Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil

Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil


Address
Collège Alpin Beau Soleil, Route du Village 1, 1884 Villars-sur-Ollon, Suisse Villars-sur-Ollon, Canton of Vaud Switzerland
Information
Type	Private, international boarding school
Established	1910^[1]
Authorizer	NEASC, IBO, CIS, & ECIS
Principal	Unknown
Staff	120^[2]
Faculty	90^[2]
Enrollment	~300^[3]
Color(s)	Turquois, grey, white
Nickname	BS
Tuition	CHF 97000 CHF in tuition and boarding (2015-2016)
Affiliations	Secular
Information	(+41) 24 496 26 26
Website	site.beausoleil.ch

Founded in 1910 Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil is one of the oldest private boarding schools in Switzerland. It is located 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) above sea level on the Swiss Alps of Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. The college provides a full boarding education for students from over 60 different nationalities aged 11–18 years old. Owned by the de Meyer family until 2010, the school then passed into the Nord Anglia Education family of schools. Nord Anglia Education is responsible for 35 international schools located across 14 countries, with a total of 23,600 students.

Beausoleil was recently listed by The Telegraph as "One of the Most Exclusive Schools in the World"^[4]

Campus

Collège Alpin Beau Soleil Entrance

Beau Soleil was Founded in 1910

The student body numbers about 240 students from more than 40 nationalities.^[5] The campus is set around one main building dating from the school's founding in 1910, but has been expanded and modified, with now 6 external dorms around the town of Villars.

The cuisine at the School follows guidelines set out by Fourchette Verte, an organization which encourages healthy and balanced eating.^[6]

Tuition and Fees

The tuition and fees for one academic year in Beau Soleil are approximately 100,000 CHF, including boarding commodities. See List of most expensive schools in the world.

History

September 1910: founding of the school in a châlet in Gstaad under the direction of Mme Bluette Ferrier.
1920: move of the school to Villars-sur-Ollon.
1958: Pierre de Meyer became the second director. He adopts the name of his wife as his was that of a commoner. Following a hunting accident in the eighties (he shot himself in the foot) the school is run by Ian Lawson who was a former headmaster in Gordonstoun (Scotland) and was also the tutor of Princes Charles, Andrew and Edward of England.
1991: Jérôme de Meyer became the third director.
15 December 2005: ninety students, alumni and teachers unfurled the flag of Beau Soleil on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.
June 2010: Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the school. New building inauguration.
September 2013: Frances King became principal of the school.
January 2016: Following internal problems, new principal Kevin Foyle takes over.

Curriculum

Beau Soleil offers two distinct, parallel systems: a French Section^[7] and an International Section.^[8] The programme of studies offers academic subjects up to university level, coupled with art, music, drama, sports and expeditions.

The classes in the French Section extend from 6ème to Terminale and prepare students for the official French government examinations - the Diplôme National du Brevet at the end of the 3ème and the French Baccalauréat (series L, ES and S) at the end of Terminale. The subjects taught in the French Section conform to the requirements of the French Ministry of Education. International Section. The classes in the International Section extend from 6th Grade to 12th Grade, and prepare students for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) at the end of 10th Grade and the International Baccalaureate (IB) at the end of the 12th Grade.

Expeditions

Every year, some students climb Kilimanjaro in Africa. There are trips ranging from New Zealand, Morocco, Ghana, India, Tanzania, Uruguay, Japan, Chile, United States Of America, Madagascar, China. On November 27, 2009, 252 people, the students and staff, embarked on a 12-day cruise on the Mediterranean Sea to celebrate 100 years of Beau Soleil. In February, 2013, the whole school went on a trip to Tanzania, where students and staff climbed Kilimanjaro, travelled to Zanzibar on a cultural trip, visited the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and helped in a local orphanage owned by the school.

Orphanages

Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil owns orphanages including some in Madagascar, Tanzania, India and Uruguay. The school visits these orphanages as part of humanitarian expeditions.^[9]

Accreditations

The school is accredited by three international bodies:
- Council of International Schools (CIS)
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
- International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO)

Notable alumni

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Anglo-French actress and singer ^[10]
Jacques Villeneuve – racing driver
Jean-Daniel Dätwyler – Swiss Olympic and World Cup skier
Princess Marie of Denmark
Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Prince Louis of Luxembourg
Prince Felix of Luxembourg
Claire Lademacher, wife of Prince Félix of Luxembourg
Hermès Family
Sir Peter O'Sullevan - British racing journalist

References

↑ "Beau Soleil". 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
1 2 "Essential Character". 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
↑ "Financial Times". Retrieved 2007-08-02.
↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationpicturegalleries/11753862/The-worlds-most-exclusive-boarding-schools.html?frame=3384708
↑ http://site.beausoleil.ch/Welcome
↑ http://site.beausoleil.ch/Our-Kitchen
↑ http://site.beausoleil.ch/French-Section
↑ http://site.beausoleil.ch/International-Section
↑ http://site.beausoleil.ch/Big-Trips
↑ The new Villeneuve: the life of Jacques Villeneuve, Bloomsbury Publishing, 1998 By Timothy Collings, page 79

