By this time, the construction of their provincial house in Amcheet was completed, and a group of young Brothers emigrating from France had already arrived.
Later that year, twenty young Brothers, ten novices, six postulants, and seven juvenists came to Lebanon where they continued their religious studies in Amcheet.
Additionally, the Brothers assumed responsibility for several schools in different regions, including in Batroun, Hadath, Deir al-Qamar, Beit Chabab, and Zahlé.
However, in 1914, the Ottomans expelled foreigners and transformed Marist schools into barracks, forcing the Brothers to flee to Ital] and take refuge near Turin.
[2] In 1920, only 20 Brothers were able to return from Europe and they decided to reopen nine schools, including ones in Syria (Aleppo and Damascus) and Lebanon (Batroun, Amcheet, Byblos, Jounieh, Deir al-Qamar, Sidon, and Zahlé).
As a result, the Brothers had to permanently withdraw from Batroun in 1952 and Deir al-Qamar in 1954, and stopped teaching in the schools of Aleppo and Damascus, which were nationalized by the Government of Syria in 1967.
It lies upon a green hill in Dik El Mehdi not far from the Embassy of the United States in Lebanon and occupies around 23 hectares of surface.
[3] The school teaches fifteen academic years, divided into eight groups: Champville prepares its students for two baccalaureates: the Lebanese and the French Baccalauréat.
Champville does not offer a Linguistics baccalaureate track, contributing to its reputation as a purely scientific school (French: 'une école purement scientifique').
[citation needed] Champville distinguishes itself from other Lebanese schools by offering a ten-minute break after every fifty-minute class.