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primary and secondary school, located in Jamhour, in the

of the

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. The co-educational

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school was founded by the

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Overview

The school campus is set in a pine forest and includes Petit Collège, Grand collège, a church, and a sports complex. Before the late 1950s, the campus was located on Rue Huvelin in Beirut. Notre-Dame offers

and Lebanese baccalaureate programs with specializations in mathematics (Sciences générales), biology (Sciences de la vie), economics, social sciences (ES), and humanities (H). Language classes include French, Arabic, English, and Spanish/Italian (optional). Jamhour was founded in Ghazir and is still run by Jesuit priests. It welcomes students from "douzième" (equivalent of kindergarten) to "Terminale" (12th grade). It is affiliated with Collège Saint-Grégoire in Achrafieh, Beirut, and has close ties and a common history with the Université Saint-Joseph (USJ).

Notable alumni

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* Michel Eddé, Former Minister of telecommunications, culture, higher education. Chairman of

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* Bachir Gemayel, President of the Lebanese Republic *

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, President of the Lebanese Republic *

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, Former CEO of Nissan-Renault *

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, founder and CIO of Jabre Capital Partners, S.A. *

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, a modernist architect *

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, chairman of Fransabank * Nassib Lahoud, MP in the Lebanese Parlement *

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, MP in the French Assemblée Nationale *

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, famous French author and member of the

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, musician, playwright, thinker. *

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, Senior Partner and Chairman of Strategy&'s (formerly Booz & Company) Middle East business * Riad Salameh, President of Lebanon's central bank * Gabriel Yared, music composer

References

External links

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School official Facebook page
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Overview

Notable alumni

See also

References

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