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The Armenian Evangelical Central High School ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Կեդրոնական Բարձրագոյն Վարժարան) is one of the oldest and most-well established
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. It was founded in 1922 in a refugee camp, on the initiative of the Reverend Yenovk Hadidian. Ten years later, it moved to its present location in
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, eastern
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. The current principal is Mrs. Maral Deyirmenjian (2007- ).


History

After the
Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was ...
, the
Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
s, who had sought refuge on the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean, tried to revive the Armenian life in a foreign land. One of the first envoys of this holy mission was Rev. Yenovk Hadidian, who formed an elementary school, in order to create a small Armenian family who would receive an evangelical education, and would give rise to new Armenian generations. On May 16, 1922, the first branch of the school started operating in a hut named “Adana Camp” in
Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
. In 1922, a second evangelical school was formed in the nearby “Isgenderon camp”. In 1924, the two schools united under the name “Armenian Evangelical School for boys and girls”. It received its official license in 1925. Through Reverend Henry H. Riggs' generous donation, and in memory of his wife and daughter, a new building was built to serve as a church and classroom in the
Ashrafieh Achrafieh ( ar, الأشرفية) is an upper-class area in eastern Beirut, Lebanon. In strictly administrative terms, the name refers to a sector (''secteur'') centred on Sassine Square, the highest point in the city, as well as a broader quart ...
area. During the years 1943-50, in successive steps the school underwent further changes: * It became a full high school, with 11 years of study after 3 years of kindergarten. * It developed its own library within the possibilities of the times. * It furnished a modest laboratory with three departments - physics, chemistry and biology. * It developed a good high school choir with four voices. * It started the tradition of annual field days. * It started publishing ''Arpi'' — the annual schoolbook. * Organized parent-teacher meetings and teacher training seminars The advancement of the Armenian Evangelical Central School continued as it set its first secondary class in the academic year 1944–1945. Ever since that day, the school is renamed Armenian Evangelical Central High School. In 1965, the school starts implementing the official state educational program with its three levels of examination: Certificate (6th grade), Brevet (9th grade), First and Second Baccalaureates (11th and 12th grades). In 1969, the kindergarten and elementary building was completed, and included a memorial hall dedicated to the victims of an accident during a school trip that took place on April 1, 1960, costing the life of 3 teachers and 18 students. During the academic year 1976–1977, grade twelve was established. The school celebrated its 60th anniversary in 1982 with commemorative events and its 65th in 1987 with a concert of performing arts. The publication of a large-format anniversary scrapbook/photo album marked the 70th anniversary. In 2002, church and community leaders, government ministers, academic representatives, school principals and others join the school family and its alumni in a public 80th anniversary grand jubilee.


Principals

* 2007- : Maral Deyirmenjian * 1997-2007: Sonia Sislian * 1988-1997: Sona Nashian * 1981-1988: Artoon Hamalian * 1975-1981: Aram Boolghoorjian * 1969-1975: Hovhannes Havoonjian * 1965-1969: Hagop Loussararian * 1960-1965: Rev. Dikran Khntrooni * 1959-1960: Hagop Boujikanian * 1958-1959: Lucine Kurkjian & Manasseh Shnorhokian * 1956-1958: Bedros Hagopian * 1950-1956: Kegham Missisian * 1946-1950: Manasseh Shnorhokian * 1943-1946: Rev. Yetvart Tovmassian * 1942-1943: Araxie Poladian * 1938-1942: Hagop Boujikanian * 1936-1938: Araxie Poladian * 1935-1936: Rev. Haigazoun Ghazarian * 1931-1935: George Gaidzaguian * 1930-1931: Makrouhi Garabedian * 1929-1931: Haroutiun Hmayan * 1928-1929: Senem Saatjian * 1922-1928: Jemileh Kardashian


See also

*
Armenian Evangelical School of Trad The Armenian Evangelical School of Trad ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Վարժարան Թրատ) was built in 1936, in a poor area in East Beirut named Trad District. It had kindergarten, and six primary classes. The last principal was M ...
(Trad, Lebanon) *
Armenian Evangelical Peter and Elizabeth Torosian School The Armenian Evangelical Peter and Elizabeth Torosian School ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Փիթր և Էլիզապէթ Թորոսեան Վարժարան) is a school in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon. The school was established as a kindergarten ...
(Amanos, Lebanon) *
Armenian Evangelical Shamlian Tatigian Secondary School The Armenian Evangelical Shamlian Tatigian Secondary School ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Շամլեան Թաթիկեան Երկրորդական Վարժարան) is located in Bourj Hammoud, a suburb to the north east of Beirut, Lebanon. ...
(Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon) *
Armenian Evangelical Guertmenian School The Armenian Evangelical Guertmenian School ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Կերթմէնեան Վարժարան) was founded in 1931 in Ashrafieh. It has kindergarten and six primary classes. The last principal was Mr. Sahag Dedeyan, for ...
(Ashrafieh, Lebanon) *
Yeprem and Martha Philibosian Armenian Evangelical College The Yeprem and Martha Philibosian Armenian Evangelical College (A.E.C.) ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Գոլէճ, ar, المدرسة الأرمنية الانجيلية العالية) was founded in 1923 in Beirut, Lebanon. There are thre ...
(Beirut, Lebanon) *
Armenian Evangelical Secondary School of Anjar The Armenian Evangelical Secondary School of Anjar ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Երկրորդական Վարժարան Այնճար) was founded by Swiss Missionaries in 1947. It has a dormitory for boys and girls. The present principal ...
(Anjar, Lebanon) *
Haigazian University Haigazian University ( hy, Հայկազեան Համալսարան, pronounced ''Haygazyan Hamalsaran''; ar, جامعة هايكازيان) is a higher education institution founded in 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon as Haigazian College. For a brief pe ...
(Riad El Solh, Beirut, Lebanon)


External links


http://www.aechs.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20050131213517/http://chs22.com/
(The combined website of the Armenian Evangelical Central High school in Beirut and its alumni group in the United States)

{{Armenian schools outside of Armenia Schools in Lebanon Educational institutions established in 1922 Armenian Evangelical schools 1920s establishments in Lebanon