Beirut Evangelical School for Girls & Boys, BESGB

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The Beirut Evangelical School for Girls & Boys is one of the oldest educational institutions in Lebanon. It is the outgrowth of the first school for girls that was founded in West Beirut back in 1828 by the early pioneer American Presbyterian missionaries to Syria and Lebanon during the days of the Ottoman Empire. However, the year 1835 marks the date of the school's official foundation.
For more than a hundred and thirty-five years, the school grew under the leadership of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the USA. Then in 1959, a historical date, integration took place: The Presbyterian Church in the USA transferred to the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon the responsibility of running all the educational institutions previously founded by the American Presbyterian missionaries in this area. The school continued to grow and prosper.
In 1974, the school moved from its original location in West Beirut to the present new site in Rabieh, Metn. The school starts its educational program at the Nursery level and covers all Primary, Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary levels. The high academic standard of our school has been highlighted in the excellent results achieved by our students in the official government examinations.
The school recognizes that each child is an individual, with unique personal characteristics. The school mission fosters intellectual skill building and social awareness and aims at establishing an atmosphere of brotherhood, open-mindedness, and self-expression. However, our school is not only concerned with academic standards but also with moral values. Therefore, the Beirut Evangelical School for Girls & Boys is the living embodiment of a profound act of faith. It is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the cultivation of high spiritual, humanistic, ethical, and moral values. The principal purpose of its existence is underlined in the School two cherished mottos.
BESGB shall rank high in all educational dimensions raising responsible, well-rounded individuals who shall become positive exemplary citizens and agents for change in a society guided by the Christian values. BESGB is highly committed to building up human beings regardless of gender, religion, and ethnicity-based on the values of the Gospel and the heritage of the Protestant Church, its founder. It provides an education that challenges all students to do their best in an equitable environment, to have active involvement in the process of learning, and to obtain adequate preparation for excellent achievements in college. In achieving its mission, the school offers the following two programs: Lebanese Program and the Foreign Program.
Our values are the foundations of our behavior and decisions. They are the guidelines by which our school achieves success. Excellence: We strive for excellence through being attentive, careful, cooperative, courteous, innovative, positive, productive, and proactive. We make sure that everything we do at work is done to the best of our ability, and we teach excellence by example. We uphold Christian ethics and must follow the dictates of conscience. We cherish transparency and make sure that our words match our actions. We strive towards building mutual trust between administration, staff, students, and parents.
BESGB, a vibrant school community, looks to the future and continually investigates new methods, new technology, and new programs that will give students the global education for which SYNOD schools are known. Working tirelessly, the faculty, staff, administration, and school board make quality education a top priority. We are proud of our academics and our students' accomplishments in the classroom, the community, and on the athletic field.
We are also very proud of the family-oriented community at BESGB. School families, an integral part of the education process, provide our school with time, talent, and resources that enable us to be a safe, nurturing environment for students and a welcoming host for all families. We indeed are a 'family for families.

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