Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin

The Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin (LFIPékin; Chinese: 北京法国国际学校) is a French international school in Chaoyang District, Beijing. It has primary, junior high school (collège) and sixth-form/senior high school (lycée) levels.[2] It is directly operated by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE), an agency of the French government.[3]

Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin
北京法国国际学校
Address
Map
Xinjin Lu - Beijing[1]

100015

China
Coordinates40°01′32″N 116°31′40″E / 40.02556°N 116.52778°E / 40.02556; 116.52778
Information
School typePrivate, International, AEFE
FoundedSeptember 1965
HeadmasterPascal Colleu
Age range3-18
Enrolment800
Student to teacher ratio10:1
Campus size9 Acres or 4 Hectares
Campus typeSuburban
Websitehttp://www.lfip.net.cn
Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin
Simplified Chinese北京法国国际学校
Traditional Chinese北京法國國際學校
Literal meaningBeijing French International School
Lycée Français de Pékin
Simplified Chinese北京法国学校
Traditional Chinese北京法國學校
Literal meaningBeijing French School

It was previously the Lycée Français International de Pékin (LFIP; "The International French School of Beijing" ) in French, and years earlier it was the Lycée Français de Pékin (Chinese: 北京法国学校).[4]

The school first opened in September 1965.[5]

Student body edit

In 2014 the school had 950 students. At one time the school had 1,050 students.[6] In 2019 it had 826 students.[7]

As of 2017 its students originate from over 50 countries: 75% originate from Europe, 17% originate from Africa, 4.5% originate from the Americas, and 3.5% originate from Asia and Oceania.[5]

Campus locations edit

Since 10 May 2016, there is only one campus: in JingShunDongJie, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100600, China.

The campus opening ceremony was on 16 May 2016.[8]

It was designed by a French architect, Jacques Ferrier; the total budget was 23.9 million euros (231 million Hong Kong dollars), with 16.5 million for building costs as well as other funds for a 40-year lease. The building has measures to prevent effects from Beijing's air pollution.[6]

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new campus occurred on 19 October 2014. It has room for 1,500 students;[9] this is an increase by 30% from the total capacity of the previous facilities.[6] The current campus has an area of 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft), with 21,000 square metres (230,000 sq ft) occupied by buildings.[9]

Prior to May 2016 there were three campuses: one for nursery/preschool (maternelle) classes, one for primary and junior high school (collège), and the senior high school (lycée) facilities at Chaoyang Community College (Chinese: 朝阳社区学院; pinyin: Cháoyáng Shèqū Xuéyuàn).[10] The principal school campus was the primary and junior high campus.[11]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Address in Chinese: 100015北京市朝阳区新锦路
  2. ^ "Lycée français international Charles-de-Gaulle de Pékin" (in French). Agency for French Education Abroad. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  3. ^ "Rechercher un établissement" (in French). Agency for French Education Abroad. Retrieved 2024-03-15. - Purple means "Gestion directe" (directly operated), and this school is in the color code for purple.
  4. ^ "1gauche.jpg." Lycée Français de Pékin. Retrieved on September 18, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "About Us." Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin. 10 May 2017. Retrieved on 19 December 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Wu, Nan (2014-11-20). "How Beijing's new French school aims to beat the smog". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2016-09-15. ()
  7. ^ "Overview". Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  8. ^ "Inauguration du Lycée français international à Beijing". People's Daily (in French). 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  9. ^ a b "New Campus." Lycée Français International Charles de Gaulle de Pékin. Retrieved on September 15, 2016.
  10. ^ "Contacts" (Archive) Lycée Français International de Pékin. Retrieved on 27 January 2014. "04, Sanlitun Lu Beijing 100600" and "13, Sanlitun Dongsijie Beijing 100600" and "Chaoyang Community College Chaoyang Shequ Xueyuan 17, Beisanhuan Donglu Chaoyang Shequ Xueyuan Beijing 100029" - Addresses in Chinese: "100600 北京市朝阳区三里屯路4号" and "100600 北京市朝阳区三里屯东四街13号" and "北京法国国际学校第三校址朝阳社区学院额朝阳区北三环东路17号" - Preschool map (Archive), Senior high school map (Archive)
  11. ^ "Carte_site_principal.pdf" (Archive). Lycée Français International de Pékin. Retrieved on 27 January 2014. "Lycée Français International de Pékin Site principal Administration, école primaire (CP à CM2), collège 13, Sanlitun Dong Si Jie Beijing 100600" - Serves as a map to the former primary/junior high campus.

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