Lycée Français de Shanghai

Lycée Français de Shanghai
上海法国外籍人员子女学校
EuroCampus (shared by the French School of Shanghai and German School Shanghai Qingpu campuses)
Location
Map
Shanghai Qingpu Campus:
350 Gaoguang road, Qingpu District, 201702 Shanghai
Shanghai Yangpu Campus:
788 Jiangwancheng Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai
Shanghai Pudong Campus (now closed):
1215 Jinjing Lu, near Jufeng Lu
Information
TypePrivate, comprehensive, secondary, co-educational
Kindergarten, primary and secondary
Established1996
PrincipalJulien Pisselet
Staff300
GradesFrom kindergarten to high school
Enrollment1600+ (approx.)
Websitewww.lyceeshanghai.com
Lycée Français de Shanghai
Simplified Chinese上海法国外籍人员子女学校
Traditional Chinese上海法國外籍人員子女學校
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShànghǎi Fǎguó Wàijí Rényuán Zǐnǚ Xuéxiào

The French School of Shanghai (French: Lycée Français de Shanghai, LFS) is a French school for children of foreign personnel located in Shanghai, China, with grades preschool to high school (ages 3 to 18). Founded in 1996 under the name École Française de Shanghai (EFS), it is currently affiliated with the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) as a contracted school (conventionné).[1][2]

The school is governed by the Association des Parents d'Élèves du Lycée Français de Shanghai.[3]

History

Formerly the École Française de Shanghai,[4] it was established in 1996 as an elementary through high school in Changning District, adjacent to the Xijiao State Guest Hotel. The initial enrollment was 13. The German School Shanghai and LFS began collaborating and having a common campus circa 1997, and around that same time the school began its relationship with the AEFE. The Qingpu campus opened in 2005, and the Yangpu campus opened in 2019.[5]

Formerly there was a Pudong campus, on the property of the Shanghai Gold Apple Bilingual School.[6][7] The Yangpu campus replaced the Pudong campus.[8]

The school became a testing center for Cambridge examinations in 2017.[8]

Circa 2013,[9] there was an atmosphere of paranoia among teachers after an American teacher was accused of assaulting minors; he was convicted in Chinese courts and began appealing this conviction. In the atmosphere male teachers were worried of being accused, with some resigning their positions. As of 2021 the American jailed in China still states he is innocent, and U.S. federal authorities did not attempt to prosecute him in the United States.[10]

See also

Other French international schools in the PRC

References

  1. ^ "Lycée français de Shanghai - Campus de Qingpu". AEFE. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  2. ^ "Lycée français de Shanghai - Campus de Yangpu". AEFE. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  3. ^ "ENSEIGNEMENT EN FRANÇAIS - État des lieux des établissements à Shanghai". Le Petit Journal. 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  4. ^ "Home". École Française de Shanghai. Archived from the original on 2006-11-16. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
    Linked from: "Shanghaï École française" (in French). Agency for French Education Abroad. Archived from the original on 2006-11-24. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  5. ^ Yang, Meiping (2024-01-23). "Meeting expatriates and local communities' needs for quality education". Shanghai Daily. Shanghai. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  6. ^ "Installations" (Archive). French School of Shanghai. Retrieved on July 31, 2014.
  7. ^ "Home Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine." French School of Shanghai. Retrieved on 23 May 2014. "Campus de Qingpu : 350, Gao Guang Lu, Qingpu District 201702 Shanghai (Chine)" and "Campus de Pudong : 1555, Jufeng Lu, Pudong District 201208 Shanghai (Chine)"
  8. ^ a b "LYCÉE FRANÇAIS DE SHANGHAI - Une tradition de résultats exceptionnels (publi-info)". Le Petit Journal. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  9. ^ "Double affaire de pédophilie au lycée français de Shanghai". L'Express (in French). 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  10. ^ Griffiths, James (2021-06-04). "An American teacher was jailed for child abuse in China in 2014. He still says he's innocent — if only anyone would listen". CNN. Retrieved 2021-08-12. If, as McMahon's defense argued, [...] the male teachers were afraid for their own jobs and safety," said the current member of staff at the Lycée Français.
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