February edition You, this newsletter and growth This newsletter seems to have a positive effect on our membership : in the last six months of 2013, we noticed that after each issue an average of fifty alumni subscribed to our website. This goes from a minimum of 13 to a maximum
News An important proposal is quietly but steadily advancing (towards implementation?) and we wonder if many parents of the Brussels European Schools are informed properly. In the recent General Assembly of the School Brussels III (“Ixelles”) last December (2013) was proposed to the representatives of the parents a motion giving
December edition SANTA LUCIA The annual Santa Lucia Walk by the lovely danish girls of the European School of Luxembourg II ! ( Photo via Your Euroschoolpaper ) AE AND COSUP Alumni and future alumni working together. "LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED" Photo of CoSup @ European School Brussels 3 #CoSup#EEB3
November edition European Baccalaureate soon to be a worthless piece of paper? In times of austerity budget cuts have hit the European Schools System as well. This does not come as a surprise. What is surprising however is how these budget cuts will translate into a fundamental change in the
Changing the way the world views history European School graduates, Thomas Ketchell and Yoran Brondsema (EE III - Brussels - Bac 2006), have launched an international education organisation: Hstry. Hstry constructs interactive and accurate historical timelines to inspire the next generation of historians. Hstry is in the process of creating
Commentary I was at the European School of Brussels (Uccle I) from 1974 until 1986, the so called “Vert Chasseur” (green hunter) school from the name of the street where it was located. The school was in a little wood on its own. When I think of it, we were
Commentary In times of austerity budget cuts have hit the European Schools System as well. This does not come as a surprise. What is surprising however is how these budget cuts will translate into a fundamental change in the spirit with which the school has been created. The system of
Spread the News What would you think about a worldwide network of over 50.000 people, with diverse social backgrounds, of different age groups, with a higher education and a common European culture of tolerance, solidarity and cooperation? First and foremost that it would have an enormous potential. It is
Book on European schools arry van Lingen, a former teacher of English, Sociology and Human Sciences at the ES Bergen and Karlsruhe (1987-2004) has written a book has been released about the European School system and its developments over the years. The European School – from post-war idealism to a present-day
May edition Mot du Président Cette année nous fêtons le 60ème anniversaire du système des écoles européennes. Cela fait maintenant 54 ans que les élèves obtiennent le baccalauréat au sein des écoles européennes, qui a l''époque n''en comptait que vingt-trois mais qui maintenant en
By Sarah Harvey-Kelley When I listen to my friends at university comment on something I do as being "so European", I inevitably question the true nature of my nationality. When I first arrived in England, I was offended by being labelled, but now I understand these sorts of
Commentary The European Schools were established in a time of relative political and diplomatic turmoil; Europe was reeling from the bloodiest conflict the world has ever seen, fought between neighbouring nations who had been at war for centuries. The nationalistic paradigm driving the politics of the pre-European Community (EC) era