Our Girls at School — The Greek Orthodox Girls' Boarding School in Tripoli

This school was founded in 1921 under the patronage of the metropolitan of the Orthodox community; His Grace soon entrusted it to the Orthodox Ladies' Renaissance Association, presided over by the worthy and tireless Mrs. Karima Assi. The aim of this institution is to give the rising generation a sound national upbringing.

The school follows the curriculum of the official schools: it endears to the pupil her mother tongue and grounds her in the foreign languages, like the other institutions, and fits her for society by making her proficient also in drawing, handwork, singing, and music.

And since this school is national before all else, it is pleased to have its pupils drawn from the various communities, so as to bring them up in one spirit — the spirit of concord, love, and patriotism. To that end, and believing that a pupil, whatever her age, can benefit at school in learning, in morals, and in social life, the school has set no age limit for the admission of students.

At first the school had a certificate of its own. But the administration later found it right to follow the government teaching curriculum, and it now prepares students for the two certificates, the elementary-preparatory and the complementary. The school presented its students for the first time for the elementary-preparatory certificate examination in 1935, and for the complementary certificate examination (also for the first time) in 1940.

The school also has a special branch known as the household management branch, of two years' duration. Those enrolled in it follow the language studies of the upper class and the first complementary class, and study drawing, handwork, dressmaking, housekeeping, nursing, music, and cooking at the hands of specialists. Whoever passes the examination successfully receives the household management certificate granted by the school.

May God uphold the women laboring in the cause of this school, at their head the great educator Mrs. Abcarius.