Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles (''French School of Los Angeles'') is a private
bilingual education
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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)
*
Century City
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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
Torrance Unified School District
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The district board of education has a president, a vice president, a clerk, and two members. As of 2021, the D ...
. 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
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Leslie Bega
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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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Mika Boorem
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People known just as Mika
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, actress
[ ]
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Christie Brinkley
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, model
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Jodie Foster
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, actress
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Noah Hathaway
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, actor
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Claire Danes
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, actress
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Tania Raymonde
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, actress
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Kelli Williams
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, actress
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Molly Ringwald
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, actress
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Michael Vartan
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See also
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Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger
*
American School of Paris
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The school has over 800 students from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 and post-B ...
- An American international school in France
References
Further reading
*
Le Lycée Francais de Los AngelesArchive.
* Marie-Amélie Fauchier-Magnan.
. ''
France-Amérique
''France-Amérique'' is a bilingual, monthly print magazine focused on French-American culture and lifestyle, published in the United States and in France.
History
''France-Amérique'' was created in 1943 by French exiles in New York City to ra ...
''. 14 September 2009.
External links
Official websiteOfficial website(Archive)
Raymond Kabbaz Theatre(Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz)
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Schools in Los Angeles
French international schools in the United States
International schools in California
Private K-12 schools in Los Angeles County, California
Bilingual schools in the United States
High schools in Los Angeles
AEFE accredited schools
French-American culture in California
Century City, Los Angeles
Palms, Los Angeles
Rancho Park, Los Angeles
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Torrance, California
Educational institutions established in 1964
1964 establishments in California