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American Community School at Beirut
The American Community School at Beirut (also known as ACS Beirut) (Arabic:مدرسة الجالية الأميركية في بيروت) is a private school located in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. It is an independent private coeducational institution offering educational services according to the American Curriculum to students of all nationalities, ranging from Preschool, students aged from 3 years, to High School Grade 12 of the type K-12, and also offers preparatory curriculum for the International Baccalaureate (IB).
History
The school was founded in 1905 as the Faculty School for the children of teachers and staff of the American University of Beirut, then known as Syrian Protestant College.[1] In 1921, the school was renamed the American Community School when it moved to a separate building.[1] By the 1940s, the student body had grown to more than 300 primarily Western children; the present building was built in 1949.[1] Today, students are primarily Lebanese, as with the University.[1]
The school celebrated its Centennial on June 24, 2005.
Notable alumni
- Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police, whose father Miles Copeland, Jr. was the longtime CIA station chief in Beirut[2]
- Malcolm Kerr, historian[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Robert Ober (2003). Seeing Arabs Through an American School: A Beirut Memoir, 1998-2001. Xlibris. ISBN 141340487.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: length (help) - ^ Ken Micallef. "Stewart Copeland: Staring Down the Future". Modern Drummer. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
- ^ "Biography of Malcolm Hooper Kerr". Middle East Studies Association. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
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