The International School of Choueifat – Lebanon is the mother school of the

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group of schools. It was established in the village of

Choueifat Choueifat ( ar, شويفات, also transliterated Shuwayfat) is one of the biggest and most important cities in southeast of Beirut in Lebanon. The town is a Druze enclave that lies on the eastern side of Beirut's airport. The local population of ...

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in 1886 by Tanios Saad and Louisa Procter, an

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woman who was teaching in the area. It was originally for girls only. In the 1890s Tanios Saad visited England to examine the British educational system. He led the school until his death in 1953. The school was expanded and renovated under Charles Saad, who replaced Tanios. It opened its first overseas branch in

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in 1975. In 1983 the school had to relocate due to the

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(but resumed its original location in 1991). Schools were opened in the UK in 1983 and the US in 1985.

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* http://www.isc-lebanon.com/ Educational institutions established in 1886 Schools in Lebanon International schools in Lebanon 1886 establishments in the Ottoman Empire {{lebanon-school-stub

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