External links

International schools in Switzerland

AG	SIS Swiss International School (Suhr)

BE	Seeland Gymnasium (former Deutsches Gymnasium) (Biel/Bienne) École française de Berne (Berne)^{[note 1]} The British School (Muri bei Bern-Gümligen) International School of Berne (Muri bei Bern-Gümligen)^{[note 2]}^{[note 1]} Institut Le Rosey (Gstaad winter campus)^{[note 1]} John F. Kennedy International School (Saanen)

BS	École Française de Bâle^{[note 3]} International School Basel^{[note 4]}^{[note 1]} SIS Swiss International School (Basel)^{[note 1]}

GE	Ecole Primaire Française de Genève Deutsche Schule Genf (Vernier)^{[note 1]} Russian Mission School in Geneva^{[note 1]} Geneva English School (Genthod) International School of Geneva^{[note 1]} Collège du Léman (Versoix)^{[note 1]}

LU	Four-Forest Bilingual International School (Luzern) International School of Zug and Luzern (Horw-Kastanienbaum)

SG	Institut auf dem Rosenberg (St. Gallen)^{[note 1]} (Italian section)

SO	SIS Swiss International School (Schönenwerd)^{[note 1]}

SZ	SIS Swiss International School (Pfäffikon SZ)

TI	Istituto Leonardo da Vinci (Lugano)^{[note 1]} Istituto Elvetico Salesiani Don Bosco (Lugano)^{[note 1]} The American School In Switzerland (Collina d'Oro-Montagnola)^{[note 1]}

VD	École française de Lausanne-Valmont^{[note 1]} Lycée Pareto (Lausanne)^{[note 1]} Brillantmont International School (Lausanne)^{[note 1]} Collège Champittet (Pully)^{[note 1]} International School of Lausanne (Le Mont-sur-Lausanne)^{[note 1]} La Côte International School (Aubonne)^{[note 1]} Kumon Leysin Academy of Switzerland^{[note 1]} Leysin American School^{[note 1]} St George's School in Switzerland (Montreux)^{[note 1]} Riviera School (Montreux) Surval Montreux^{[note 1]} Collège Champittet (Nyon)^{[note 1]} Institut Le Rosey (Rolle)^{[note 1]} Aiglon College (Villars-sur-Ollon)^{[note 1]} Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil (Villars-sur-Ollon)^{[note 1]} GEMS World Academy (Etoy)^{[note 1]}

ZG	Institut Montana Zugerberg (Zug) Four-Forest Bilingual International School (Zug) International School of Zug and Luzern (Baar, Hünenberg)^{[note 1]} International School of Central Switzerland (Cham)^{[note 5]}^{[note 1]} SIS Swiss International School (Rotkreuz)^{[note 1]}

ZH	Lycée français Marie Curie de Zurich (Dübendorf)^{[note 6]}^{[note 1]} PoloScolasticoItalo-Svizzero Liceo Vermigli (Zürich)^{[note 6]}^{[note 1]} Scuola Italiana Statale "Casa di Italia" (Zürich)^{[note 7]} Scuola Secondaria di I grado "Enrico Fermi" (Zürich)^{[note 8]} Japanese School in Zurich (Uster) Inter-Community School Zurich (Zumikon)^{[note 6]}^{[note 1]} International School Zurich North (Zürich)^{[note 6]}^{[note 1]} SIS Swiss International School (Männedorf, Winterthur, Zürich-Wallisellen, Zürich-Wollishofen) Zurich International School (Adliswil, Wädenswil)^{[note 6]}^{[note 1]} Children First Association (???)^{[note 6]}^{[note 1]}

Former schools	International School Winterthur^{[note 6]}^{[note 1]} International School of Monts-de-Corsier^{[note 1]} American International School of Zürich^{[note 1]} Gstaad International School (Gstaad and Saanen)^{[note 1]} Villa St. Jean International School^{[note 1]}

List by far not complete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Not approved as Mittelschule/Collège/Liceo by by the Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) ↑ Not approved as Gymnasium (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education MBA (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt MBA), administration for education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Berne ↑ According the administration of education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Basel-Stadt, this school does not guarantee connection to the Swiss school system ↑ Not approved neither as Volksschule (Kindergarten, primary and lower secondary education), nor as Mittelschule by the administration of education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Basel-Stadt ↑ Not approved as Sekundarstufe II (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial and pedagogic education (Amt für Mittelschulen und Pädagogische Hochschule), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zug 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Not approved as Mittelschule by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt), administration of education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich. ↑ Not approved as primary school by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich. ↑ Not approved as Sekundarstufe (lower secondary education) by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich

Coordinates: 46°17′58″N 7°03′10″E / 46.29944°N 7.05278°E / 46.29944; 7.05278

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