Saint Benoit

French has been being taught at Saint Benoît High School since September 1583, but the first traces of this education given to students date back as far as 1362. The first buildings were used by the Benedictines followed by the Jesuits and further taken over by the Congregation of the Lazarists by the royal decree of Louis XIV. In 1880 the school complex became the property of the Embassy of France. The Reunion of the Middle School for girls with Saint Benoît for boys was realized in 1987. Thus the school had 1600 students. It is the current Saint Benoît that actively follows this educational and pedagogical mission in the service of Turkey and France respecting the precious values of their founders and adapting them to the needs of the modern time. Since 1988 the Lazarists have left the management of Saint Benoît high school to the secular.

Saint BenoÎt French High School associates each of its educational principles with the realization of a precise and specific project realized by the teaching team together with the students. This is an interactive ''Project based training'' in which the student is in the ''heart of the project''. From their enrollment to preparatory class onwards the students participate actively in each of the school's projects. Thus they develop knowing (knowledge), know-how (methodology) and personal skills (behavior). We steer determinedly towards an education that pays attention to every single student that is autonomous and individualized.

Humanism, universality and respect are fundamental values for the personal fulfillment of each of our students and they are reflected all across various social activities. An education that is focused on everyone and is individualized and personalized due to the guidance of a vice principal, of a guidance counselor, of a class tutor and the subject teachers specific to the level. The teaching staff of the school aims at training their students turning them into responsible citizens who can express themselves, analyze and have self-confidence.

Being proud of its history Saint Benoit High School is also a pioneering school of digital practices due to its educational project called ''digital satchel''. This new learning tool allows the learners to follow a more interactive, more efficient training that is more orientated towards the education of the future. The CDDR (Committee of digital development and research) supported by 30 teachers responsible for digital work sets up the digital strategy and policy of the school. The teachers are also in charge of the continuous formation of their colleagues and leader students formed to help the other students and if necessary the teachers as well. Thus the school organizes an International Digital Spring which has already hosted 18 different countries since its creation, more than 500 teachers of various schools, institutes and universities.

Every year the students of grade 12 (the final year) receive admission to the most prestigious universities in France and the United States or other countries in the world thanks to the implementation of the valorization of scientific education. This promising future is offered to them thanks to the efficient and balanced training that the students receive along their training path at Saint Benoit and by the activities like : the Francophone Festival, the Science Festival and the Maths Week, participation in numerous scientific contests, Robotics and Makers Club. Our school organizes every year a robotics contest in partnership with a university and Makers Fair. The scientific partnership with the universities ans a hospital are very productive.