Lycée Français Victor Hugo (Bulgaria)

Lycée Français de Sofia Victor Hugo (LVH; "The French High School Victor Hugo", Bulgarian: Френско Училище и Детска градина „Виктор Юго”) is a French international school in the Maxi Complex (Комплекс Макси) in Vitosha, Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the largest foreign school in Bulgaria, hosting over 700 students from many nationalities. It follows the French National Curriculum of study and has students from nursery school (maternelle) up to twelfth grade (terminale). The student to teacher ratio is approximately 7:1.

The school was established in 1966. The Embassy of France in Sofia supervises the school.

The Lycée Français Victor Hugo de Sofia was created in 1966 and was called "petite école" because like many newly created institutions, it initially welcomed only children in primary school. In 2009, it moved from Lozenetz to its current location, situated in Maxi Complex on Simeonovsko Shossee.

The school is contracted (conventionné) by the AEFE, which is a national public agency of France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that assures the quality of schools teaching the French national curriculum outside France. The school is run by an association of parents (APE) who gives power to board members (Conseil d’administration).

From the age of 3, French-speaking and non French-speaking students follow the curriculum as defined by the French national education system and are taught by qualified teachers from France. At the end of their schooling, the students speak perfect French -language of schooling-, as well as English, and have a very good level in a third or fourth language.

The teachers are trained in France, and most of them are natives. Lifelong learning is provided to the pedagogic and administrative teams, in order for them to keep using the newest technologies and methods. The student to teacher ratio is quite high with one adult to seven students.

The Primary School (école primaire) from pre school through 5th grade is divided into cycles: cycle 1 (petite section, moyenne section and grande section), cycle 2 (CP, CE1) and cycle 3 (CE2, CM1, CM2).

The Middle School (collège) lasts of 4 years (from sixième to troisième). Instruction is structured according to subjects: French, English, mathematics, history, geography, civics, biology, chemistry, physics, technology, art, music, and physical education.

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