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Collège de la Sainte Famille Française

Lebanon, Jounieh

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The school at a glance
Instructs in French, Arabic, English
Fees Fees not listed
Ages Not listed
Type Co-educational
Bus Service No
Availability Not shared by this school
Academic offering
Curriculum French Curriculum, Bespoke Curriculum
Taught languages French, Arabic, English, Spanish, Mandarin
Strengths Sport, STEM, Languages
Clubs Academic and Intellectual, Arts and Creative, Social and Hobbies
Stages Early Years, Primary School, Secondary School, Sixth Form
Introduction

Collège de la Sainte Famille Française is a French international school in Jounieh, Lebanon, offering the French Curriculum alongside a bespoke program. The school provides progression from kindergarten through Terminale, with French, Arabic and English as core subjects from the start and a strong trilingual education. Spanish and Chinese are offered as extracurricular courses, while Lebanese and French Baccalaureates are available, and the school supports a Lebanese–French double baccalaureate when eligible. The campus emphasizes language proficiency and cross-cultural learning, preparing students for local and global opportunities. The curriculum blends standard French instruction with customized topics to meet students' needs across age groups. Students benefit from a range of clubs and ateliers, including Robotics as Academic and Intellectual activity, Drawing and Painting as Arts, and a Film Club for creative exploration. The school fosters physical education through variety of sports and encourages social and community engagement through service and after-school programs.

B.P. 38, Jounieh, Lebanon

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The Essentials

Collège de la Sainte Famille Française has instruction in French, Arabic, English.

Location
Located in Jounieh, Lebanon. Postal address: B.P. 38 Jounieh, Lebanon. The school is reachable at +961 9 930053 or info@sainte-famille.edu.lb. A transport service connects the campus to regions from Jbeil in the north to Jal-el-Dib and Nabaa in the south.

Stages
The school is organized into five cycles: Cycle 1; Cycle 2; Cycle 3; Cycle 4; Cycle Terminal.

Type
French international school in Jounieh, Lebanon, offering a French curriculum.

Additional learning support
Psychomotor therapists, a school psychologist, and a speech therapist provide additional learning support. The psychomotor service aims to improve motor, cognitive, graphic, and spatial-temporal abilities and to aid learning and adaptation. The psychologist provides psychological support and guidance for students and parents, and the speech therapist helps prevent, assess, and treat speech, language, and learning difficulties.

Country affiliation
Lebanon

School day structure
Timetables follow the French programs and respect the child's rhythm. Reading is taught comprehensively and differentiated; writing is daily; English is included. Weekly workshops (robotics, theatre, computing) are held, Arabic is taught with Montessori methods, CDI access is weekly, and physical education is daily.

Bus service
Transport service operates three daily circuits (morning, 14:30, and 16:30) and covers routes from Jbeil in the north to Jal-el-Dib and Nabaa in the south, up to Ghineh, Fatka, Ghosta, Ajaltoun, Beit El-Chaar, and Dick El-Mehdi. Real-time GPS tracking is available; buses are gasoline-powered and supervised on each trip. Registration is quarterly; use of the service is included with tuition unless billed separately; rules require adherence, no unregistered use, and safety conduct on board (no eating, keep quiet, no cellphone use).
Diving Deeper
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Fees
Application / registration fees
- Opening file (frais d'ouverture du dossier): USD 50 (non‑refundable).
- Registration fee (frais d'inscription) for new pupils: LBP 6,000,000. This amount is applied as a deduction from the third trimester of the 2026–2027 school year and is non‑refundable for families who withdraw after finalizing registration.

Tuition fees by year group (per term / per year)
- No published tuition schedule by year group, nor per‑term or per‑year tuition amounts, is available in the school's admissions, services or payment information. Parents should expect that tuition amounts are communicated directly by the school at registration or on official billing documents.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- The registration fee (LBP 6,000,000) is deducted from the third trimester of the 2026–2027 academic year.
- School transport is billed on a trimestrial basis (registration to the bus is made per term). Transport fees vary by geographic zone and by chosen service option (morning, 2:30 return, 4:30 return or combinations) and are typically invoiced together with school tuition unless requested separately after invoice issuance.
- Extra‑curricular and after‑school activities are organised and billed on a trimestrial basis; specific activity billing rules note that a session begun by the student is not refundable, and refunds are only issued when an activity fails to reach the minimum required participants.

Boarding fees
- The institution offers day‑school services; no boarding service or boarding fee schedule is published or described. Boarding fees are therefore not applicable.

