Lycée Franco-Hellénique Eugene Delacroix

1952: The first Franco-Hellenic school settles at the Institut Français in Athens on Sina Street, without status; it is named L'école Kollaros until 1974 and La petite école française de l'étranger from 1975 to 1981. In 1974, French and Greek Heads of State express a shared political will and agree on the official establishment of the Lycée Franco-Hellénique. From 1975 onward the Greek state provides land; AFHE is created to promote Franco-Hellenic education, and in 1981 the Lycée opens in Agia Paraskevi with a French sector and a Greek primary sector. In 1986 AFHE cedes management to the Association for the Teaching of French in Greece (AEFG), a French-law association based in Paris. In 1996 LFHED enters the AEFE network; in 2008 the establishment adopts the name Lycée Franco-Hellénique Eugène Delacroix; in 2016 LFHED marked 35 years in Agia Paraskevi and 40 years since the bilateral agreement, with a commemorative plaque above the main entrance.

LFHED is a high-level establishment with an international identity; 47 nationalities are represented among its students. By convention with AEFE, LFHED is integrated into the global network of French lycées, currently 500 schools in 137 countries, and includes a British International Section within the French section. Recognized as a foreign private establishment by the Greek Ministry of Education, it offers the Greek-section students the best opportunity in Greece to learn the French language and culture through high-quality teaching in a bilingual and bicultural setting and direct contact with francophone students. LabelFrancEducation was awarded in 2015 (renewed in 2018), attesting to the quality of French instruction in the Greek section and facilitating higher education in France.

LFHED is a conventioned establishment managed by a parent management committee; it is a private local institution with its own status and has signed a convention with AEFE. The Association for the Teaching of French in Greece (AEFG) is a non-profit cultural association created to manage the Lycée under the bilateral agreement signed on 28 November 1986. AEFG's missions include the administrative, financial and material management of LFHED; promoting French language and culture in Greece; promoting activities of educational, cultural or sporting nature; and acquiring buildings for LFHED's work. The LFHED Board of Directors comprises 16 members: an Honorary President (the Director General of AEFE), six ex officio voting members (including the Cooperation and Cultural Attache of the French Embassy, the LFHED principal, the Administrative and Financial Director, the Director of the primary school, the Director of the lycee's Greek section, and the Director of the gymnasium), and nine administrators (six French-section representatives and three Greek-section representatives). Board terms are three years, with three officers—President, Secretary and Treasurer—holding designated roles.