The Collège de la Sainte Famille (CSF) (English: School of the Holy Family), (Arabic) مدرسة العائلة المقدسة often referred to as the "Jésuites," is a private Jesuit school French school for boys only in the Faggala (preparatory and secondary section), Daher (primary section), and Heliopolis (primary section) districts of Cairo, Egypt. It was founded in 1879, after a request by Pope Leo XIII for a seminary to help prepare students to become priests in the Catholic Church.

Contents 1 History 2 System 3 Notable alumni 4 External links

[edit] History

The college began with 16 sixteen pupils, in 1879, at the Boghos Palace of Mouski. In 1882 today's college was inaugurated in a Faggala. The current Ramses Street was occupied by the Ismailia Canal. The transportation of students was by fiacres. The college had 112 students.

Thereafter was built: the church (1891), the theatre (1892), the current building of Preparatory Cycle (1925), the Primary Cycle in Downtown Cairo (1930), and the Primary Cycle in Heliopolis (1934). In 1930, the college had 600 students from 14 nations: Egypt, France, Lebanon, Syria, Italy, Greece, England, Switzerland, Spain, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Persia.

[edit] System

The school offers education for boys (mainly in French) from the upper kindergarten to the senior high school level. There are three campuses: The "Petit Collège du Caire" (PCC), the "Petit Collège d'Heliopolis" (PCH), and the "Grand Collège" (GC) located in Ramsis in Dahir. Students enter the PCC or the PCH at the age of 4 or 5, and after six years of primary school, they go to the Grand Collège (GC). The PCC and the PCH have approximately 400 students each and the Grand Collège has 800 students.

Along with the teaching of the French language, the Arabic language is taught from an early age and then in the primary period of education the English language is introduced. The exams and education are entirely in French even in high school or Thanawiya Amma. All exams are written and prepared in French except for the Arabic language exam, History and Geography which are presented in Arabic.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Youssef Boutros Ghali - Egyptian Minister of Economy
• Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour - member of the Egyptian parliament
• Mohsen Badawi - Egyptian businessman and founder and former Chairman of the Canada Egypt Business Council
• Ehab El Ahmar - Egyptian energy executive - WorleyParsons Corporation
• Hisham Selim - Egyptian actor and son of Saleh Selim President of Al Ahly club
• Ramy Lakah - Egyptian-French businessman
• Hesham Sherif Afifi - Ceramica Prima, Commercial Director and Board Member
• Alaa Khaled - Art Director
• Robert Solé - French writer and journalist of Egyptian origin
• Mahmoud Abaza - president of Egyptian political party El-Wafd
• Ramy Imam - Egyptian director and son of Adel Emam Egyptian actor
• Raouf Shalaby - ex member of the Egyptian parliament, vice president of the Real Estate Bank of Egypt
• Ramez Sabet - oli engineer in Houston, Texas
• Professor Nagy Habib - Professor of Surgery, Imperial College, London
• Mahmoud El Gammal - Father of Khadiga El Gammal The Wife Of Gamal Moubarak
• Raouf Ghabbour - Chief Executive Officer of Ghabbour Auto
• Ayoub Adly Ayoub - Owner of Stella Di Marie

[edit] External links

• Official website
• http://www.companysj.com/v143/famille.html (English)
• Collège de la Sainte Famille alumni
• Petit Collège website
• El Fagr Newspaper
• Bac Français website

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