Louverture Cleary School is a Catholic boarding school located in
Croix-des-Bouquets,
Haiti
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.
History
Louverture Cleary School, founded in 1987 by
The Haitian Project and St. Joseph's Parish in
Providence, Rhode Island, is a tuition free, co-educational, Catholic boarding school that serves the greater
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...
area. Louverture Cleary students are academically gifted and live in some of the poorest neighborhoods of
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...
. All students are required to pass an entrance exam and each year students take courses in four languages:
Kreyòl,
French
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,
English, and
Spanish.
Louverture Cleary School has been recognized as one of the top secondary schools in Haiti and almost 100 percent of its Philo students pass the national baccalaureate exam each year. Louverture Cleary School is also one of the only schools in
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
to progressively teach in four languages.
Louverture Cleary School is the sister school of
Bishop Ireton High School in
Alexandria, Virginia.
Academics
Louverture Cleary School's core curriculum adheres to the standards set by the Haitian Ministry of Education. These classes are supplemented by courses in Computer Science, Religion, English, and Spanish.
The Vision
Louverture Cleary School will be the flagship school o
The Louverture Cleary Schools Network a system of ten tuition-free, Catholic, co-educational secondary boarding schools—one in each diocese of Haiti—providing 3,600 students with a quality education steeped in service and 1,200 alumni with scholarships to Haitian universities each year.
Construction officially began in June 2021 on the $7.4 millio
Model Campusproject, Phase One of the Louverture Cleary School Network plan. This first phase encompasses site development and construction of the Model Campus, as well as the development of the sites and initial buildings for LCS 3 and 4.
See also
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List of schools in Haiti
This is a list of colleges in Haiti.
Colleges
This is a list of colleges in Haiti.
References
External links
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Haiti
Schools
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Notes
External links
The Haitian Project
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Educational institutions established in 1987
Ouest (department)
Catholic secondary schools in Haiti
1987 establishments in Haiti