St. Louis School, Tehran
St. Louis School, Tehran was a French
This school offered classes in elementary and high school levels. Lessons were taught in both
History
During the era of
The first of these schools was opened in 1838 in Khosrow Abad, a village near the city of Salmas where most of its inhabitants were Christians. Tens of Christian schools for boys and girls were established afterwards in the province of Azerbaijan. In 1863 an annex of this school was built for girls in New Julfa, Isfahan. In 1975 a similar school for boys opened in the same city.[3]
It was estimated that, at that time, there were about 40.000 Christians in Urmia and
St. Louis school opened in Tehran, in Lalehzar area, in March 1862. The school was for boys and in the first year had only15 students, Christian and Muslim from first up to fifth grade. From 1913 high school classes were also taught. Arthur de Gobineau, the French missioner, who at that time was in Qajar’s court encouraged the establishment of the school. In 1865 a school for girls, by the name of Jeanne d'Arc was added to the other one. In the first years, the school had few students, who were mostly Armenians and Assyrians. In the following years, the Ministry of Education allocated funds to this school, so the number of Muslim students became more than Armenians and Assyrians. In 1940, Reza Shah ordered that all the schools with a non-Iranian name should change their name. Therefore St. Louis school became Tehran school and Jeanne d’Arc changed the name into Manoochehri School. However, this law was changed after Reza shah’s departure and the schools became famous with two names. Comparing with other schools built by Lazarists, St. Louis and Jeanne d’Arc schools concentrated more on teaching science and French language than religious teachings. [5]
Features
St. Louis was the biggest school in Tehran. Teachers’ method and behavior distinguished it from other schools.
Teachers and students
At the starting year St. Louis had only 15 students, but until 1911 the number of students reached 350. Two distinguished teachers were
Some of the peculiar students were: Gholamreza Rashid Yasami, Paul Abkar, Davood Pirnia,
See also
References
- ^ A brief history of the Lazarist mission in Iran and the Jeanne d’Arc School of Tehran
- ^ A History of Literary Criticism in Iran, 1866-1951:
- ^ FRANCE xv. FRENCH SCHOOLS IN PERSIA
- ^ مدرسه سن لوئی تهران
- ^ Tehran (Iran): Jeanne d'Arc School: Group
- ^ My old stomping ground
- ^ In Tribute To Père Toulemonde
- ^ Vaziri, ʿAli-Naqi
- ^ "محمود بهارمست". Rasekhoon. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.