Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil |
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| Collège Alpin Beau Soleil, Route du Village 1, 1884 Villars-sur-Ollon, Suisse Villars-sur-Ollon, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland |
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| Type | Private, international boarding school |
| Established | 1910 |
| Authorizer | NEASC, IBO, CIS, & ECIS |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | ~300 |
| Color(s) | Dark Navy, Gold, Bright Blue |
| Nickname | CABS |
| Tuition | CHF 98'500 in tuition and boarding (2016-2017) |
| Affiliations | Secular |
| Information | (+41) 24 496 26 26 |
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 43 international schools located across 15 countries, with a total of 37,000 students.
Beau Soleil was recently listed by The Telegraph as "One of the Most Exclusive Schools in the World".
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Campus
The student body numbers about 240 students from more than 40 nationalities. 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.
Curriculum
Beau Soleil offers two distinct, parallel systems: a French Section and an International Section. The programme of studies offers academic subjects up to university level, coupled with art, music, drama, sports and expeditions.
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.
