Lycée Marie Curie (Sceaux)

A photo of Lycée Marie Curie

Lycée Marie Curie is a senior high school/sixth-form college in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France, in the Paris metropolitan area. It is a part of the Cité Scolaire Marie Curie along with a junior high school (collège).

As of 2016^[update] the lycée has about 1,200 students.^[1] Together with the junior high the entire cité scolaire has about 1,880 students.^[2]

History

It opened in October 1936 as a school for girls. Suzanne Forfer was the school's first director.^[3] The Minister of Education, Jean Zay, officially inaugurated the school in 1937. Emile Brunet was the architect of the school building. The school had 500 students around its opening.^[2]

References

1. "Le lycée." Lycée Marie Curie. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.
2. "Etablissements d’enseignement secondaire et supérieur Archived 2017-02-05 at the Wayback Machine." Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.
3. "Présentation." Lycée Marie Curie. Retrieved on September 9, 2016. "[...]cet ensemble scolaire à l'architecture exceptionnelle, ouvert en octobre 1936,[...]La cité scolaire Marie-Curie que Suzanne Forfer sa première directrice appelait déjà en 1936,"

External links

• Cité Scolaire Marie Curie (in French)

48.7769°N 2.2878°E / 48.7769; 2.2878