International School of Geneva
Encyclopedia
The International School of Geneva (in French
: Ecole Internationale de Genève), also known as Ecolint, is a private international school based in Geneva
, Switzerland
. It is the oldest currently operating International School in the world. The International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, which most English-speaking students at the school follow, was created at the Grande Boissière campus. It is a bilingual school, with instruction in both French
and English
. Ecolint's current Director General is Mrs Vicky Tuck. The International School is a testing center for the US college boards (SAT
, ACT
, etc.) and the British IGCSE
. The International School is currently composed of three separately governed campuses in and around Geneva.
In 2006, the British Guardian
newspaper listed it as one of the best UK-curriculum international schools in the world. The school is also a member of the G20 Schools
Group. According to the Good Schools Guide International, at the International School of Geneva "Students receive a truly international education and as a result leave as rounded and worldly young people."
and the International Labor Office established their headquarters in Geneva. In 1924 the International School of Geneva was founded by senior members of two international organizations, in conjunction with Adolphe Ferrière
and Elisabeth Rotten.
Ferrière housed the first class in his family's chalet
. He was also technical adviser to the school from 1924 to 1926. Other prominent individuals involved in the creation of the School were Arthur Sweetser
and Dr. Ludwig Rajchman. They were supported by William Rappard
, Rector
of the University of Geneva
and Sir Arthur Salter, a senior official of the League of Nations.
The foundation continued to evolve as it acquired new campuses in the Vaud countryside at La Châtaigneraie (also called "La Chat") near Founex
and at Prégny (near the European Headquarters of the United Nations
). A sports hall was built in 1977 and a new primary building was built in 1980 on the Châtaigneraie campus. In 1993 a sciences building was built and in 2002 the old "La Ferme" building, which used to house the girls' boarding lodgings, became the music building. The new multimedia library (known as Multi Media Center or MMC) was finished in September 2001, adding a third floor to what is known as the "New Building" (NB). In September 2008, the new sports hall was opened, replacing the long-defunct swimming pool, the aging "Bubble", which was inflated in 2000 to protect from harsh climates, and the old PTA offices. This was achieved with the financial help of the Hans Wilsdorf
Foundation.
The third campus, Campus des Nations has had two beginnings. The first was in the 1940s with Rigot which became Pregny-Rigot, the second in 2005 with the closure of Rigot and the opening of Saconnex. The Pregny-Rigot campus was a pre-K through year 6 school that adopted the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program in 2002. This campus had two buildings, Rigot which was an old Swiss farmhouse just off Place des Nations housing the early childhood classes, the other a unique architectural structure up the hill from the United Nations and Red Cross which hosted the primary school and learning center. In 2005, Pregny-Rigot shifted with the opening of a new building, Saconnex, near the World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization. The early childhood classes at Rigot were moved to a renovated Pregny and Rigot was returned to the city of Geneva. Years 3-6 were moved from Pregny to the new building, Saconnex, which also opened a secondary school. The Secondary school offers the IB's Middle Years Program and the IB Diploma. Additional construction will commence on a sports center and post-16 Learning Center.
La Châtaigneraie
(also called "La Chat") became part of Ecolint in 1971 and is located in the Vaud
countryside, near Founex
, overlooking the Alps
and Lake Léman
. It has a primary and a secondary school, and has approximately 1420 students. The oldest building on campus is the main secondary building which was completed in 1908, when La Châtaigneraie first opened. It is the only campus to offer the Swiss Maturité Fédérale, the Swiss certificate of the end of Secondary Education. (46°20′23"N 6°10′18"E)
Campus des Nations, (also simply called "Nations") opened in 2005 and operates on two locations in and in the vicinity of Grand Saconnex:
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: Ecole Internationale de Genève), also known as Ecolint, is a private international school based in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It is the oldest currently operating International School in the world. The International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, which most English-speaking students at the school follow, was created at the Grande Boissière campus. It is a bilingual school, with instruction in both French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Ecolint's current Director General is Mrs Vicky Tuck. The International School is a testing center for the US college boards (SAT
SAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
, ACT
ACT (examination)
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. It was first administered in November 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test...
