Editing Collège du Sacré-Cœur (Egypt) (section)

==History==
The Collège was founded in 1904 under the name '''Pensionnat du Sacré-Cœur''' (Sacred Heart [[boarding school]]). A second school was added at the urging of [[Ismail Sidky]] as a way to provide French-language instruction to the newly constructed city of [[Heliopolis, Cairo|Heliopolis]] in 1911.<ref name ="history1" /> The school's building was built in 1900's with the distinct Heliopolis style modeled after the [[orientalism|orientalist]] designs of [[Édouard Empain]]. The school's early classes had a small number of girls most of whom where European but overtime grew rapidly and would come to primarily consist of Egyptian citizens.<ref name ="history2">{{cite web |title=Sacre Coeur History |url=http://www.sacrecoeurhelio.com/un-peu-dhistoire/ |website=College Du Sacre Coeur |access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
[[File:College du Sacre Coeur 1eme Section.png|thumb|Students from the 1eme Class 1929]]
During the [[First World War]] the school acted as a refuge for those fleeing under both the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] and [[German Empire|German]] empires. The school also served as the chapel and camp for [[Australians]] while students helped to aid those wounded at the hospital set up at the [[Heliopolis Palace| Heliopolis Palace Hotel]]. Similarly, during the [[Second World War]], the school housed many refugees freeing from Nazi-occupied France.<ref name ="history2" />

Following the [[Egyptian revolution of 1952|revolution of 1952]], the school underwent many changes. The structure of the school would no longer be a Catholic boarding school instead focusing on day classes and opening up its doors to non-Christians. Coinciding with this was a shift from a purely French educational system to one focused on the French-language and a new "franco-egyptian" curriculum.<ref name ="history2" />

In 2005, the school was certified by the [[Institut Français]] to include courses to prepare students for the [[French Baccalauréat]] but does not offer the exam itself.<ref name ="history2" />