A biography of Pierre Mendes France

Our school is named after this famous politician, so one of our students wrote an article about him.
Thanks to Mathilde D.C. ;-)

Pierre Mendes France 

Born in 1907, he was a French radical-socialist politician, in his youth he fought within the League of Republican and Socialist University Action.

He was elected deputy of Eure in 1932 and became mayor of Louviers in 1935, and supported the Popular Front.

During the Second World War, Pierre Mendès France, who joined London, fought in the Free French Air Force and was a member of the French Committee for National Liberation.

In 1944, de Gaulle appointed him Minister of the Economy, but Pierre Mendès France resigned in April 1945 when the general refused to follow his austerity policy.

From 1946 to 1951, he moved away from politics and he worked for the International Monetary Fund of which he was elected president in 1948.

He was President of the Council from 1954 to 1955 and he signed the Geneva Agreements ending the Indochina War.

He then militated in the United Socialist Party and participated in the recomposition of the socialist left.

Pierre Mendès France retains the image of a model politician who marked the history of the IVth Republic, he died in 1982.

LGBT Rights

Our students in 1ere have worked on LGBT rights... Here are some of their pieces of work ;-)
Enjoy !! 



The LGBT is a community created to fight against homophobia and discriminations. LGBT means
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender. Today, we add a + at the end of the acronym to include all the sexual identities.

In France, the movement started in 1954 thanks to André Baudry with the creation of the
magazine “Arcadie” and in the USA in 1969.
It’s thanks to all these movements, demonstrations, and even riots that a lot of associations with different names have been able to see the light of day!

Finally, the acronym LGBT was adopted in 1980.

Created a long time ago, this community is representing by a rainbow flag invented by Gilbert Baker.

On this flag, each colour has a meaning :

This flag also called “pride flag” had before eight colours but because of the lack of availability of the colours pink and turquoise during the printing of the flag, they were removed.

What about LGBT Rights in Europe?

A few documents below !

Thanks to Cloe and Aurelia !

What's the news? by Rumeysa

Here we are in 2020. The year began with a lot a of events and today I will introduce you the most important.

→ Firstly, the year started with the fire in Australia. The high temperature have spawned big fires on different areas of the country. A lot of animals and vegetation burned. People establish donation and were able to collect more than 773 000 $.

→ The 3rd of January, American forces assassinated the Iranian general Quassem Soleimani. The reason why he was killed was for a defensive action, to protect the American staff. This reason ( not very valid ) was pronounced by Pentagone's spokesperson.

→ A few days later, the 8th of January, an important ad upset the United Kingdom. The Duke of Sussex Harry and his wife Meghan Markle decided to renounce their « senior members of the royal family » and  to  work and become « financially independent ». A choice the Queen agreed with. 

→ The 8th of January, the Iranian gouvernment bombed an American base to show their anger at the murder of Soleimani. 

→ The 23rd of January an epidemy erupted in China, more precisely in the town of Wuhan. This epidemy is called the Coronavirus. Its symptoms : fever, dry cough and shortness of breath. The Chinese government decided to quarantine the people who were affected, to avoid a dispersion of the epidemy. Every day we discover new cases and we learn new facts about the disease.

→ An earthquake took place in the East of Turkey ( Elazig ) on 24th January. A magnitude of 6,8 was recorded. More than 1 607 persons were wounded and 41 persons died. A lot of homes were destroyed according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority of the Turkish Interior Ministry ( AFAD ).

→ An upsetting event happened on 26th January. The death of Koby Bryant and his daughter was announced. Their life ended in a helicopter accident.All the world was choked and affected by this sad piece of news.

→ 31st January was the official Brexit day. The United Kingdom and the Gilbraltar left the European Union. We still don’t know exactly the impact of this phenomenon.

→ The 5th of February, the Boeing 737 – 865 of Pegasus Airlines crashed at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport. The travel was fron Izmir to Istanbul ( in Turkey ). The bad weather conditions in Istanbul caused the exiting of the airplane from runways. The pilot tried to land the plane  while the control tower told him to pass the landing. The strong wind caused the death of 3 persons and 179 victims.

A brand new gymnasium !

Our new gymnasium is now open, and the old one has completely been destroyed !

You'll find a few pictures of this great brand new sports area below.

The theatre workshop

         The Theatre workshop

Hello, I am going to make a presentation of the high school Pierre Mendès France theatre workshop.

It’s been ten years since Mr Lebourhis started running this workshop and he still appreciates it so much. 

All this time, he has seen students go, but above all, directors.

Indeed, almost every year, the school hosts new professionals like Robin Attrée who, this year, is responsible for directing the 9 students of all classes who are determined to improve in acting.

Moreover, the play they have to prepare is « Le bal des voleurs » written by Jean Anouilh.

A play they will perform at the end of the year at the high school for parents and in Aix-en-Provence because since its beginnings, the workshop has been in collaboration with Theatre Antoine Vitez.

Personally, I enjoy being part of this group, there is a very good   atmosphere and working doesn’t  prevent us from laughing. I've made a few friends and I  understand better the idea of speaking in front of an audience.

Before you leave, here’s a quote from Mr Lebourhis « What I like the most is to see students from all courses united for the love of art. ».

I wish you'll join us or at least come and see the play in a few months !

               Thanks for reading.

Hana F.

The origins of rap music

Origins of « Rap » music

« Rap » is a music type from the “Hip Hop culture” this is “street art”. It was invented in the ‘70s with “the scratching”, “the beatboxing” … 

The first rapper was DJ Kool Herc who was doing some parties in the street of New York named “Block Parties”. 

At the beginning rap was like funk and jazz and the first rap hit was “rapper’s delight” by “sugarhill gang”. 

We can say that the founders of the “Rap” were DJ Kool Herc, “The Sugarhill Gang”, “Afrika Bambaataa” and “Grandmaster Flash” with his famous hit “The message”. 

They all talk about street, drugs, gang… Except Afrika Bambaataa who was rapping to help younger people to develop their creativity. 

Every single rapper had his own themes like politics (Public Enemy) or racism (Run DMC). Rap music is often criticized for the violence of  its lyrics, some people saying that this is not culture but this music type is one of the most listened around the world at the moment and some texts deal with life before rap music, poverty, street art and how they came out of all those problems. 

“Rap” music is a real story.

Grandmaster flash    

afrika bambaataa

Dj Kool Herc    

An article by Valentin B.

Let's introduce our school !

Let's introduce our school !

Pierre Mendes France high school  is located in the city of Vitrolles, in the South East of France (not far from Marseilles).

Our High School specializes in Aeronautics and was built in the 1980s. It was renovated 2 years ago.

Our public school is attended by 1800 students.

There is a big diversity of courses starting from the 2de (fifth form class) to the advanced diplomas called “BTS” (equivalent to two-year technical degrees). Moreover, it offers different options like art, cinema, English or Italian European sections, sport  and latin. There’s a great dancing course too.

Rumeysa A.