TASIS Schools, formally established as the TASIS Foundation, is a private Swiss foundation which operates a group of four

international schools An international school is an institution that promotes education in an international environment or framework. Although there is no uniform definition or criteria, international schools are usually characterized by a multinational student body a ...

(including both day and boarding schools), operating in Switzerland,

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

, and

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. Its history dates to 1956, with the founding of its first school, in Switzerland (the oldest American boarding school in Europe). TASIS schools are known as some of the most expensive and highly ranked boarding schools in the world.

History

The group originated with the foundation of its first boarding school,

TASIS Switzerland TASIS or TASIS Switzerland, formally known as The American School In Switzerland, is a private American international boarding and day school in Switzerland. It is the oldest of the four TASIS Schools. TASIS is the oldest American college-prepar ...

, in

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...

, Switzerland, in 1956. TASIS England was founded in 1976, in

Thorpe, Surrey Thorpe is a village in Surrey, England, between Egham, Virginia Water and Chertsey. It is centred WSW of Charing Cross and its land adjoins the circle of the M25, near the M3 — its ward covers . Its traditional area with natural bou ...

, outside of

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. TASIS Hellenic was founded in 1979 in Athens, Greece, as a successor to the Hellenic International School. The main campus was in Kefalari, with the elementary school initially in Ekali. Until the mid-80s, TASIS Hellenic also operated a boarding unit. TASIS Hellenic was sold to the International School of Athens in the early 2000's. TASIS Dorado was founded in

in 2002. TASIS Portugal was founded in 2020, in Linhó, Sintra on the

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, outside Lisbon.TASIS Portugal - FAQ
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Schools

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Montagnola Montagnola () is a small Swiss village in Collina d'Oro municipality. Located in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, it is close to the border between Switzerland and Italy. It looks over Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano upon it. It falls wi ...

Collina d'Oro Collina d'Oro ( en, Golden Hill) is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It was formed from the 2004 union of the villages of Agra, Gentilino, and Montagnola. On 1 April 2012, it incorporated the form ...

, outside of

TASIS England TASIS England, formally known as TASIS The American School in England, is an American international boarding and day school in England. Founded in 1976, it is the second oldest of the TASIS Schools, a Swiss group of American international board ...

, in

, outside of

TASIS Portugal TASIS Portugal, formally known as The American School in Portugal, is a private American international school in Portugal. It is the newest of the four TASIS Schools, a Swiss group of American international schools. Located in Linhó, Sintra, o ...

, in Linhó, Sintra, outside of Lisbon * TASIS Dorado, in

Dorado, Puerto Rico Dorado () is a town and municipality in the northern coast of Puerto Rico, west of San Juan and is located in the northern region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Toa Alta, east of Vega Alta, and west of Toa Baja. Dorado ...

, outside of San Juan

References

External links

{{commonscat, TASIS Schools
TASIS Schools official website
TASIS International school associations