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Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour
Catholic school in Lebanon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour (Arabic: مدرسة سيدة الجمهور) is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in Jamhour, in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. The co-educational French-language school was founded by the Society of Jesus.
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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.[1] Notre-Dame offers French and Lebanese baccalaureate programs with specializations in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History/Geography/Political Science (HGGSP), 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.[citation needed]
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,[2] and has close ties and a common history with the Université Saint-Joseph (USJ).
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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[3]
- 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
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