Saint-Sernin college

The public lycée Saint-Sernin is one of the principal colleges of Toulouse. It is located at the center town, and gives on the Saint-Sernin place, place where the Basilique Saint-Sernin is located. With the College Fermat, it is the largest college of the department.

The college consists of several buildings (7 in all): the buildings has and B go back to 1993, but the buildings D (current TDCI), F (convent of Benedictines) and G (Hôtel Dubarry) are much older.

History

The college created in 1882 was in the beginning the college of young girls of Toulouse, the Lycée Fermat being that of boys. It contains many buildings, mixing old and recent, among which some classified with the national heritage, the such Hôtel Dubarry, where the current secretariat of the Headmaster is located. The name " Saint-sernin" comes from that of the district: Saint-Saturnin having been condemned to death, it was attached to a bull and was trailed in the city. The bond broke on the place, and the body of Saint-Saturnin currently rests in the basilica. This event is also at the origin of the name of the street of Taur (Taur meaning the Bull; the street connects Saint-Sernin to the Capitole) and street Matabiau (place where one succeeded with " mater" the bull.). (see the bonds for more details) The college will celebrate its 125 years during school year 2007/2008.

Teaching

the Saint-Sernin college is a public lycée of mainstream education, having the reputation to be a literary college. Indeed, if the scientific classes dominate in the secondary, it is also possible to pass a baccalaureat specialized in arts and music; moreover the college shelters literary preparatory classes. Each level (second, first, final) account approximately 15 classes all confused dies; the college counts approximately 2000 pupils.

the college comprises also a section OIB (international Option of the baccalaureat) Spanish, as well as the European sections German and English.

many other languages are taught: Occitan, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Greek…

the college integrates also the only section TMD (in the past “F11”) of the area. These pupils occur regularly in the room of the conferences of the college as at the time of the week of Article This very thorough teaching generally enables them to continue an artistic career after their baccalaureat.

Preparatory classes

Two types of Preparatory classes at the Universities (CPGE) exist with the college Saint Sernin of Toulouse:

preparatory class A/L (in 1° year) then LSH " Letters and sciences humaines" (in 2° year), purely arts person.
the preparatory class LSS " Letters and sciences sociales" (or B/L), arts person and scientist.

Activities and animations

a newspaper high-school pupil is distributed there: The Sincere Dwarf.
Of many cultural or artistic events occurs with the college: The week of art, the concerts of pupils musicians, the plays of the troop of the college, etc
a carnival takes place every year: Pupils, personnel, teachers are invited to disguise itself.
a " Foyer" is opened to the pupils: plays, animations, coffee machine: It is a pleasant place, which makes it possible to rest in off-peak hours.
Each year, occurs two days open doors: for the College and CPGE

Boarding school

A boarding school is at the disposal of certain pupils, in particular those of sections TMD and OIB (single in the area), but also those of the sections music, history of arts, visual arts, etc The building of the boarding school are located in the enclosure even college:

the building " béné" , of Benedictines
the building " is an old convent; chaîne" is also very old, and draws its name owing to the fact that it gives on the street of the chain.

Direction of the establishment

Bonds

External bonds

Site of the college * A newspaper of the pupils of the college: The Sincere Dwarf
Association of the former students

Internal bonds

History of the district

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