Kalousdian Armenian School

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Kalousdian Armenian School Building as of 5 January 2008.

Garabed Agha Kalousd statue in Kalousdian Armenian School.

Baron Nubar Dnjian, oldest teacher in Kalousdian Armenian School (1961-present).

Kalousdian Armenian School (Armenian: Գալուստեան Ազգային Վարճարան, Arabic: مدرسة كالوسديان الأرمنية‎) was established in 1854 by Garabed Agha Kalousd. The school is one of the oldest Armenian educational institutions in Egypt.

1 History
2 Online presence
3 Latest News
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 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 by Nubar 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.^[1]

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.

[edit] 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.