Lycée André Maurois

The Lycée André Maurois is a high school in Deauville, France.

History

During World War II, the Lycée Malherbe was forced to seek refuge in a hotel in Deauville. The new school was set up in the Hôtel de la Terrasse. Once the war was over, an annex was kept open.

The annex became autonomous in 1963. In 1970 began the construction of a purpose built building on the beach, in front of the hotel. The new building was a grouping of the "collège" and the "lycée". In September 1988, the former hotel was demolished for a new residential building, the "Regency".

In the mid 1990s, faced with increased numbers of students, the construction of an extension was decided. The new wing was to be built connected to the "collège" wing in the North corner. The new extension was opened in September 2004 as well as a common room in the "lycée" grounds. The school library, "CDI", was reorganised in 1998 and modernised, with the installation of Internet capable computers.

tatistics

The establishment currently has 1100 students enrolled: 620 in high school and 500 in secondary school. The school also shares its premises with higher education BTS students. The establishment is not specialised and caters for baccalauréat sections L, ES and S.

The lycée receives students from Deauville, Trouville-sur-Mer, Pont-l'Évêque, Dozulé and Dives-Cabourg-Houlgate.

Students' parents' professions are mostly linked to tourism, commerce, self employment, hospitality and catering. The school has been perceived as elitist due to its prominent position next to the beach, casino, marina and other leisure establishments in the affluent town of Deauville. which has not helped with the school's reputation [http://www.etab.ac-caen.fr/maurois/moteur.php?url=generale#generale Last accessed on 26 March 2007] .

The BTS Tourisme section has the excellent reputation it possesses thanks to contacts in the industry. It is highly ranked in the specialised press tables and places are in high demands. Thirty-two students are taught in two years with sixteen new students accepted in the first year.

Equipment

The Lycée André Maurois is equipped for all standard high school activities: sciences, reading, Internet browsing and sports. The gymnasium is situated to the northwest of the "lycée" science block, itself equipped for biology and chemistry classes. A self service cafeteria style canteen was built to the east of the teaching buildings.

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External links

* [http://www.etab.ac-caen.fr/maurois Lycée André Maurois official website]