Lycée Fénelon, Paris
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The Lycée Fénelon is a secondary school
and an institution for the CPGE
in the Latin Quarter, Paris, in the 6th arrondissement.
This school, created as the first high school for girls in Paris
, was founded in 1892 in a place built in the seventeenth century, to prepare girls to École normale supérieure
. The school became coed in 1979 and in 1973 for CPGEs.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
and an institution for the CPGE
Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Écoles
The classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles , commonly called classes prépas or prépas, are part of the French post-secondary education system. They consist in two very selective years , acting as a prep course with the main goal of training undergraduate students for enrolment in one of the...
in the Latin Quarter, Paris, in the 6th arrondissement.
This school, created as the first high school for girls in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, was founded in 1892 in a place built in the seventeenth century, to prepare girls to École normale supérieure
École normale supérieure
An école normale supérieure or ENS is a type of publicly funded higher education in France. A portion of the student body who are French civil servants are called Normaliens....
. The school became coed in 1979 and in 1973 for CPGEs.
Alumni
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