It was considered a "Begegnungsschule" where the students graduate with the German Abitur and the Lebanese Baccalaureate.
[2] Over the period of three years, from 1977 till 1980, the school relocated three times, due to the Civil War in Lebanon.
In 1977 the school moved to Besançon, in 1978 to the ACS, and finally to Manara in the year 1980 where it remains till now.
[citation needed] In 1980 classes resumed in a temporary location in Manara, Beirut.
In 1985 the German Abitur was no longer offered,[2] and the Lebanese Brevet was the main degree that the students could acquire.