Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil

Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil
Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil
Address
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	Collège Alpin Beau Soleil, Route du Village 1, 1884 Villars-sur-Ollon, Suisse; Villars-sur-Ollon, Canton of Vaud; Switzerland
Coordinates	Coordinates: 46°17′58″N 7°03′10″E / 46.29944°N 7.05278°E
Information
Type	Private school, International school, Boarding school
Established	1910
Authorizer	NEASC, IBO, CIS, &
Principal	Stuart White
Staff	120
Faculty	90
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	~300
Color(s)	Dark Navy, Gold, Bright Blue
Nickname	CABS
Tuition	CHF 150000 in tuition and boarding (2019-2020)
Website	College Alpin Beau Soleil

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 61 international schools located across 28 countries, with a total of more than 61,000 students.

Beau Soleil has been listed by The Daily Telegraph as "One of the Most Exclusive Schools in the World".^[5]

Beau Soleil was recently considered to be the most expensive school in the world, with an annual tuition fee of CHF 150'000.

Curriculum[]

Beau Soleil offers two distinct, parallel systems: a French Section^[6] and an International Section.^[7] The program of studies offers academic subjects. Students are allowed to go to town on the weekends, or can sign up to go to other places. Some Saturdays are reserved for academics and challenges. During the year they have 7 challenges such as a 10 kilometer run in the mountains and ski races. They have two uniforms; one for Monday that is fancy attire while a more casual set of uniform is used for Tuesday to Friday. After class, students are permitted to wear their own clothes.

Accreditation[]

Swiss[]

CAIBS's (upper) secondary education (Middle and High School) is not approved as a Mittelschule/Collège/Liceo by the Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).^[8]

International[]

The school is accredited by three international bodies:^{[citation needed]}
- Council of International Schools (CIS)
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
- International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO)

Campus[]

Collège Alpin Beau Soleil Entrance

Beau Soleil was Founded in 1910

The student body numbers about 240 students from more than 40 nationalities.^[9] 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.

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 the United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}
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.^{[citation needed]}
June 2010: Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the school. New building inauguration.
September 2013: Frances King became principal of the school.
August 2016: New principal Kevin Foyle takes over.
2018: Stuart White becomes principal.

Expeditions[]

Every year, some students climb Kilimanjaro in Africa. There are trips to several places around the world, some of which include New Zealand, Morocco, Ghana, India, Tanzania, Uruguay, Japan, Chile, United States Of America, Madagascar and China. On November 27, 2009, 252 people, the students and staff of the school, embarked on a 12-day cruise on the Mediterranean Sea to celebrate 100 years of Beau Soleil.^{[citation needed]} In February, 2013, the whole school went on a trip to Tanzania, where students and staff climbed Kilimanjaro, traveled 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.^[10]

Notable alumni[]

Charlotte Gainsbourg — English-French actress and singer-songwriter^{[citation needed]}
Jacques Villeneuve — Canadian auto racing driver^[11]
Jean-Daniel Dätwyler — Swiss Olympic and World Cup alpine skier^{[citation needed]}
Princess Marie of Denmark — French-born wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark^[12]
Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg^[13]
Prince Félix of Luxembourg^[14]
Princess Claire of Luxembourg — German-born wife of Prince Félix of Luxembourg^{[citation needed]}
Prince Louis of Luxembourg
Hermès Family^{[citation needed]}
Sir Peter O'Sullevan — Irish-British horse racing commentator and journalist^[15]
Tina Cooper — English paediatrician^[16]
Prince Juan de Bagration-Mukhrani — Spanish-born Georgian prince^[17]

References[]

^ "Beau Soleil". Beausoleil.ch. 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Essential Character". Beausoleil.ch. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
^ "Financial Times". Ft.com. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
^ https://img.nordangliaeducation.com/resources/europe/permacache/a25/e04/8e1/22026a8cd4c1bb19a5c57d256790e73b.pdf?_ga=2.230482012.1504234418.1582048292-1390617605.1582048292
^ "The world's most exclusive boarding schools - Education". Telegraph.co.uk. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
^ "French Section - Collège Alpin Beau Soleil". Site.beausoleil.ch. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
^ "International Section - Collège Alpin Beau Soleil". Site.beausoleil.ch. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
^ "Maturität - Maturité - Maturità" (official site) (in German, French, and Italian). Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, SERI. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
^ "Welcome - Collège Alpin Beau Soleil". Site.beausoleil.ch. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
^ "Big Trips - Collège Alpin Beau Soleil". Site.beausoleil.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
^ Collings, Timothy. The new Villeneuve: the life of Jacques Villeneuve. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 79.
^ "HRH Princess Marie". kongehuset.dk. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2017.
^ "Le Grand-Duc Héritier, Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg". monarchie.lu. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
^ "Le Prince Félix, Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg". monarchie.lu. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
^ Peacock, Tom (2015-07-29). "Sir Peter O'Sullevan dies, aged 97". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
^ "Cooper, Christine Elisabeth". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60895. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "La boda rondeña del príncipe georgiano Juan de Bagration". 9 May 2014.

External links[]

[1] "Beau Soleil". Beausoleil.ch. 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-26.

[Essential_Character-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Essential Character". Beausoleil.ch. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-03.

[ft.com-3] "Financial Times". Ft.com. Retrieved 2007-08-02.

[4] ttps://img.nordangliaeducation.com/resources/europe/permacache/a25/e04/8e1/22026a8cd4c1bb19a5c57d256790e73b.pdf?_ga=2.230482012.1504234418.1582048292-1390617605.1582048292

[5] "The world's most exclusive boarding schools - Education". Telegraph.co.uk. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2017-01-02.

[site.beausoleil.ch-6] "French Section - Collège Alpin Beau Soleil". Site.beausoleil.ch. Retrieved 2017-01-02.

[ReferenceA-7] "International Section - Collège Alpin Beau Soleil". Site.beausoleil.ch. Retrieved 2017-01-02.

[8] "Maturität - Maturité - Maturità" (official site) (in German, French, and Italian). Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, SERI. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-22.

[9] "Welcome - Collège Alpin Beau Soleil". Site.beausoleil.ch. Retrieved 2017-01-02.

[10] "Big Trips - Collège Alpin Beau Soleil". Site.beausoleil.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2017-01-02.

[11] Collings, Timothy. The new Villeneuve: the life of Jacques Villeneuve. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 79.

[12] "HRH Princess Marie". kongehuset.dk. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2017.

[13] "Le Grand-Duc Héritier, Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg". monarchie.lu. Retrieved 2017-10-19.

[14] "Le Prince Félix, Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg". monarchie.lu. Retrieved 2017-10-19.

[15] Peacock, Tom (2015-07-29). "Sir Peter O'Sullevan dies, aged 97". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-09-04.

[16] "Cooper, Christine Elisabeth". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60895. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[17] "La boda rondeña del príncipe georgiano Juan de Bagration". 9 May 2014.

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[noconBS-20] According the administration of education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Basel-Stadt, this school does not guarantee connection to the Swiss school system

[notregBS-21] Not approved neither as Volksschule (Kindergarten, primary and lower secondary education), nor as Mittelschule by the administration of education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Basel-Stadt

[notregMSSG-22] Not approved as Mittelschule (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial education (Amt für Mittelschulen), department of education (Bildungsdepartement), canton of St. Gallen

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[notregPSZH-25] Not approved as primary school by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zürich.

[notregSekZH-26] Not approved as Sekundarstufe (lower secondary education) by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zürich

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