Lycée Abdel-Kader (or LAK, ) is a co-educational private school in the Batrakieh district of
Beirut
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. It is part of the ''
Mission laïque française
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'' efforts in Lebanon and provides a full cycle education from kindergarten to twelfth grade. All subjects are taught in French with language classes in
Arabic
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The lycée Abdel-Kader whose creation dates back to 1909, had been known till 1985, when it was bought to the ''Mission laïque française'' by the Hariri foundation, as the school of ''young girls'', even though it had been a coed school for some time. The school went through multiple stages of expansion which led in 1995 to the construction of an elementary school which allowed it to offer a full cycle of studies that includes kindergarten, which accepts students from the age of three, through twelfth grade. The establishment is a tripartite convention between the Hariri Foundation, the '' Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger'' and the ''
Mission laïque française
Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to:
Geography Australia
*Mission River (Queensland)
Canada
*Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality
*Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood
* O ...
''.
The degrees are recognized by both the French ministry of educationLiban - lycee Abdel Kader and the Lebanese ministry of education.
Grades
Lycée Abdel Kader consists of kindergarten/maternelle (first 3 years of school, where the children are aged 3–5 years), elementary school/élémentaire (1st grade until 5th grade), middle school/collège (6th grade until 9th grade) and high school/lycée (10th grade until 12th grade).
Activities
For an additional fee, the establishment offers the option for students to sign up for extracurricular activities.
See also
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Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri
Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din (6 September 1808 – 26 May 1883; '), known as the Emir Abdelkader or Abd al-Qadir al-Hassani al-Jaza'iri, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion of ...
Education in the Ottoman Empire
In the Ottoman Empire each, and every Millet (Ottoman Empire), millet (religious group) established a schooling system serving its members.Strauss, , 9781317118442. Google Books]PT194Official site for LAK