The collège-lycée Jean-Baptiste-Say is a French public school built in 1895, operating as a

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and

lycée In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

as well as offering preparatory classes. It is located at 11 bis, rue d'Auteuil in Paris, in the

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and bears the name of French classical economist

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(1767–1832). It is often known as JBS, and its students as "Sayens". The lycée is served by the Métro stations Michel-Ange – Auteuil (Paris Métro) and Église d'Auteuil (Paris Métro). In 2016, it was named best public lycée in France by the newspaper ''

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'' ahead of Lycée Henri IV.

Architecture

Part of the building at 11 bis rue d'Auteuil is classed as a

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, by decree of 19 October 1928. The protection covers one of the façades of the building, as well as the interior of two rooms.. Since 1954, most of the rooms of the lycée have been named in honour of illustrious people, including alumni who were members of the

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, great scientists, and other famous people. The lycée has three playgrounds and a small square, as well as an amphitheatre, a "courtyard", and an "honour pavilion", as well as classrooms (numbered 1 to 77). In addition, for a number of years there has been a prefabricated building in the centre of one of the courtyards, containing six classrooms (B1 to B6). Image:Lycée J B Say.jpg, Façades Image:Paris 16- Ecole Jean-Baptiste Say -1.JPG, Central pavilion, classed as a historic monument Image:P1240168 Paris XVI rue Chardon-Lagache n8 entree Lycee JB Say rwk.jpg, Entrance, rue Chardon-Lagache

Results

Baccalauréat

In 2015, the lycée was ranked 29th out of 109 at départemental level in terms of teaching quality, and 255th at national level. The ranking was based on three criteria: the level of bac results, the proportion of students who obtain their baccalauréat results having spent the last two years at the establishment, and ''added value'' (calculated based on the social origin of the students, their age, and their national diploma results).

Preparatory classes

The lycée Jean-Baptiste-Say offers three scientific preparatory classes :

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, PT, BCPST. In 2017, '' L'Étudiant'' gave the following results for the courses of 2016 :

List of headteachers

* 1875–1880 : M. Marguerin (director) * 1880–1888 : M. Coutant (director) * 1888–1909 : M. Lévêque (director) * 1909–1915 : M. Boitel (director) * 1915–1927 : M. Haudié (director) * 1927–1940 : M. Laudet (director) * 1940–1941 : M. Place (director) * 1941–1944 : M. Béjean (principal) * 1944–1952 : M. Place (principal) * 1952–1954 : M. Place * 1954–1988 : M. Laye * 1988–1994 : Madame Marceau * 1995–2002 : Anny Duchêne – Forestier * 2002–2008 : Gérard Patenotte * 2008–2013 : Jacqueline Marguin-Durand * 2013–2016 : Sylvain Gressot * Since 2016 : Marie-Claude Puigdemont – Proust

Alumni

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, engineer *

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, historian * Pierre Lafue, teacher and writer * Yvon Palamour, Breton cabinetmaker, luthier, musician * Laure Saint-Raymond, mathematician * Jean-François Revel, philosopher and essayist * Georges Normandy, writer and literary critic

The lycée in cinema and television

* 1978 : '' Le Pion'' * 1994–2006 : '' Madame le Proviseur'' * 1980 : '' Au bon beurre'', telefilm by

Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar (1967 film), Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), ...

(lycée in which Léon Lécuyer teaches after the war) * 1995 : ''Les allumettes suédoises'', trilogy of telefilms, after the eponymous novel by Robert Sabatier * 2006 : ''Paris 2011, La Grande Inondation'', docu-fiction by Bruno-Victor Pujebet * 2007 : '' Le Cœur des hommes 2'', film by Marc Esposito. * 2009 : '' LOL'', film by Lisa Azuelos. * 2010 : '' The Round Up'', film by Rose Bosch * 2010 to now: ''

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,'' TV series by Joyce Buñuel * 2012 : '' L'Homme de ses rêves,'' telefilm by Christophe Douchand * 2014 : '' Joséphine, ange gardien'', episode 69 : "Double Foyer"

References

External links

Le site internet du lycée

Le site internet de l'amicale des anciens du lycée
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