Marie Curie High School
Founded in 1918 as an all-girls school, it began accepting boys in 1970. In 1997, it was turned into a semi-public high school. In the recent past, it was one of the largest high schools in Vietnam, with around 5000 students in regular attendance. In 2007, it became a public high school.
History
As soon as the French occupied Cochinchina (Cochinchine), they started constructing schools to teach French and Annamese. Lycée Marie Curie School was established between 1858 and 1862 (the year France gained protection of Cochinchina under the Treaty of Nham Tuat).
The school, named after scientist Marie Curie since 1918, is an all-girls school. After the Japanese entered Indochina in 1941, the school was requisitioned as a hospital, so all activities were moved to a kindergarten on Pham Ngoc Thach Street. A year later, the school was returned to its original location under the new name of Calmette Middle School. After the French returned to occupy Saigon on September 23, 1945, the school was renamed Lucien Mossard High School. In early 1948, it was renamed as Marie Curie High School (or Lycée Marie Curie). During the Republic of Vietnam era, the school was a private high school for girls. In 1970, the school started accepting male students.
List of Principals
- Lycée Marie Curie
- 1948 – 1950: Madame Marie
- 1950 – 1954: Mrs. Fortunel
- 1954 – 1965: Mr. Castagnon
- 1965 – 1974: Mr. Gages
- 1974 – 1975: Mr. Thevenin
- Marie Curie High School
- 1975 – 1977: Tôn Tuyết Dung
- 1977 – 1978: Lê Thị Loan
- 1978 – 1987: Trần Tố Nga
- 1987 – 1992: Hoàng Bảo Quân
- 1992 – 1999: Dương Thu Hằng
- 1999 – 2000: Nguyễn Bác Dụng
- 2000 – 2006: Nguyễn Đình Hân
- 2006 – 2008: Nguyễn Ngọc Lang
- 2008 – 2016: Nguyễn Văn Vân
- 2016 – 2023: Nguyễn Đăng Khoa
- 2023 - now: Nguyễn Vân Yên
Notable alumni
- Akira Phan, singer
- Bảo Thy, singer
- Cao Bá Hưng, singer
- Đông Nhi, singer
- Gin Tuấn Kiệt, singer, actor
- Huỳnh Đông, actor
- Loan Chau, singer
- Nhật Tinh Anh, singer
- Nguyễn Thiên Nga, Miss Vietnam in 1996
- Phuong Dung, singer
- Quang Vinh, singer
- Suboi, rapper, singer, actress
- Sy Hoang, Ao Dai designer
- Thanh Lan, singer
- Thuỳ Lâm, model, actress
- Tôn Nữ Thị Ninh, former Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam
- Trương Hòa Bình, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
- Tuyet Nguyet, Asian art expert
- Võ Hoàng Yến, model
References
- ^ Thành Nguyễn. Trường nữ sinh lớn nhất Sài Gòn 100 năm trước. VnExpress.
- ^ Mạnh Tùng. Bốn ngôi trường trung học trăm tuổi ở Sài Gòn. VnExpress.
- ^ P.V. Trường THPT Marie Curie, Q.3: Tự hào ngôi trường 100 tuổi. Báo Giáo dục Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
- ^ Những sao nam đình đám từng học trường Marie Curie. VnExpress.
- ^ Các nam ca sĩ, diễn viên từng học trường Marie Curie . Zing News.
- ^ Bảo Thy nhí nhảnh cùng ông kẹ Sulley về thăm trường cũ . Zing News.
- ^ Phương Nhung. Cao Bá Hưng và 3 ca khúc làm nên ngôi vị Quán quân Sing my song. Dân trí.
- ^ Sơn Anh. Loạt sao nữ 'ăn dầm nằm dề' dưới mái trường Marie Curie TP HCM. VnExpress.
- ^ Tuyền Lữ. Những biệt danh của Huỳnh Đông . Zing News.
- ^ Nhiên (March 14, 2020). Lò đào tạo sao Việt" dưới danh trường THPT: Marie Curie chiếm số đông. Yan.
- ^ Thành Nguyễn (November 17, 2018). Trường trung học lớn nhất Sài Gòn kỷ niệm 100 năm thành lập. VnExpress.
- ^ L.D. Người đẹp màn bạc Việt một thời - Kỳ 12: Thanh Lan - nghệ sĩ đa tài. Thanh Niên.
- ^ Thanh Thủy. Những scandal tình ái trong giới nghệ sĩ Sài Gòn (Kỳ 6): "Quả bom sex" Thanh Lan làm "cháy" vé các rạp hát Sài Gòn. Lao động.
External links
- Official website
- (in French) Lycée Marie Curie de Saïgon
- (in Vietnamese) Marie Curie high school - Saigon - Vietnam - Student forum
10°46′57″N 106°41′27″E / 10.7824°N 106.6908°E
 | This Vietnam school-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |