "Terminale" (12th grade). It is affiliated with Collège Saint-Grégoire in Achrafieh, Beirut, and has close ties and a common history with the Université Saint-Joseph (USJ).
Notable alumni
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- Alain Bejjani, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Group
- Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Maronite Patriarch
- Michel Eddé, Former Minister of telecommunications, culture, higher education. Chairman of L'Orient-Le Jour
- Bachir Gemayel, President of the Lebanese Republic
- Amine Gemayel, President of the Lebanese Republic
- Carlos Ghosn, former CEO of Nissan-Renault
- Philippe Jabre, founder and CIO of Jabre Capital Partners, S.A.
- Joseph Philippe Karam, modernist architect
- Adnan Kassar, chairman of Fransabank
- Nassib Lahoud, MP in the Lebanese Parliament
- Pierre Lequiller, MP in the French Assemblée Nationale
- Amin Maalouf, French author and perpetual secretary of the Académie Française since 2023
- Ziad Rahbani, musician, playwright, thinker.
- Riad Salameh, former Governor of Lebanon's central bank
- Gabriel Yared, music composer
- Kim Ghattas, journalist and political scientist, author of the book Black Wave
See also
- Catholic Church in Lebanon
- Education in Lebanon
- Education in the Ottoman Empire
- List of Jesuit schools
References
- ^ Dagher, Carole H. Bringing Down the Walls: Lebanon's Post-War Challenge. p. 15.
- ^ "Collège Saint-Grégoire - مدرسة القديس غريغوريوس". www.csg.edu.lb. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ^ "Le Franco-Libanais Amin Maalouf élu secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie française". France 24 (in French). 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
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