Lycée Hubert Clément abbreviated to LHCE, is a high school

High school

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 in Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette is a commune with city status, in south-western Luxembourg. It is the country's second city, and its second-most populous commune, with a population of 29,853 people...

, in south-western Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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.

It was founded as a single-sex

Single-sex education

Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools. The practice was predominant before the mid-twentieth century, particularly in secondary education and...

 girls school in 1955, paralleling Esch's all-boys school, Lycée de Garçons Esch-sur-Alzette

Lycée de Garçons Esch-sur-Alzette

Lycée de Garçons Esch-sur-Alzette , abbreviated to LGE, is an high school in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. Despite the name, the LGE is not an all-boys school, but open to women since 1969....

, and was named Lycée de Jeunes Filles à Esch-sur-Alzette. Since the school became coeducation

Coeducation

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al in 1970 and renamed the following year, the gender balance has been steadily eroded, particularly in mathematics

Mathematics

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(in which the majority of students are now boys).

Namaste (Theater Group)

The youth theater group of the Lycée Hubert Clément was created in its present form in 1973. In 1991, the group was established, under the name "Namasté", as a separate theater group and community non-profit organisation.
Although the group has still its official seat in the school, it is open to all young theater enthusiasts.

External links

Lycée Hubert Clément official website
theater group Namasté
Ministère de l'Education nationale