, etc.) and the British IGCSE
IGCSE
The International General Certificate of Secondary Education is an internationally recognised qualification for school students, typically in the 14–16 age group. It is similar to the GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Standard Grade in Scotland or Junior Certificate in the Republic of...
. The International School is currently composed of three separately governed campuses in and around Geneva.
In 2006, the British Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper listed it as one of the best UK-curriculum international schools in the world. The school is also a member of the G20 Schools
G20 Schools
All the schools claim to have a commitment to excellence and innovation of some sort. The G20 Schools have an annual conference which aims to bring together a group of school Heads who want to look beyond the parochial concerns of their own schools and national associations, and to talk through...
Group. According to the Good Schools Guide International, at the International School of Geneva "Students receive a truly international education and as a result leave as rounded and worldly young people."
History
From 1920 to 1921 the League of NationsLeague of Nations
The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
and the International Labor Office established their headquarters in Geneva. In 1924 the International School of Geneva was founded by senior members of two international organizations, in conjunction with Adolphe Ferrière
Adolphe Ferrière
Adolphe Ferrière was one of the founders of the movement of the progressive education.He shortly worked in a school in Glarisegg and later founded an experimental school in Lausanne, Switzerland, but Adolphe Ferrière had to quickly abandon teaching due to his deafness...
and Elisabeth Rotten.
Ferrière housed the first class in his family's chalet
Chalet
A chalet , also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building or house, native to the Alpine region, made of wood, with a heavy, gently sloping roof with wide, well-supported eaves set at right angles to the front of the house.-Definition and origin:...
. He was also technical adviser to the school from 1924 to 1926. Other prominent individuals involved in the creation of the School were Arthur Sweetser
Arthur Sweetser
-Early life:Born in 1888, Arthur Sweetser was a member of a generation that saw the nations of the world engaging in violent bloodshed in what was labelled optimistically as the War to End all Wars. This was a period when contemporary principles of international law were first taking form and...
and Dr. Ludwig Rajchman. They were supported by William Rappard
William Rappard
William Emmanuel Rappard was an influential academic and diplomat of the interwar-period, a passionate defender of the international scene....
, Rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of the University of Geneva
University of Geneva
The University of Geneva is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin, as a theological seminary and law school. It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for Enlightenment scholarship. In 1873, it...
and Sir Arthur Salter, a senior official of the League of Nations.
The foundation continued to evolve as it acquired new campuses in the Vaud countryside at La Châtaigneraie (also called "La Chat") near Founex
Founex
Founex is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Signs of Roman-era inhabitation were found near Le Gachet. The first appearance of the village was in 1224 under the name Fosnay. In 1251 it changed to Founai. During Middle Ages, Founex belonged to the...
and at Prégny (near the European Headquarters of the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
). A sports hall was built in 1977 and a new primary building was built in 1980 on the Châtaigneraie campus. In 1993 a sciences building was built and in 2002 the old "La Ferme" building, which used to house the girls' boarding lodgings, became the music building. The new multimedia library (known as Multi Media Center or MMC) was finished in September 2001, adding a third floor to what is known as the "New Building" (NB). In September 2008, the new sports hall was opened, replacing the long-defunct swimming pool, the aging "Bubble", which was inflated in 2000 to protect from harsh climates, and the old PTA offices. This was achieved with the financial help of the Hans Wilsdorf
Hans Wilsdorf
Hans Wilsdorf was a German watchmaker, and the founder of Rolex and Tudor.Born in Kulmbach, Bavaria and orphaned as a child, Wilsdorf worked for a Swiss watch manufacturer in La Chaux-de-Fonds. In 1905, he moved to London and set up his own business, wanting to provide quality timepieces at...
Foundation.
