Leysin American School Leysin, Switzerland
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Leysin American School Leysin, Switzerland Zurich Paris Leysin American School Rome NJ Address Academics Campus Life Chemin de La Source 3 There are three distinct tracts for Leysin American School is fully 1854 Leysin, Switzerland students to follow while attending residential, comprised of 12 buildings www.las.ch Leysin American School: the Middle across the Savoy Campus for students School Years program for students in in grades 7-10 and the Belle Epoque Founded: 1960 grades 7 & 8, the Preparatory Years Campus for students in grades 11- program for students in grades 9 & 12. Students live in dormitories on Enrollment: Boarding School 10 and the Diploma years program campus in spacious rooms shared by for students in grades 11 & 12. The 2 or 3 students, with a bathroom, and Grades: programs are designed to lay the are supervised by live-in faculty and 7 through 12 and Post Graduate groundwork of skill and preparation as Dorm Parents. The school also offers a students continue to achieve academic state-of-the-art Athletic Center, squash Student Body success with mainstream courses and a court, fitness rooms, black box theater, About 320 total students variety of electives. During the Diploma performance hall, art centre and two Years, students can choose to follow the libraries. Student/Faculty Ratio: 8:1 IB Program or US High School Diploma Program. Activities Average Class Size: 14 Students can choose from a range of International Baccalaureate (IB) music, arts, design, theater arts, and Location Program other electives, and are also encouraged The campuses of Leysin American Leysin American School offers the full to participate in activities outside the School are located in the Swiss Alps in International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma classroom, such as Alpine Institute, the beautiful alpine village of Leysin, Program, as well as the US High School Model United Nations, and Student offering views across the Rhone Valley, Diploma. Students can choose to attend Council, among others. All students and about two hours from Geneva. either program to graduate. will participate in after-school programs during the Fall and Spring terms, Airport ESL Program including sports and clubs. During Geneva International Airport (GVA) Students can enroll in the sheltered the Winter term, students will ski or immersion ESL Program, with focuses snowboard on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Climate on the development of reading, writing, and weekends, with opportunities for Four seasons - colder temperatures with listening and speaking. Within this students of all skill levels. snowy winters model, language and content learning are integrated to promote the mastery Sports Modern Languages Available of English proficiency skills. Boys teams in: Basketball, Rugby, Soccer, French and Spanish and Volleyball. Girls teams in: Basketball, Success Rate Soccer, and Volleyball. Co-ed teams Religious Affiliation: None 99% of students are accepted to a 4 in Alpine Ski Racing, Beach Volleyball, year college or university, worldwide. Cross Country, Rowing, Ski & Snowboard Uniforms: Required Freestyle, Swimming, Tennis, and Track. 14 College Acceptances USA Lehigh University University of Miami University of Kent American University Michigan State University University of Michigan University of Liverpool Berklee College of Music New York University University of Notre Dame University of Manchester Boston College Northeastern University University of Pennsylvania University of Oxford Boston University Otis College of Art & Design University of Southern University of St. Andrew’s California Brandeis University Parsons School of Design University of Washington Brown University Pennsylvania State International Vanderbilt University American University in California Institute of University Dubai, UAE Technology Pepperdine University Wellesley College Australian National California State University Princeton University University Case Western Reserve Canada Purdue University Bocconi University, Italy University McGill University Rice University Business School of Lausanne Colgate University University of British Salve Regina University Ecole Polytechnique Federale College of William and Mary Columbia School of Visual Arts de Lausanne International Columbia University University of Toronto Stanford University University of Geneva Cornell University Syracuse University John Cabot University, Italy Dartmouth College United Kingdom Temple University Leiden University College the Drexel University Chelsea College of Art & Hague Tulane University Design Emerson College Sophia University, Japan University of California Durham University Fordham University - Berkeley Universidad de Monterrey, Imperial College London George Washington University of California Mexico King’s College London University - Los Angeles University of Amsterdam, Regents University London Georgetown University University of California Netherlands Georgia Institute of - San Diego Royal Holloway University of University of Geneva London Technology University of Chicago University of Hong Kong University College London Harvey Mudd College University of Illinois at University of Melbourne, Indiana University - Urbana-Champaign University of Brighton Australia Bloomington University of Massachusetts University of Cambridge University of St. Gallen Johns Hopkins University - Amherst University of Edinburgh Waseda University, Japan 15.