European School of Strasbourg

European School of Strasbourg
Ecole Européenne de Strasbourg
Address
Map
2 Rue Peter Schwarber

Strasbourg

France
Coordinates48°36′01″N 7°46′36″E / 48.600325°N 7.776550°E / 48.600325; 7.776550
Information
Other nameEES
Established4 September 2008 (2008-09-04)
DirectorOlivier Tedde[1]
GenderMixed
Age range4 to 18
Enrolment967[2] (2018-2019)
 • Nursery82
 • Primary351
 • Secondary535
Student Union/AssociationEES Student Board[3]
AccreditationAccredited by the European Schools[2]
Websiteee-strasbourg.eu/en

The European School of Strasbourg (French: École Européenne de Strasbourg), or EES, is a public Accredited European School in Strasbourg, France. Founded in 2008, it is an all-through school, which offers a multicultural and multilingual education leading to the European Baccalaureate as its secondary leaving qualification.

History

The European School of Strasbourg was inaugurated on 4 September 2008 in a ceremony attended by, amongst other dignitaries, the French Minister of Education, Xavier Darcos, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Terry Davis, and the Mayor of Strasbourg, Roland Ries.[4]

The school originally shared a campus with another local French secondary school, the Collège Vauban, before moving into its current purpose built campus, located in the Strasbourg quarter of Robertsau, in 2015.[5][6] It is based in proximity to Strasbourg's European district, the location of various institutions, agencies, and other bodies of the European Union, and the seat of the Council of Europe.[5]

The school received its initial status as an Accredited European School from the Board of Governors of the European Schools in November 2009, and received accreditation to offer the European Baccalaureate programme in May 2013.[2]

EES is recognized as public school under French law, with an agreement with the European Union obliging it to prioritise, for enrolment purposes, the children of EU staff, in return for the receipt of funds proportional to the number of children of EU staff enrolled in the school.[7][5]

Multilingual curriculum

Students at the European School of Strasbourg must enrol in either the English, French or German sections of the school.[7] Students enrolled in the school are generally instructed in the language of the respective section.[7] Students must then choose from either English, French or German for their second language, which becomes the language of instruction for the History, Geography and Ethics curriculum from the third-year secondary.[8] Students are also expected to take a third language upon entering the secondary school.[8]

In 2019, students enrolled in the school represented 48 different nationalities, whilst teachers represented 13 different nationalities.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Photo Gallery 2018-2019 - École européenne de Strasbourg". ee-strasbourg.eu. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "The Accredited European Schools/Schools in the process of accreditation 2018-2019 school year : Fact Sheets" (PDF). eursc.eu. Office of the Secretary-General of the European Schools. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Student Board - École européenne de Strasbourg". ee-strasbourg.eu. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Xavier Darcos inaugure l'École européenne de Strasbourg" [Xavier Darcos inaugurates the European School of Strasbourg]. Ministère de l'Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse (in French). 4 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Strasbourg a ouvert son école européenne" [Strasbourg has opened its European School]. leparisien.fr (in French). 6 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Histoire – Collège Vauban Strasbourg". www.college-vauban-strasbourg.fr. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Admissions - École européenne de Strasbourg". ee-strasbourg.eu. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Objectives - École européenne de Strasbourg". ee-strasbourg.eu. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ^ Baheux, Romain (10 February 2019). "A Strasbourg, cette école d'exception inspire Jean-Michel Blanquer" [In Strasbourg, this exceptional school inspires Jean-Michel Blanquer]. leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2019.