Armenian Evangelical Shamlian Tatigian Secondary School

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Location
Armenian Evangelical Shamlian Tatigian Secondary School
Bourj Hammoud, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
Information
Principal	Rev. Hrayr Cholakian
Type	Private
Grades	Kindergarten - Secondary
Established	1934
Religious Affiliation	Armenian Evangelical Church

The Armenian Evangelical Shamlian Tatigian Secondary School (Armenian: Հայ Աւետարանական Շամլեան Թաթիկեան Երկրորդական Վարժարան) is located in Bourj-Hammoud, a suburb to the north east of Beirut, Lebanon. It began in 1934 with kindergarten and primary classes only. Now it has 300 pupils and kindergarten, primary and secondary classes.

The present principal is Rev. Hrayr Cholakian.

[edit] History

The New Marash Armenian Evangelical School started in 1930 on the first Armenian street in the Bourj-Hammoud area, Beirut, Lebanon, inhabited by Armenians who came from Cilicia, Anatolia after the 1915 genocide. It had a kindergarten and two elementary classes. (The first branch was in Ashrafieh, under the initiative of the New Marash Armenian Evangelical Church. Little by little the streets of Bourj-Hammoud were enlarged; people settled in the area and were eager to establish cultural and educational institutions, and churches beside their humble residences.

The Armenian Evangelical Shamlian-Tatigian Secondary School gradually developed through the years from this Armenian Evangelical school. In 1936 Reverend Garabed Hassessian increased the number of elementary classes to six. Subsequent to this, Reverend Aram Hadidian added several more classes. First, in 1950, the four intermediate grades of the second cycle. Then, in 1958, the three secondary grades of the third cycle were certified. In 1964 Mr.& Mrs. J. Shamlian and their son Mr. G. Tatigian contributed to the school a new modern building and called it the Armenian Evangelical Shamlian-Tatigian Secondary School.

Today, our school embodies the Christian, educational and civic objectives of life. It views the education of the individual learner as a means to develop Christian Armenian citizens capable of serving their country and self-confident adults ready to face the challenges of the twenty-first century.