Because Education Matters
Helping Schools Around the World
As the pioneer of supporting the Armenian educational movement, the AEF is credited with building and supporting numerous Armenian day schools around the world. From the early years to now, the AEF has led the campaign to discover new ideas and approaches which will result in the improvement of education for Armenian students.
The first two schools built by the organization were the Levon and Sophia Hagopian Armenian School in Athens, Greece and the Levon and Sophia Hagopian College in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon.
AEF participated in the building of the first two Armenian day schools in California: Holy Martyr’s Ferrahian Elementary and High School, and Armenian Mesrobian School.
Among the many day schools and preschools the AEF has supported over the years are the Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian High School, Vahan and Anoush Chamlian Armenian School, Armenian American International College, Tufenkian preschool and more as follows:
• Hollywood: Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School
• Glendale: Vahan and Anoush Chamlian Armenian School
• Santa Ana: Ari Guiragos Minassian Armenian School
• La Verne: Armenian American International College
• Fresno: Armenian Community School
• San Francisco: Krouzian-Zakarian Armenian School
• Sherman Oaks, CA: Charlotte and Elise Merdinian School
• Los Angeles, CA: Arshag Dickranian Armenian School
• Special Projects
• Davidian-Maryamian
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Providence, Rhode Island
• Woodside, New York: St. Gregory the Illuminator’s Armenian School
• Watertown, Massachusetts
• Montreal, Canada
• Ontario, Canada: Kololian-Babayan Elementary School
• Toronto, Canada
• Schools North America
• Beirut, Lebanon: Palandjian College
• Anjar, Lebanon: Kaloust Gulbenkian Secondary School