{"id":9680,"date":"2022-10-12T14:17:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T12:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lfia.agencebisart.com\/a-propos\/a-few-words-from-the-headmaster\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:48:50","slug":"a-few-words-from-the-headmaster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lfianvers.org\/en\/about-us\/a-few-words-from-the-headmaster\/","title":{"rendered":"A few words from the Headmaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- avec ou sans CTA : m\u00eame code, \u00e7a centre verticalement le texte --><\/p>\n<div class=\"smallheader\" id=\"bloc_small_header_6\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t#bloc_small_header_6 {background-image: url(https:\/\/www.lfianvers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/221010-LFIA-Spaces-39-610x270.jpg);}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t@media (min-width: 480px) {\t#bloc_small_header_6 {background-image: url(https:\/\/www.lfianvers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/221010-LFIA-Spaces-39-610x270.jpg);}}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t@media (min-width: 768px) {\t#bloc_small_header_6 {background-image: url(https:\/\/www.lfianvers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/221010-LFIA-Spaces-39-1024x684.jpg);}}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t@media (min-width: 992px) { #bloc_small_header_6 {background-image: url(https:\/\/www.lfianvers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/221010-LFIA-Spaces-39-1024x684.jpg);}}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t@media (min-width: 1200px) { #bloc_small_header_6 {background-image: url(https:\/\/www.lfianvers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/221010-LFIA-Spaces-39-1536x1026.jpg);}}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n<div class=\"container d-flex flex-column justify-content-center align-items-start\">\n<h1><span>A few words from the Headmaster<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bloctext bloctext--nocolor bloctext--haspattern\" id=\"bloc_6_7\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 col-xl-3 mb-1\">\n<h2><span>Welcome to the LFIA !<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 col-xl-9\">\n<div class=\"text pl-lg-4\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Whether you\u2019re new to Antwerp or a regular visitor, whether you\u2019re already convinced of the excellence of French education or simply curious to know what\u2019s so special about it, whether you\u2019re a man, a woman, an adult or a child, the French International School of Antwerp opens its doors wide each and every morning and is proud to welcome you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Founded in 1901, our school<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>is the only French international learning establishment in Flanders to offer a bilingual French\/English education as of the age of two and a half. 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