Collège Stanislas de Paris

School in Paris, France

48°50′43″N 2°19′39″E / 48.84528°N 2.32750°E / 48.84528; 2.32750InformationDenominationCatholicFounded1804; 220 years ago (1804)DirectorFrédéric GautierEnrolment3,623 (in 2018)Websitewww.stanislas.fr (French)

The Collège Stanislas de Paris (French pronunciation: [kɔlɛʒ stanislas də paʁi]), colloquially known as Stan, is a private Catholic school in Paris, situated on "Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs" in the 6th arrondissement. It has more than 3,000 students, from preschool to classes préparatoires (classes to prepare students for entrance to the elite grandes écoles such as École Polytechnique, CentraleSupélec, ESSEC Business School, ESCP Business School and HEC Paris), and is the largest private school in France.^{[citation needed]} Stanislas is considered one of the most prestigious and elite French schools.^[1] The school was ranked 1st from 2019 to 2022 for middle school^[2] and 1st in 2019 for high school.^[3]

History

Founded in 1804 by Father Claude Liautard, the Collège has both traditional buildings and modern constructions. Under contract with the French government, it offers curricula identical to those of public education, also offering religious education on specific days - originally Wednesdays, since the Jules Ferry Laws of 1882, but now Saturdays. In 1822, its formal name was declared, after the Polish King Stanisław Leszczyński, the great-grandfather of the King of France Louis XVIII, whose second forename was "Stanislas".^[4]

Since 1903 Collège has been the property of a S.A. corporation founded by former alumni.

Private education in France was indirectly affected by the strong anti-clerical movement that inspired French politicians throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, beginning with the Concordat of 1801. As a result, the Collège almost disappeared but ultimately was kept open by the efforts of former alumni. Even today, it remains isolated from Paris' foremost public Lycées, although Stanislas' "Classes Préparatoires" ultimately leads its students to the same Grandes Écoles as its rivals.

Originally a school for boys only, it became coeducational in 1992 through the absorption of the Institut Notre-Dame-des-Champs (also known as Nazareth).^[5] In some grades, it offers parents a choice between mixed or gender-segregated classes.^[6]

Famous alumni

The following are notable people associated with Collège Stanislas de Paris. If the person was a Collège Stanislas de Paris student, the number in parentheses indicates the year of graduation (if known); if the person was a faculty or staff member, that person's title and years of association are included. See also : fr:Liste d'anciens élèves du Collège Stanislas de Paris

Pierre Duhem, physicist, philosopher and historian of physics
General Charles de Gaulle, President of the French Republic
King Alfonso XII of Spain
Albert I, Prince of Monaco
Louis II, Prince of Monaco
King Charles Albert of Sardinia
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia
Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans
Prince Henri of Orléans
Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
Roger Frey, President of the Constitutional Council of France
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France
Auguste Champetier de Ribes, President of the Council of the Republic of France
Pierre Audi
Francis Bouygues
Jacques Cousteau
Gustave Cunéo d'Ornano (1845–1906), lawyer, journalist and politician
André Dauchez, painter
Christian Dior
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (1819-1868), scientist of Foucault's pendulum fame
Anatole France, Nobel Prize
Carlos Ghosn
Georges Guynemer
Job
Jacques Lacan
Marcel L'Herbier
Gilles Perrault
Edmond Rostand
Marc Sangnier
Claude Simon, Nobel Prize
Alain Soral
Eugenie Niarchos
Stavros Niarchos II

Youssef Salim Karam, former Lebanese MP, descendant of Youssef Bey Karam
Taittinger family^[7]

References

^ Figaro, le. "Les 10 lycées d'élite les plus primés au Concours général 2018". Le Figaro Etudiant (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-05.
^ "Collège privé Stanislas Paris 6e Arrondissement". college-lycee.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-07.
^ Figaro, le. "Découvrez notre classement des meilleurs lycées en 2020". Le Figaro Etudiant (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-05.
^ "Quelques mots d'histoire". Collège Stanislas Paris - Ecole maternelle - collège - lycée - prépa (in French). 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
^ "L'histoire de Stanislas". Collège Stanislas Paris (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-22.
^ Baudet, Marie-Béatrice; Belouezzane, Sarah (2023-08-02). "The demons of Stanislas, Paris's citadel of Catholic education". Le Monde.fr. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
^ Mayeur, Jean-Marie; Schweitz, Arlette (2001). Les parlementaires de la Seine sous la Troisième République (in French). Publications de la Sorbonne. ISBN 978-2-85944-432-7.