Lycée la Providence
Lycée la Providence is a French private, Roman Catholic, Jesuit institute of secondary education in Amiens. It combines a collège and a lycée. The same facility also offers training from kindergarten through professional and technological training.[1][2]
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Type | Catholic, Jesuit |
Director | Benoît Bernard |
Grades | KG through post-baccalaureate |
Gender | Coeducational |
Website | www |
Programs
Current language exchange programs include the countries of Germany, England, Peru, China, Italy, and Netherlands.[3] Intramural sports include rugby, basketball, football, swimming, water polo, gymnastics, badminton, handball, futsal, bodybuilding, and table tennis. Interscholastic sports competition in a given year has produced championships most notably in swimming, water polo, handball, and judo.[4]
Boarding facilities accommodate 460 girls and boys, from sixth standard through post-baccalaureate. Besides the swimming pool there is a 24 hectare park around the facility.[5]
Solidarity with the poor and disadvantaged are instilled through various Pastoral Department programs throughout the year.[6] The school has an elaborate scholarship program for those in need.[7] Parents are encouraged to be a part of the French L'A.P.E.L movement for the promotion of their values as parents.[8]
Notable former pupils
- Emmanuel Macron, President of France[9][10]
- Jean-Paul Delevoye, former delegate minister in charge of the pension reform in the second Philippe government
- Laurent Delahousse, journalist and TV presenter
- François Ruffin, French journalist and politician
- Olivier Guéant, French mathematician
- Fabrice Éboué, French humorist and actor
- Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general during WW2 and Marshal of France.
Notable former staff
- Brigitte Trogneux, former teacher and wife of Emmanuel Macron[9][10]
References
- "Le Lycée des métiers - La Providence - Ecole, Collège, Lycée, Lycée des Métiers à Amiens dans la Somme". www.la-providence.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- "Le mot du directeur - La Providence - Ecole, Collège, Lycée, Lycée des Métiers à Amiens dans la Somme". www.la-providence.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- "Echanges linguistiques - La Providence - Ecole, Collège, Lycée, Lycée des Métiers à Amiens dans la Somme". www.la-providence.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- "Le sport à La Providence - La Providence - Ecole, Collège, Lycée, Lycée des Métiers à Amiens dans la Somme". www.la-providence.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- "L'internat - La Providence - Ecole, Collège, Lycée, Lycée des Métiers à Amiens dans la Somme". www.la-providence.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- "La Pastorale - La Providence - Ecole, Collège, Lycée, Lycée des Métiers à Amiens dans la Somme". www.la-providence.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- Magalie. "Bourses - La Providence - Ecole, Collège, Lycée, Lycée des Métiers à Amiens dans la Somme". www.la-providence.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- "L'APEL - La Providence - Ecole, Collège, Lycée, Lycée des Métiers à Amiens dans la Somme". www.la-providence.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- "Brigitte Macron, l'ex-prof de français qui pourrait entrer à l'Elysée - Le Parisien". Leparisien.fr. 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- "Brigitte Macron à une marche de l'Élysée". Le Courrier Picard. Retrieved 2017-07-31.