The third campus, Campus des Nations has had two beginnings. The first was in the 1940s with Rigot which became Pregny-Rigot, the second in 2005 with the closure of Rigot and the opening of Saconnex. The Pregny-Rigot campus was a pre-K through year 6 school that adopted the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program in 2002. This campus had two buildings, Rigot which was an old Swiss farmhouse just off Place des Nations housing the early childhood classes, the other a unique architectural structure up the hill from the United Nations and Red Cross which hosted the primary school and learning center. In 2005, Pregny-Rigot shifted with the opening of a new building, Saconnex, near the World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization. The early childhood classes at Rigot were moved to a renovated Pregny and Rigot was returned to the city of Geneva. Years 3-6 were moved from Pregny to the new building, Saconnex, which also opened a secondary school. The Secondary school offers the IB's Middle Years Program and the IB Diploma. Additional construction will commence on a sports center and post-16 Learning Center.
Campuses
La Grande Boissière (also called "LGB") is the oldest and largest of the three. The primary school (beginning from age three) has 650 students, and runs through grade 4. The middle school has 450 students, and runs from grade 5 to grade 8. The secondary school has 650 students, beginning with 9th grade and going to grade 12 or 13. All three stages offer bilingual programmes. The Campus Principal is Jean Guy Carpentier. (46°11′55"N 6°10′21"E)La Châtaigneraie
La Châtaigneraie (school)
La Châtaigneraie is a private, international, coeducational day school. It is part of the Foundation of the International School of Geneva and offers a comprehensive education in English or French for students from age 4 to 18...
(also called "La Chat") became part of Ecolint in 1971 and is located in the Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...
countryside, near Founex
Founex
Founex is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Signs of Roman-era inhabitation were found near Le Gachet. The first appearance of the village was in 1224 under the name Fosnay. In 1251 it changed to Founai. During Middle Ages, Founex belonged to the...
, overlooking the Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
and Lake Léman
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva or Lake Léman is a lake in Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40.47 % under France...
. It has a primary and a secondary school, and has approximately 1420 students. The oldest building on campus is the main secondary building which was completed in 1908, when La Châtaigneraie first opened. It is the only campus to offer the Swiss Maturité Fédérale, the Swiss certificate of the end of Secondary Education. (46°20′23"N 6°10′18"E)
Campus des Nations, (also simply called "Nations") opened in 2005 and operates on two locations in and in the vicinity of Grand Saconnex:
- Saconnex is located near the International Labour OrganizationInternational Labour OrganizationThe International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
and World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
headquarters. Saconnex offers classes to 700 students from years 3 through 13. All classes taught at Nations follow the IB curriculum, consisting of PYP, MYP and DP.(46°13′51"N 6°07′46"E) - Pregny is located near the United Nations and Red Cross HQ and is a school of 220 students from pre-school and kindergartenKindergartenA kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
to year 2.(46°13′51"N 6°08′20"E)
Notable alumni
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, Journalist and former Editor of The Friend, shared in the Michener AwardMichener AwardThe Michener Award is one of the highest distinctions in Canadian journalism. The award was founded in 1970 by Roland Michener, who was Governor General of Canada at the time, and his wife Norah...
in 1991. - Shadi BartschShadi BartschShadi Bartsch is the Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago. She has previously held professorships at the University of California Berkeley and Brown University where she was the W...
, Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor of Classics at the University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. - Gail CarpenterGail CarpenterGail Carpenter is a cognitive scientist, neuroscientist and mathematician. She is a Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and a Professor of Mathematics at Boston University, and the director of the Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems Technology Lab.-Adaptive resonance...
- Professor, Boston UniversityBoston UniversityBoston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, Director of the Cognitive and Neural Systems Technology Laboratory. - David ChardavoyneDavid ChardavoyneDavid G. Chardavoyne is an American attorney, professor, and author of A Hanging in Detroit: Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution Under Michigan Law. The book is a historical account of Stephen G...
- American attorney, professor, and author. - Chehab Family Members - Prominent Lebanese aristocracy, descendants of the last Emirs of Lebanon, closely related to Lebanese President Fuad ChehabFuad ChehabFuad Chehab Fuad Chehab Fuad Chehab (name also spelt Fouad Shihab, or Chehab, depending on transliteration from the original Arabic, (March 19, 1902 - April 25, 1973) was the President of the Lebanese Republic from 1958 to 1964...
