Alborz High School

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Alborz High School
Administration Dr. Cargar (Principal)
School type Public School
Religious affiliation Christian (at the time of foundation, currently none)
Grade level 9-12
Year founded 1873
Location College Crossroad, Tehran, Iran
Enrollment Approximately 2000 students
Campus setting Urban
Mascot None
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School colors Black, Orange, and White


Alborz High School (in Persian:دبیرستان البرز), is a high school located in the heart of Tehran, Iran. It is named after the Alborz mountain range north of Tehran.

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[edit] History

The school was founded as an elementary school in 1873 by a group of American missionaries headed by James Bassett). This was in the 26th year of the reign of Nasereddin Shah Qajar, 22 years after Amir Kabir founded the Dar ul-Funun school in Tehran and 21 years before the Constitutional Revolution in Persia (as it was known back then; later it became "Iran" during Reza Shah Era).

When Dr. Samuel Jordan arrived in Persia in 1898, he made various changes and the school became a 12-year elementary and secondary school offering some college courses. The institution came to be known as the American College of Tehran.[1]

Dr. Jordan was president of Alborz for 42 years (1899-1940). During this time Alborz grew from an elementary school to a famous and respected high school and college.

In 1932, the school received a permanent charter from the Board of Regents of the State University of New York.

In 1940 and during World War II, by the order of the Shah Reza Pahlavi, Alborz was taken from American management and was put under Iranian Ministry of Education during Reza Shah's modernization reforms. At this time the name was also changed form "College" to "Alborz", and was re-appointed as a high school.

In 1944, Professor Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, member of University of Tehran's faculty, was appointed as the president of Alborz and from that time until 1979 and continuing after the Iranian revolution, Alborz had the most successful period of its history.

In recent years Alborz continues to be one of the best schools of Iran, but by no means it is the undisputed number one in ranking that it used to be; and has fallen in ranking mostly due to the series of national schools for both boys and girls which absorb the highest academic achievers. Nevertheless, Alborz continues to be consistently ranked among the best schools of Iran.

Alborz High School

Main building, recent photo (2007)

McCormick Hall, American College of Tehran, circa 1930. The school received a permanent charter from the Board of Regents of the State University of New York in 1932.[1]

Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi

Alborz staff (pre 1979 Revolution era)

[edit] Alborz presidents and their serving terms

  • Mr. Howard 1873 - 1889
  • Dr. Samuel M. Jordan 1899 - 1940
  • Mohammad Vahid Tonekaboni 1940 - 1941
  • Mohsen Hadad 1941
  • Ali Mohammad Partovy (Monee-ol-Molk) 1941 - 1942
  • Hasan Zoghi 1942 - 1943
  • Lotfali Sooratgar 1943 - 1944
  • Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi 1944 - 1979
  • Mr. Feyzi
  • Mr. Mazarei
  • Mr. Hossein Khoshnevisan unknown-1990
  • Bagher Dezfulian 1991- 1997
  • Mr. Dastani 1998 - 1999
  • Valiollah Sanaye 1999
  • Dr. Mazaher Hami kargar (present)

[edit] Notable Alborz deans

  • Assadollah Moosavi Makooei
  • Dr. Mahmoud Behzad
  • Faramarz Nasseri
  • Mehdi Moghimi

[edit] Alborz alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Lorentz, J. Historical Dictionary of Iran. 1995. ISBN
  2. ^ عادل،تنها پسر فوتبالی خانواده فردوسی پور | پارس فوتبال | اولین پایگاه تخصصی فوتبال ایران

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Coordinates: 35°42′09.97″N 51°24′40.59″E / 35.7027694, 51.411275