- Kalousdian Armenian School
thumb|right|Kalousdian Armenian School Building as of 5 January 2008.
thumb|right|Garabed Agha Kalousd statue in Kalousdian Armenian School.Kalousdian Armenian School ( _hy. Գալուստեան Ազգային Վարճարան, _ar. مدرسة كالوسديان الأرمنية) was established in 1854 by Garabed Agha Kalousd. The school is one of the oldest Armenian educational institutions in
Egypt .History
Primary Clerical School was built in 1854 as a formal school and was named Khorenian, after the famous Armenian historian
Movses Khorenatsi . In 1897, Khorenian School was renamed after its founder, Garabed Agha Kalousd, and became known as Kalousdian School. In the same year the Kalousdian kindergarten was also founded at one of St. Asdvadzadzin Church's buildings in Bein Al Souren district.In 1907, the school relocated to a more spacious area in Beau-Lac area, later known as
Boulaq district, its greater part was donated byNubar Pasha to establish a school for the students of the Armenian community. At that time, the Armenian Patriarchate building and the house of the Primate were transferred to the school's new location where they remained for several years. In 1935, another kindergarten was founded in the Shoubra district. Today, after 150 years of being one of the first educational institutions in Egypt. Kalousdian Armenian School provides four-stage education: kindergarten, primary, preparatory and secondary in order to educate the students of the community and prepare them to be useful members of the Egyptian society. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20041216104415/www.kalousdian.net/history.htm The Kalousdian 2004 Website from the Web Archive] ]Although 2007 was the 100th anniversary for the school relocation to the current building, no celebration was organised. Only the anniversary of the school's first establishment is celebrated every 50 years.
Online presence
On 2004, the school created an online website. However it wasn't updated and the domain expired in 2006. Currently you can find it on the Web Archive only.
Latest News
The graduation party of 2006/2007 students took place on Sunday, November 4, 2007.
The 2 graduates were Alain Ghazarian and Caroline Shoushanian.
References
External links
* [http://www.archive.org/details/KalousdianArmeniaSchoolEgypt1987Documentary Video: The Kalousdian 1987 Documentary Movie(Armenian)]
* [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2367349677 The official Kalousdian group on
Facebook , includes lots of current and ex-Kalousdian students and lots of pictures and stories about Kalousdian.]
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