Lycée Franco Costaricien
Liceo Franco-Costarricense
Address
De la casa de Don José Figueres, 4.5 Km. Noreste, carretera a Concepción de Tres Ríos

[[Curridabat (canton)|Curridabat]]

Costa Rica
Coordinates9°55′41″N 84°00′17″W / 9.9279735°N 84.00485200000003°W / 9.9279735; -84.00485200000003
Information
TypeK-12 school
EstablishedNovember 30th, 1967
FoundersFrench Government and Costa Rican Government
DirectorMarie-Laure Petton
GradesK-12
Years taught15
Number of students1000+
Average class size27
LanguageFrench, Spanish and English
MascotRooster
Nickname"El Franco" in Spanish
Tuition263.000₡[1]
Websitefranco.ed.cr
Institución Benemérita de la Educación y la Cultura Costarricense

The Benemérito Lycée Franco-Costaricien (Spanish: Benemérito Liceo Franco-Costarricense) is a French international school in Sánchez District, Curridabat, San José Province, Costa Rica.[2] It serves levels until the final year of senior high school, terminale.[3]

In the year 2023, it was named Institución Benemérita de la Educación y la Cultura Costarricense, by the law 10355

Timeline[4]

1967: Cultural cooperation agreement between Costa Rica and France, by exchange of notes N° 62 RE and number 53335-AE of 30 November 1967.

1968: Installation of the high school in the "Casa de los Leones" (Paseo Colón).

1969: Promulgation of Law 4481 of 9 December 1969 and opening of the primary school.

1972: First graduating class (33 diplomas).

1975: Opening of a preparatory course.

1976-1977: Transfer to Concepción de Tres Ríos.

1980: Opening of a second level in nursery school.

1982: Inauguration of scientific laboratories.

1988: Inauguration of the gymnasium and sports fields.

1990: Opening of the "Petite Section" in the nursery and of the Terminale classes.

1995: Inauguration of the new CDI, the Students' House and the Theatre Hall.

1997: Unification of programmes and reorganisation of the primary school. Inauguration of the school canteen and the new changing rooms in the gymnasium.

2003: Opening of the high school website.

2009: Reform of the cultural cooperation agreement, by exchange of notes DM-DGPE-289-09 and 218 of 28 April 2009.

2012: Amendment to the 2009 agreement, by decree No. 36969-RE of 26/03/2012.

2016: Approval of the Modernisation Plan of the Franco-Costa Rican high school, by exchange of letters 2016-679937 of 21/09/2016.

2018: Fiftieth anniversary of the high school, inauguration of the athletics track and renovation of the nursery area.

2019: Inauguration of new classrooms in secondary school.

2020-2021: Renovation of the exterior wall of the high school.

2022: Inauguration of the new school canteen and transformation of the old canteen into classrooms.

2023: Awarded the Benemeritazgo and named Institución Benemérita de la Educación y la Cultura Costarricense.

See also

  • Institut français d'Amérique centrale

References

  1. ↑ https://www.franco.ed.cr/aranceles/
  2. ↑ "Contactez-nous"/"Contactos." Lycée Franco Costaricien. Retrieved on March 15, 2015. "De la casa de Don José Figueres, 4.5 Km. Noreste, carretera a Concepción de Tres Ríos"
  3. ↑ "Structure pédagogique du lycée Franco-Costaricien année 2014"/"Estructura pedagógica del Liceo Franco Costarricense año lectivo 2014." Lycée Franco Costaricien. Retrieved on March 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ (Government), Asamblea Legislativa (June 2022). "23248 Bill of law" (PDF). asamblea.go.cr.
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