Lycée Franco-Mexicain

The Liceo Franco Mexicano A.C. or the Lycée Franco-Mexicain is a private French school with three campuses. It is one of the largest French lycées in the world with over 3,000 students^{[citation needed]} in its two Mexico City campuses: Polanco in Miguel Hidalgo in northern Mexico City, and Coyoacán in southern Mexico City.^[1]

Lycée Franco-Mexicain / Liceo Franco Mexicano
Location
Polanco Campus: Homero 1521, Col. Polanco, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, México, D.F., C.P. 11560 Coyoacán Campus: Calle Xico 24, Col. Oxtopulco Universidad, Delegación Coyoacán, México, D.F. C.P. 04310 Cuernavaca Campus: Francisco I. Madero 315, Ocotepec, Cuernavaca, Morelos, C.P. 62220 Mexico City and Cuernavaca Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′14.7″N 99°12′21.5″W 19°20′36.9″N 99°10′48.7″W 18°57′57.3″N 99°13′13.9″W
Information
Type	Primary and secondary education
Grades	K-12
Website	lfm.edu.mx

Polanco Campus

Coyoacán Campus

Campuses in Mexico City

Cuernavaca

Campus in Morelos

Polanco

Coyoacán

Cuernavaca

Campuses in Mexico

There is a third campus, École Molière de Cuernavaca (Escuela Molière), in the city of Ocotepec, Cuernavaca, Morelos.^[2]

History

The Lycée was established in 1937 so that the extensive French community in Mexico could give a French education and culture to their family and stay linked to their motherland. Since then the school has evolved a lot and the number of students has increased considerably.^{[citation needed]} Nowadays the school receives mostly French-Mexican and Mexican students, but also children of many diplomats from all over the world, the children of all the French expatriate workers and many other students from other European countries.

Structure

Before the equivalent of high school, the school is divided into a "French" and a "bilingual" section. In the first one, all the courses are given in French (except language courses). In the other section, the classes are taught in Spanish, but they include a French language course. By high school, students of the "bilingual" section are proficient in the language and the two sections are mixed together under the French system and all courses are in French.

Academic performance

The academic level of the school is extremely good and it is recognized as one of the best schools in Mexico, especially recognized for its high level of mathematics (on the same level than the Mexican-Japanese Lyceum and the Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt). The results of the Baccalauréat are especially good, with 97% of students having passed the exam. After graduating, the students follow several paths. The majority are admitted into prestigious Mexican universities, however a good amount also follow superior studies in French universities and the so-called "classes prepa". There is also an increasing number of students who decide to study in other countries (US, Switzerland, UK, etc.).^{[citation needed]}

Architecture

The school building^[which?] was designed by Vladimir Kaspé.^[3]

The National Institute of Fine Arts (Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, INBA) declared that the original building has artistic value. The Secretariat for Housing and Urban Development of the Government of Mexico City (Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda del Gobierno del Distrito Federal; SEDUVI) declared that the original building has heritage value.^[4]

Notable alumni

Artists, scientists, CEOs, academics and politicians (as former Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jorge Castañeda Gutman and acclaimed German historian Friedrich Katz) all studied at the LFM, among many other distinguished alumni.^{[citation needed]}

• Arielle Dombasle^[5]

Angélica Aragón^[6]

Jorge Castañeda Gutman^[7]

Justo Sierra^[8]

Friedrich Katz^[9]

Elena Poniatowska^[10][11]

Daniel SanMateo^{[citation needed]}

Nicole Reich de Polignac

Jorge Volpi^{[citation needed]}

Thalía^[12]

Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo^[13]

Anna Fusoni^[14]

See also

• Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger
• Baccalauréat
• French immigration to Mexico

Further reading

• "Full Documentation Fiche 2007 Liceo Franco Mexicano" (Archive). Docomomo International.
• Hernández, Mirtha. "Trabaja el Liceo en renovación de pacto." Diario Reforma. 17 December 2013. (in Spanish)
• "Liceo Franco-Mexicano", Construcción Moderna, México, enero 1951. (in Spanish)
• "Liceo Franco-Mexicano", Arquitectura/México, N°. 35, México. (in Spanish)
• Dumas, Claude. Justo Sierra y el Liceo Franco Mexicano: sobre la educación en México, 1861 1862. 1967. See page at Google Books. (in Spanish)
• Liceo Franco-Mexicano, Eduardo J. Guibault, Luis Méndez. Invitación, 1856: Exámenes de los alumnos del Liceo Franco Mexicano. 1856. See page at Google Books. (in Spanish)
• Pecquerie, Marie. "Lycée franco-mexicain : une convention sur mesure avec la France ?" (Archive). La Voix de France. Monday 3 February 2014. Updated Tuesday 4 February 2014. (in French)
• Pecquerie, Marie with the Agence France Presse (AFP). "Lycée franco-mexicain : les enseignants en grève contre le déconventionnement" (Archive). La Voix de France. 6 December 2013. (in French)
• Pecquerie, Marie. "Lycée franco-mexicain : quel avenir après l'AEFE ?" (Archive). La Voix de France. 26 November 2013. Updated 9 December 2013. (in French)
• Figadere, Alain. "Lycée Franco-Mexicain – Attendez vous au pire !" (Archive). Le Grand Journal du Méxique. 24 November 2013. (in French)