Lycée Alfred Nobel

Lycée Alfred Nobel is the senior high school/sixth-form college in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, in the Paris metropolitan area.[1] As of 2018 Nicole Ozeray is the head of the school.[2]

Lycée Alfred Nobel
Address
Lycée Alfred Nobel
Lycée Alfred Nobel
20, allée de Gagny 93390 Clichy-sous-Bois
Coordinates48.90251600000001°N 2.547938899999963°E / 48.90251600000001; 2.547938899999963
Information
TypePublic high school
Grades2nde-Terminale (US grades 10-12)
Websitelyceenobelclichy.fr

It has an agreement with the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) which allows applicants from the school to gain entrance to the university without taking the entrance examination. As of 2007 three students from the lycée had been admitted.[3]

The school also operates a vocational educational programme involving travel to Asia and Africa and transdisciplinary projects in association with Bouygues, IBM, and other major companies.[4]

History

As of 2007 in France normally sixth-form/senior high school students are required to enroll in sixth-form colleges/senior high schools within their communes and/or serving their communes. As of that year students in Clichy-sous-Bois used the art history programme at Lycée Albert-Schweitzer in Le Raincy to avoid enrolling at Nobel.[5] As of 2016 students avoiding Nobel attended senior high schools in Chelles, Le Raincy, and Vaujours.[6] Veronique Soulé of Libération referred to Nobel as a "lycée ghetto".[5]

In 2018 Le Parisien ranked Nobel at the top of a list of high schools by student improvement.[2]

Demographics

As of 2007 the lycée had 1,100 students,[3] with about 70% coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.[5] By 2016 the enrollment remained constant.[7] The students reside in Clichy and surrounding municipalities.[8] As of 2016 73% of the students come from low income backgrounds.[9] As of 2009 most students came from immigrant backgrounds;[10] During that year the ethnic origins of the students were: 42.8% North African, 22.2% European, 18.3% black African, 12.7% Turkish, and 4% Asian.[11]

As of 2016 there were 150 employees.[7] As of 2009 about 25% of the teachers had North African or black African heritage.[10] The ethnic origins of the teachers that year were: 71.3% European, 26.9% North African, and 1.8% black African.[11]

Campus

The school campus, with a total of 13,455 square metres (144,830 sq ft) of green and wooded space, has five buildings.[7] The buildings are made of concrete and have large windows.[8]

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References
  • Sanselm, Franck. "L'Ethnicisation des Rapports Sociaux à l'École." Sociétés contemporaines 2009/4 (n° 76). ISBN 9782724631630. doi:10.3917/soco.076.0121. Hosted at Cairn.info. p. 121-147.
Reference notes
  1. "LE MOT DE LA PROVISEURE." Lycée Alfred Nobel. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  2. Brigaudeau, Christel (2018-03-21). "Palmarès 2018 des lycées : l'établissement le plus performant est à… Clichy-sous-Bois". Le Parisienn. Retrieved 2018-03-26. Le palmarès 2018 du Parisien [...] C’est le cas du lycée Alfred-Nobel, à Clichy-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), qui arrive en tête de notre classement.
  3. "France's suburbs: Two years on" (Archive). The Economist. 8 November 2007. Retrieved on 3 March 2014.
  4. "« Un lycée pavé de bonnes intentions » : les bonnes feuilles du livre de Richard Descoings." L'Etudiant. 25 August 2010. Retrieved on 4 October 2016. "J’ai en tête l’exemple du lycée Alfred-Nobel de Clichy-sous-Bois,[...]En partenariat avec de grandes entreprises comme Bouygues ou IBM, les équipes pédagogiques ont pris l’initiative de projets transdisciplinaires[...]"
  5. Soulé, Veronique (2007-04-03). "A Clichy-sous-Bois, le lycée ghetto qu'on évite". Libération. Retrieved 2016-09-25. "Au lycée Albert-Schweitzer du Raincy, l'option histoire de l'art[...]pour les collégiens de Bondy, de Clichy-sous-Bois et des autres communes pauvres des alentours, c'est la possibilité de contourner la carte scolaire, qui les oblige à s'inscrire au lycée de leur ville."
  6. "Mission d'information sur la carte scolaire". Senate of France. 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-04. "[...]le lycée Alfred Nobel est évité par les résidents des zones pavillonnaires de Clichy-sous-Bois au profit des lycées du Raincy, de Vaujours ou encore de Chelles."
  7. "PRÉSENTATION DU LYCÉE." Lycée Alfred Nobel. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  8. Brigaudeau, Christel; Hélène Haus (2015-01-15). "" C'est de pire en pire "". Le Parisien. Archived from the original on 2016-09-03. Retrieved 2016-09-04.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) () - "Construit face à une barre d'immeubles de 24 étages, le lycée -- un long bâtiment façonné de grandes baies vitrées et de blocs de béton -- forme des jeunes aux bacs professionnels, technologiques et généraux. Ses élèves sont originaires de la commune ou des villes voisines. « Ici, nous sommes quasiment tous musulmans », résume l'un d'eux, rencontré hier après-midi à la sortie des classes. "
  9. Collas, Aurélie (2016-03-30). "Classement des lycées : Alfred-Nobel parvient à faire mentir les déterminismes sociaux". Le Monde. Archived from the original on 2016-09-03. Retrieved 2016-09-04.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) ()
  10. Sanselm, circa p. 145? (PDF p. 15/16). "[7] L'établissement scolarise un très forte majorité d'élèves issues de l'immigration et emploie au sein de son effectif enseignant environ un quart de personnes originaires du Maghreb et de l'Afrique Noire (voir, page suivante, les données statistiques détailées)."
  11. Sanselm, circa p. 123? (PDF p. 3/16).

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