Other costs and recurring fees
- Transport: billed per term; rates vary by route and option (see Billing schedule).
- Cantine (school meals): a canteen service exists, but specific meal pricing is not published. Meals are provided on site with options (daily/ordered) but no fixed price list is published.
- Extra‑curricular activities: participation is billed per term; individual music lessons and some activities may have specific rules and pricing; sessions already attended are generally non‑refundable.
- After‑school / garde services: offered and organised by term; no public price list is published.
- Uniforms, text books and school supplies: no published uniform or book fee schedule is available. Parents should budget separately for uniforms and supplies as typical additional costs.

Scholarships, reductions and discounts
- A social service manages scholarships and reductions: scholarships are granted as reductions on the total annual tuition and are renewable each year; award decisions consider family socio‑economic situation and number of children enrolled, and reductions are conditional on payment of the annual tuition.

Refund information
- The opening file fee (USD 50) is non‑refundable. The registration fee (LBP 6,000,000) is non‑refundable for parents who withdraw after the child is registered. Extra‑curricular lessons that have started are generally non‑refundable; an activity is refundable only if it does not reach the minimum required number of participants.

Fee payment options
- Donation payments presented on the payment page are processed through an external online platform (HelloAsso). This indicates the school uses at least one online payment channel for donations. Specific methods accepted for tuition and other mandatory school fees (credit card, bank transfer, cheque, cash) are not listed in the public payment form or admissions information. Parents will normally be given the precise payment methods on the school invoice or at the secretariat.

Brief summary of available and unavailable fee information
- Available, published fee items: opening file fee (USD 50, non‑refundable); registration fee (LBP 6,000,000, deducted from third trimester 2026–2027, non‑refundable); transport billing method (per term, variable by zone); rules for refunds on registration and activities.
- Not published on the school's admissions, services or payment pages: detailed tuition rates by year group (per term or per year), boarding fees (no boarding service), fixed prices for cantine, uniforms, textbooks, or the exact list of accepted payment methods for tuition invoices.
Academics

Collège de la Sainte Famille Française teaches French Curriculum, Bespoke Curriculum.

Curriculum
From kindergarten through Terminale, the school provides progression across all grades. French, Arabic and English are core subjects from the start. A high-quality trilingual education is provided. Spanish and Chinese are offered as extracurricular courses, and Lebanese and French Baccalaureates are available.
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Admissions

Admissions
1) New student registrations for the 2026-2027 school year begin on Thursday, January 8, 2026. Parents prepare the required documents and complete in online or in paper the two forms: the Enrollment Form and the Health Form. The Enrollment Form and Health Form can be filled online or obtained from the site or the college secretariat. The documents required for enrollment include the Enrollment Form, the Health Form, the computerized individual civil status record (original with the child's photo) dated no more than two months before the dossier is opened, the computerized family civil status (original), copies of the identity card (if available), copies of the passport (if available), copies of the baptism certificate (if available), copies of the health booklet (vaccines and blood type), the pediatrician's medical report, and five recent photos of the child. 2) Finalizing the enrollment is done at the college: parents fill and sign the image rights consent form and the internal regulations form when completing the process. 3) After submitting the documents, the school opens the child's file and deposits the required documents; the parents are guided through the registration steps and the documents are reviewed for completeness. 4) The school contacts the parents during the following week to schedule the entrance test appointment for their child. 5) On the test day, the parents come with the child to the secretariat for the entrance test. 6) If the child is accepted, the parents finalize the enrollment on the same day by paying the fees and completing the consent for image rights and the internal regulations form; the dossier opening fee is USD 50 (non-refundable) and the registration fee is 6,000,000 LL and will be deducted from the third term of the 2026-2027 school year; these fees are non-refundable if the parents withdraw after enrollment.

Scholarships
Scholarships and tuition reductions are available to support families facing socio-economic difficulties. Nature: a scholarship is granted as a reduction on the total annual tuition and is renewable at the start of each school year. Eligibility and conditions: the family must submit the financial aid application at the Secretariat with all required documents, taking into account the family's socio-economic situation and the number of children enrolled. The reduction is granted on the condition of paying the annual tuition, and reductions are canceled if the information provided is inaccurate. Procedure: the family completes the financial aid dossier at home; the social assistant meets with the parents by appointment to discuss the information; the administration reviews the family's situation and fixes the amount of the reduction; the parents contact the school about a month after submitting the dossier to learn the result. Documents required: salary certification for family members, attestations of schooling for children enrolled elsewhere, documents regarding debts to be settled, documents concerning different family difficulties (illness, disability), proof of ownership or rental contract for the family home, and attestations of enrollment and payment for siblings in other schools or universities.
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