. - Richard CorbettRichard CorbettRichard Corbett was a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for Yorkshire and the Humber, serving between 1996 and 2009...
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- French-speakingFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
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- Oscar-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American actor and producer. - Elizabeth FrankElizabeth FrankElizabeth Frank is a Pulitzer Prize winning author and the Joseph E. Harry Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Bard College.She won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1986 for Louise Bogan: A Portrait...
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. - Ronald M. GeorgeRonald M. GeorgeRonald Marc George is the retired 27th Chief Justice of California, where he headed the Supreme Court of California and the Judicial Council of California...
- Chief Justice, California Supreme Court. - Douglas HofstadterDouglas HofstadterDouglas Richard Hofstadter is an American academic whose research focuses on consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics...
- Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
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- Japanese psychiatrist and writer. - Yasmin Aga Khan - Daughter of Prince Aly KhanPrince Aly KhanPrince Ali Solomone Aga Khan , known as Aly Khan was a son of Aga Khan III, the head of the Ismaili Muslims, and the father of Aga Khan IV. A socialite, racehorse owner and jockey, he was the third husband of actress Rita Hayworth...
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. - Rami G. Khouri - Journalist, internationally syndicated columnist, director of the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut, editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star and co-laureate of the 2006 Pax Christi International Peace Award.
- Riad al Khouri, Economist; Member of the Board of Trustees and of the University Council, and Professor of Business, the Lebanese French University, Erbil, Iraq; Senior Economist, the William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, USA
- Christopher LambertChristopher LambertChristophe Guy Denis "Christopher" Lambert is an American-born French actor who has appeared in French, European and American productions. He is best known for his role as Connor MacLeod, or simply "The Highlander", from the movie and subsequent movie franchise series of the same name...
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- NCAA division 1 basketball MVP of the final four 2006 - Olivier PerezOlivier PerezOlivier Perez is a Swiss actor. He has won an award for Best Actor in 2004 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival for his performance in the film Stranger Than Jim Morrison. He attended the International School of Geneva.- Filmography :- External links :...
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(NDP) to serve in that capacity. - Tatiana Santo Domingo - Colombian socialite heiress to a beer and airline empire.
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and Commander of U.S. and coalition forces for Operation Desert Storm. Attended high school for one year, in which he mastered the French language, a language that later got him a key advisor job in the South VietnamSouth VietnamSouth Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...
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in 1965-66. - Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of ThailandSirikitSomdet Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat , is the queen consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand. She is the second Queen Regent of Thailand...
(Srikit Kitiyakara). - Albert Sjoerdsma, Jr. - Playwright; some of his plays have been produced on Broadway.
- Kellogg Stelle - Professor of Physics, Theoretical Physics Group, Imperial College, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. - Mark TruebloodMark TruebloodMark Trueblood is an American engineer and astronomer. He is noted for early pioneering work in the development of robotic telescopes, especially as the author of several articles and two books on the subject, including Microcomputer Control of Telescopes and Telescope Control, both of which were...
- American engineer and astronomer. He is noted for early pioneering work in the development of robotic telescopes.
Languages offered
While the school itself offers its curriculum in English, French or bilingual programs, it offers some other foreign languages such as Spanish, German, Italian as part of the curriculum. Swedish, Japanese, Swahili, Finnish and other foreign languages are available via private tuition but can be counted towards credits; this route is often chosen by students who have little other opportunity to learn their mother tongue. The two curricula for the different language programs are, in theory identical, other than the fact that they are in two different languages and ultimately lead to two different diplomas, with the English language program leading to the International Baccalaureate (or a High School Certificate with graduation one year earlier), and the French language program leading to the Swiss Maturité Fédérale. However, the International Baccalaureate bi-lingual section also offers a vast array of its courses in French.External links
- International School of Geneva
- International School of Geneva: Libraries and Library Catalogues
- Ecolint Alumni Association
- International Baccalaureate Organization
- La Châtaigneraie
- La Grande Boissiere
- Campus des Nations
- Review from the Good Schools Guide International
- International School of Geneva Arts Centre