{"id":121,"date":"2026-10-09T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lfie-page-121"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:00:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/en\/the-school\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/aflec-aefe-mlf-elite-1024x231-1.jpg\" alt=\"AFLEC AEFE MLF ELITE\"><\/p>\n<p>The Lyc\u00e9e fran\u00e7ais international Elite de Beyrouth and its Bchamoun annex form a French school in Lebanon that belongs to the network of the Association Franco-Libanaise pour l\u2019\u00c9ducation et la Culture (AFLEC) and to the ELITE group, a partner of the Mission la\u00efque fran\u00e7aise (MLF), and is accredited by the AEFE (Agence pour l&#8217;Enseignement Fran\u00e7ais \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00c9tranger \u2013 the Agency for French Education Abroad).<\/p>\n<h3>Levels taught:<\/h3>\n<p>From nursery school (maternelle) to terminale (final year of secondary school) in Beirut; from nursery school to 3\u00e8me (Year 10) in Bchamoun<\/p>\n<h3>Languages taught:<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/langues-1-1024x282-1.jpg\" alt=\"Languages taught\"><\/p>\n<h3>Qualifications prepared:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dipl\u00f4me national du Brevet (DNB)<\/li>\n<li>Lebanese Brevet<\/li>\n<li>French Baccalaur\u00e9at; Baccalaur\u00e9at Fran\u00e7ais International (BFI), trilingual American section: French, American English and Arabic<\/li>\n<li>Lebanese Baccalaureate<\/li>\n<li>Cambridge certification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the end of coll\u00e8ge (lower secondary), in 3\u00e8me, our students sit the French and Lebanese Brevet examinations and the Cambridge English certificate. At the end of secondary school, in 1\u00e8re and terminale, they sit the French and Lebanese Baccalaur\u00e9at examinations and, for some students, the Baccalaur\u00e9at Fran\u00e7ais International; they are thus ready to enter universities around the world.<\/p>\n<h3>AIMS AND MISSIONS<\/h3>\n<p>We want our students to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communicate in many languages so that they can connect with many cultures.<\/li>\n<li>Acquire the best possible scientific knowledge through an experimental approach.<\/li>\n<li>Use new research and communication technologies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/3-langues-3-cultures.jpg\" alt=\"3 languages, 3 cultures\"><\/p>\n<h3>THE TRILINGUAL FRENCH NURSERY SCHOOL<\/h3>\n<p>From the age of 3, our nursery school offers trilingual teaching in French, English and Arabic. Under certain conditions, children aged 2 to 3 may also be admitted.<\/p>\n<p>In a high-quality environment, children learn through play across the 5 areas of learning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Language<\/li>\n<li>Physical activity<\/li>\n<li>Artistic activities<\/li>\n<li>Early tools for structuring their thinking<\/li>\n<li>Exploring the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our aim is to help children love nursery school \u2013 what we call \u201ca successful attachment\u201d \u2013 so that these young children can begin learning in French, English and Arabic happily.<\/p>\n<p>Dialogue with parents is very important, and we open our classrooms so that they can come and see our highly regarded teaching for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cpilot\u201d school: pupils learn to read in French from GS (grande section, Reception) onwards (as at the \u00c9cole Bilingue Jeannine Manuel in Paris).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/istockphoto-1371896330-170667a.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>THE TRILINGUAL PRIMARY SCHOOL<\/h3>\n<p>The main aim of the primary school, which welcomes children aged 6 to 11, is to teach them the fundamental skills that will prepare them for coll\u00e8ge (lower secondary school).<\/p>\n<p>Learning <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lecture\">reading<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89criture\">writing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calcul_(math%C3%A9matiques)\">arithmetic<\/a> is of course the priority, but artistic, sporting and recreational activities remain important.<\/p>\n<p>Our school offers high-quality teaching in 3 languages \u2013 French, English and Arabic \u2013 with one hour a week of personalised support (Activit\u00e9s P\u00e9dagogiques Compl\u00e9mentaires \u2013 supplementary learning activities).<\/p>\n<p>We want everyone to take part in the life of their school, and to this end we have set up a pupil council. Each class from CP (Year 2) to CM2 (Year 6) has elected 2 representatives, 1 boy and 1 girl, and we bring them together every two months for discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Coll\u00e8ge marks pupils\u2019 entry into secondary education. The transition is a smooth one thanks to the CM2\/6\u00e8me liaison programme, which provides regular exchanges between pupils and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>We follow the French curriculum, and language teaching is designed with the aim of obtaining certifications (Cambridge, and soon DELF junior and DELF scolaire).<\/p>\n<h3>COLL\u00c8GE (LOWER SECONDARY)<\/h3>\n<p>The personalised support in place forms part of the supplementary teaching offered to all students.<\/p>\n<h3>LYC\u00c9E (UPPER SECONDARY)<\/h3>\n<p>The curriculum includes core subjects common to all students, compulsory specialist subjects chosen by the student and optional subjects. At the end of 1\u00e8re, students sit the early French examination (\u00e9preuve anticip\u00e9e de fran\u00e7ais).<\/p>\n<p>We prepare students for the Baccalaur\u00e9at Fran\u00e7ais International, American section, from seconde (Year 11) onwards, because this trilingual qualification (French, English, Arabic) is very well suited to French schools abroad and opens up many opportunities for higher education at universities around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lyc\u00e9e fran\u00e7ais international Elite de Beyrouth and its Bchamoun annex form a French school in Lebanon that belongs to the network of the Association Franco-Libanaise pour l\u2019\u00c9ducation\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":120,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"lfie_archived":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lfie.aflecconnect.org\/beyrouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}