Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles (''French School of Los Angeles'') is a private

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school founded in 1964.

School

the school had more than 1,075 students, about 50%–60% of them being French citizens and the remainder Americans or coming from over 54 nations. It is composed of the following campuses: *Campus 55 (Preschool and K1) *

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Campus (K2 and 1st Grade) * Pacific Palisades Campus (Preschool through Grade 2) *Overland Campus (Grade 2 through 8) *The Raymond & Esther Kabbaz High School (Grade 9 through 12)

Former campuses

In 1980 the Lycee bought the former Parkway School property, located in the Hollywood Riviera section of Torrance, from the

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. This property became the Lycee's Torrance campus, and as of February 1990 the campus had 100 students. In November 1989, the Lycee sold the property.

Notable alumni

Leslie Bega Leslie Rae Bega (born April 17, 1967) is an American former actress. Early life and education Bega was born in Los Angeles to a Sephardi Jewish father and Russian Jewish mother. Her paternal grandparents came to the United States from Spain. ...

, actress *

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, actress *

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, model *

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, actress *

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, actor *

Claire Danes Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress. She is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2012, ''Time'' named her one of the 100 most influenti ...

, actress *

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, actress *

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, actress *

Michael Vartan Michael S. Vartan (born November 27, 1968) is a French-American actor, known for his role as Michael Vaughn on the ABC television action drama ''Alias'', his role on the TNT medical drama '' Hawthorne'', and his role on the '' E!'' drama '' The A ...

, actor

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