Stanislas College of Paris

History

Founded in 1804 by three priests of the diocese of Paris, Misters Liautard, Trough and Wheat, Street Our-Lady-of-Fields, in an old private mansion which was on the layout of current the Rue Vavin.

In 1810, the establishment counted 500 pupils. This year saw also the opening of the preparatory classes.

In 1822, it took its current name of Stanislas College (Stanislas refers to Stanislas Leszczyński, king of Poland and grandfather of the king Louis XVIII, which also carried this first name).

In 1847, following financial problems, the college was constrained to leave the places, and took refuge in the buildings of old the Brasserie Santerre, with the n°16 of the street Our-Lady-of-Fields (today n°22).

The large vault (demolished today) was started in 1859 and was equipped into 1861 with a Orgue Cavaillé-coll (replaced in the current vault).

In 1862 was acquired the old hotel of Silène, which belonged to the princess of Belgiojoso, and which contains the offices of the direction and the chairman of the board.

At the exit of the war of 1870, was open within the college the first civil preparatory class to Saint-Cyr military school, Stanislas becoming thus the first " cornice " from France. The pupils preparing Saint-Cyr military school were accustomed to meeting under a cornice of the main courtyard, place which they had to defend vis-a-vis the attacks of other pupils wishing to adapt it. Not arriving those by spite there would then have called them the " cornichons" . Towards 1930, this cornice takes the name of Gouraud cornice.

Into 1903, the establishment was transformed into Public limit company of which the major part of the actions is held by the former students of Stanislas. This operation was established in order to save the establishment of an unquestionable closing, in conséquense of the anti-congrégationistes law.

As of 1936, on the initiative of Mgr Méjecaze, director, the Parisian head office obtained three appendices, with Cannes, with Nice and with Montreal with the Quebec, which it developed in their granting a great autonomy before separating some in the years 1960.

In 1965, on the initiative of the Board of directors and the director, the father Roger Ninféi, an important part of the old buildings was demolished, to make place with a new construction. In spring 1966, work started and the principal element, a building of 7 concrete stages on pillars, including/understanding nearly 60 classrooms, was inaugurated the November 18th 1967.

Until 1992, Stanislas was a college only of boys (since 1969 the preparatory classes were however opened to the young girls). Stanislas acquires the buildings of the Institution Our-Lady-of-Fields (college of girls) in 1992 and co-education then was gradually introduced with the college and the college. Today still with the college the choice between classes of boys, mixed or girls remains.

In 1995, the Rechain canon, director of the college since 1982, joined the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris.

The Stanislas college celebrated during the school year 2004 - 2005 its bicentenary.

Controversies

Amoros business

In 1998, a criminal case of Pédophilie bursts with the college. Jean-Yves Amoros, “organizer for the college of Leisure-Culture-Stanislas association” for 32 years, has been accused of assault with intent to commit rape on minor and decree by the gendarmerie within the establishment, where it places. The lawsuit caused several testimonys of former students, relating to similar facts and for the majority prescribed, some going back to 1973.

At the time of the lawsuit, the prosecuting attorney denounced " the law of silence " and the " laxism of the framing " who led to this situation ". In 1986, date of the judged facts, the college had been directed for 4 years by the Rechain Abbot. Its successor in 1998, Henri Hude exposed to the bar that " his/her four children, provided education for with Stanislas, had formal prohibition to approach Amoros, of near or by far " , and specified: " It is true that it stuck much the élèves.". This knowledge of the problem by the framing is confirmed by a free-lance teacher: " All framing them said to me to be wary of combine of Amoros with the children " ; however nothing had been undertaken.

The Midsummer's Day Community

In 1992, the chaplaincy of the college is entrusted to the Communauté Saint Jean, order Dominicain commonly called small the gray .

The satiric weekly the Duck connected denounces in 1998 the excessive influence which according to him the monks in the establishment would have, so much on the level of the selection of the pupils than of the contents of the lesson. This community receives moreover criticisms on behalf of associations of families of monk reproaching him his Catholicisme traditionalist, even of the sectarian drifts.

Following these polemics, the Cardinal Lustiger withdrew in 2000 the load of the chaplaincy to this congregation.

Former students

Taking into account the seniority of the Stanislas College, of his establishment in the middle of Paris, its vocation to excellence and the presence in its center of preparatory classes, many its former students exerted important responsibilities or marked their time by their talents.

See also: List of former students and teachers of the Stanislas College of Paris

According to the data diffused by the College at the time of its bicentenary:

1074 of its pupils was accepted in Polytechnique of 1846 to 1953
1510 of its pupils were accepted in Saint-Cyr military school of 1846 to 1953
392 of its pupils were accepted in Navale of 1846 to 1953
28 officers general left the college before the First World War.

More than 1370 former students died for France, including 976 at the time of the First World War, 332 at the time of the second world war (including 36 with the title of Resistance and 31 in deportation), 41 in Indo-China and 30 in Algeria. In addition, 9 former students died in service ordered since 1940.

14 former students were made Compagnons of the Release.

The current college

Daniel Chapellier is director of the establishment since the re-entry 2002.

Pupils

450 pupils at the elementary school
1.000 schoolboys
800 high-school pupils
550 pupils of preparatory class at the universities
470 interns

Personnel

7 people with the direction
5 priests
223 professors
69 frameworks of day
14 people for the framing of night
14 people school activities
55 people in the administrative services and technical
38 people with the kitchens
20 people with the household
4 people with guarding

School

16 classes, of the Average Section of nursery school until the classes of CM2.

College

39 classes:

17 classes of boys
9 classes of mixed girls
12 classes
1 class UPI (adapted teaching)
1 class SEGPA (6th, adapted teaching)

detailed Table of distribution:

The languages which it is possible to study in LV1 (6th with 3rd) are the English and the German. From 4th, a LV2 comes to be added to the whole of the matters. This time, the pupil has the choice between the English, the German and the Spaniard. However, a German LV1 is obliged to take English LV2.

College

- Second: 9 classes

- First: 9 classes

1 First L
the first 2 ES
the first 6 S

- Final: 9 classes

1 Final L
2 Final ES
6 Final S

Living languages taught with the college: English LV1 or LV2, Spanish LV2, Chinese LV3, German LV1 or LV2, Russian LV3. It is in addition possible to study there Latin and Greek old.

CPGE

- Scientific:

“Sup” (first year): Since the re-entry 2006: two classes MPSI (known as “HX1” and “HX2”) and two classes of PCSI (known as “HX3” and “HX4”). Before the re-entry 2006, there was only one of the two classes PCSI.

“Spé” (second year): A class MP*, two classes MP, a class PSI* and a class PC*. Starting from the re-entry 2007: a class MP*, a class MP, a class PSI*, a class PSI and a class PC*.

- Economic and commercial:

Two classes ECS (Economic and commercial, scientific way) of first year and two classes ECS of second year.

- Literary:

A class of hypokhâgne B/L (Letters and social sciences) and a class of Khâgne B/L.

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