The European School, Varese is one of thirteen
European Schools
The European Schools ( la, Schola Europaea) is an intergovernmental organisation, which has established, finances, and administers a small group of multilingual international schools, bearing the title "European School", which exist primarily ...
, and the only one to be established in
Italy
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. Founded in 1960 in the city of
Varese
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559.
It is the c ...
, in the North-Italian region of
Lombardy
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, its primary purpose is to provide an education to the children of
European Union staff posted to one of the three institutes of the
European Commission
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's
Joint Research Centre
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located in the nearby town of
Ispra
Ispra is a ''comune'' and small town on the eastern coast of Lake Maggiore, in the province of Varese (Lombardy, northern Italy).
Toponymy
Attested by the name ''Ispira'' (712), ''Ispira'' (XIV). Appears as ''Ispratium'' in Aegidius Tschudi's '' ...
.
The school has three sections; a two-year
nursery school
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, a 5-year
primary school
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, and a 7-year
secondary school
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.
Notable alumni
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Philippe Daverio
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Biography
Daverio was born in Mulhouse, Alsace in 1949 from an Italian father, bu ...
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Laura Gauthier
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Thomas Larkin
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Analogy (band)
Analogy was a German and Italian psychedelic rock, progressive rock band, active in the 1970s. The band was launched by the guitarist Martin Thurn when attending the European School, Varese. In 1968, Thurn founded a band called Sons of Glove. O ...
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Margherita Missoni
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Karin Giegerich
See also
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European School
A European School ( la, Schola Europaea) is a type of international school emphasising a multilingual and multicultural pedagogical approach to the teaching of nursery, primary and secondary students, leading to the European Baccalaureate as th ...
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European Schools
The European Schools ( la, Schola Europaea) is an intergovernmental organisation, which has established, finances, and administers a small group of multilingual international schools, bearing the title "European School", which exist primarily ...
References
External links
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Educational institutions established in 1960
Varese
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559.
It is the c ...
International schools in Italy
Schools in Lombardy
1960 establishments in Italy
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