Switzerland

  • One of the goals of Adventure Year is to learn from the top international schools in Europe and Asia, so I absolutely had to visit the original! The International School of Geneva also known as “Ecolint”, is known as the world’s first international school. It was founded in September, 1924 by the League of Nations and…

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  • The origins of Neuchâtel Junior College (NJC) date back to 1956, when Leonard Wilde, a teacher from the UK who was familiar with both Swiss and Canadian systems recruited a class of Canadian grade 12 students to study in Switzerland. In the 70 years since, NJC has built a reputation as a phenomenal university prep…

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  • LAS fits into a unique category of school that I am visiting on Adventure Year, because it’s technically a private co-educational family-owned boarding school. Although it’s not strictly an international school, as soon as I heard about it from my friends Tim Shuman and Dr. Tim Stuart, I knew that I had to visit.

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  • Established in 1999, the International School Zurich North (ISZN) offers a British curriculum which culminates in the A-levels. ISZN was acquired by Cognita in 2019, which means unlike many of the schools that I am visiting for the Adventure Year Series, ISZN is a for-profit school.

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  • The Inter-Community School Zurich (ICS) was established in 1960, making it the oldest international school in the greater Zurich area. Being the oldest international school in the bustling Swiss banking capital, which currently boasts over a dozen international schools, is certainly a claim to fame! But that’s not all ICS is known for…

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  • The history of Zurich International School (ZIS) dates back to 1963 with the establishment of the American International School of Zurich. In 2001 the American International School of Zurich and the International Primary School of Zurich combined to create ZIS. Today, ZIS is the largest international school in Zurich with a total enrolment of 1,300…

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