Lebanese Community School

Lebanese Community School

Arabic: مدرسة الجالية اللبنانية
Type	Private
Established	1964
Principal	Mr. Akram Ghibri
Location	6 Maye Street, Lagos, Nigeria
Campus	Urban

The Lebanese Community School is a private school in Lagos, Nigeria. With classes ranging from kindergarten to twelfth grade, it was commissioned in 1964 by the Lebanese embassy. The embassy is still in charge of the school's board of trustees, which includes the Lebanese ambassador. Lebanese Community School's Curriculum is mainly British based. Its language of instruction is English, but its Lebanese students often use both English and Arabic to communicate. Nationalities of students in the school include Nigerians, Lebanese, Syrians, Indians, and Germans.

Facilities

The school's facilities include an auditorium, computer laboratory, a television room and an art room. An indoor gymnasium and laboratories for biology, chemistry, and physics were added during its renovation in the mid-1990s. It also has a library and a take-away cafeteria. The school also has fairly sized classrooms with ACs and blackboards. Teachers and HODs also have their own staff room.

International examinations on offer

The school provides tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade students the opportunity to take the SAT I, SAT II, TOEFL, as well as University of Cambridge International Examinations such as IGCSE, AS Level and A Level examinations to qualify for admittance into foreign universities. Many students go on to attend colleges in Lebanon, Europe, Singapore, the United States, and Canada In the early 2000s (decade), the school attained the permission to becoming a recognized International Cambridge Examination Center, with center number: NG193

School anthem

The school anthem was originally composed by a former principal of the school, Mr. Salem Abdul-Baki. In 1997, during a routine assembly, he played the audio version of the anthem via radio to hundreds of students on the basketball field.

Arabic	Transliteration	English translation
معهدي يا نفحة من أدب	Maa'hadee ya naf'hatan min adabi	My school you are a breath of culture
فجر نور ساطع لم يغب	Fajaru nuri saato'e llm ya'ghebe	A dazzling horizon which never dims you are
معهدي يا نفحة من أدب	Maa'hadee ya naf'hatan min adabi	My school you are a breath of culture
فجر نور ساطع لم يغب	Fajaru nuri saato'e llm ya'ghebe	A dazzling horizon which never dims you are
ينشر العلم ويعلي رايه	Yan'sharu el-alama w yu'alee raa'yahu	Knowledge you spread and uphold its flag
نتحدى زاهيات الشهب	Yan'hadden zehe'yaate el-shuhabe	A challenge to each bright star
معهدي يا معهدي يا نفحة من أدب	Maa'hadee ya maa'hadee ya naf'hatan min adabi	My school, my school, oh my school, breath of culture

The Lebanese and Nigerian national anthems are also played on Monday mornings.

External links

• Lebanese Community School (Archive)