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Collège Stanislas is a private Catholic school in Paris for boys from kindergarten to senior class 1st premiere. Note the use of 'college', in Europe this generally means schools which offer both primary and secondary programs. It is colloquially known as Stan. Today it has more than 3,000 students, from pre-school 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). Collège Stanislas is the largest private school in France. And more importantly considered one of the most prestigious and elite French schools. The Collège has both its historic as well as modern buildings.
Father Claude Liautard founded the school (1804). The name of the school may surprise some readers.
The current name of the school was chosen after the Napoleonic Wars and the restoration of the monarchy (1822). The School was named after the Polish King Stanisław Leszczyński. A kind of romantic attachment Poland was beginning in France. But the name was chosen because Stanisław was the great-grandfather of the restored king of France--Louis XVIII. His second forename was 'Stanislas'.
We are not sure what the initial uniform was. After France's catastrophic defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), the new Third Republic sought what as seen as a stronger national character long with a more powerful military. This included education reform. Many schools adopted military uniforms. We we see that at the Collège Stanislas.
Religion was initially a major part of the curriculum, but Government effort to secularize education has restricted that. since the Jules Ferry Laws, religious instruction has been moved to Saturdays (1882).
The modern school following French regulations has adopted the curricula of the public schools. Religious education is provided on specific days, at first Wednesdays, but now nly on Saturdays. ,
Since 1903 Collège has been the property of a S.A. corporation founded by former alumni.
One rating authority ranked the Stan the best middle school in France (2019-22). And the best secondary school (2019). Here we have a school portrait with the younger boys at the school doing their First Communion. The Eton collars and matching Eton shirts, white long pants and white Windsor ties make for quite the sight. Here is a note left by one of the boys in the portrait. "Je suis au dernier rang, 4eme a partir de la gauche et egalement en medaillon .. il y a 13 ans." meaning something like, "I'm in the back row, 4th from the left and also inset .. 13 years ago.
Collège Stanislas is a private Catholic school in Paris for boys from kindergarten to senior class 1st premiere. Note the use of 'college', in Europe this generally means schools which offer both primary and secondary programs. It is colloquially known as Stan. Today it has more than 3,000 students, from pre-school 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). Collège Stanislas is the largest private school in France. And more importantly considered one of the most prestigious and elite French schools. The Collège has both its historic as well as modern buildings. The became the the property of a S.A. corporation founded by former alumni (1903).
Father Claude Liautard founded the school (1804). The name of the school may surprise some readers. The current name of the school was chosen after the Napoleonic Wars and the restoration of the monarchy (1822). The School was named after the Polish King Stanisław Leszczyński. A kind of romantic attachment to Poland was beginning in France ass the Poles struggled against Tsarist despotism. . But the name was chosen because Stanisław was the great-grandfather of the restored king of France--Louis XVIII. His second forename was 'Stanislas'.
We do not have much information about uniforms at the school. We do not even know if there was a uniform when the school was founded or during much of the 19th century. After France's catastrophic defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), military uniform were introduced. The new Third Republic sought what was seen as a stronger national character along with a more powerful military. This included education reforms. The Government promoted school smocks designed to obscure social-class differences in primary schools. This became very common throughout France. Many other schools, especially secondary schools adopted military uniforms. We see that at the Collège Stanislas that he boys were beginning to wear French Army uniforms. The school portrai here is not a chool uiform, but the boys' 1950s First Communn suits (figure 1). Students at the school today do not wear uinforms.
Religion was initially a major part of the curriculum, but Government effort to secularize education has restricted that. since the Jules Ferry Laws, religious instruction has been restricted to Saturdays (1882). The modern school following French regulations has adopted the curricula of the public schools. We can see that First ommunion was still a major event in the 1950s (figure 1). Religious education is provided on specific days, at first Wednesdays, but now only on Saturdays.
One rating authority ranked the Stan the best middle school in France (2019-22). And the best secondary school (2019). Here we have a school portrait with the younger boys at the school doing their First Communion. The Eton collars and matching Eton shirts, white long pants and white Windsor ties make for quite the sight. Here is a note left by one of the boys in the portrait. "Je suis au dernier rang, 4eme a partir de la gauche et egalement en medaillon .. il y a 13 ans." meaning something like, "I'm in the back row, 4th from the left and also inset .. 13 years ago.
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