Since 1965 the European School Varese has been bringing to success thousands of students who passed their European Baccalaureate! The European Schools are official educational establishments controlled jointly by the governments of the Member States of the European Union. In all these countries they are legally regarded as public institutions. They were created in 1953 to facilitate the mobility of European civil servants and their families across European Institutions.
At the European School of Varese, there are five language sections: German, English, French, Dutch and Italian. There is the possibility of mother tongue tuition for those pupils who have a mother tongue that is not taught in the five existing language sections, on the condition that it is an official language of the European Union. All teachers are native speakers and are inspected by national Inspectors regularly. Our aim and mission are:
- To give pupils confidence in their own cultural identity – the bedrock for their development as European citizens.
- To provide a broad education of high quality, from nursery level to university entrance.
- To develop high standards in the mother tongue and foreign languages.
- To develop mathematical and scientific skills throughout the whole period of schooling.
- To encourage a European and global perspective overall and particularly in the study of the human sciences.
- To encourage creativity in music and the plastic arts and an appreciation of all that is best in a common European artistic heritage.
- To develop physical skills and instill in pupils an appreciation of the need for healthy living through participation in sporting and recreational activities.
- To offer pupils professional guidance on their choice of subjects and career/university decisions in the later years of secondary school.
- To foster tolerance, co-operation, communication, and concern for others throughout the school community and beyond.
- To cultivate pupils’ personal, social and academic development and to prepare them for the next stage of education.
For pupils who join the school during the school year, lessons of learning support are organized to help students catch up as quickly and as efficiently as possible. These lessons are available both in the Primary and in the Secondary. For pupils, who have a mother tongue that does not correspond with one of the five linguistic sections, there is the possibility of having additional help. Study skill courses are organized in the first and fourth year of Secondary School.
