A. APPORTIONMENT OF PUPILS BETWEEN THE THREE SCHOOLS

Application form for enrolment can be obtained from the secretariats of the three schools.

BRUSSELS I :
Avenue du Vert Chasseur, 1180 BRUXELLES
Secretary : Mr. Pol SAUCEZ
Tel : 373.86.11 - Fax : 375.47.16


BRUSSELS II:
75, Avenue Oscar Jespers, 1200 BRUXELLES
Secretary : Mr.Evelyne DEWEER
Tel : 774.22.11 - Fax : 772.05.30


BRUSSELS III :
135, Boulevard du Triomphe, 1050 BRUXELLES
Secretary : Mr. Reile RAMAEKERS
Tel : 629.47.00 - Fax : 629.47.92


THE EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF BRUSSELS III WILL ONLY BE ENROLLING PUPILS IN THE KINDERGARTEN AND THE SECONDARY SCHOOL.

The schools will be unable to give a decision regarding requests for enrolment during June and July unless all the required documentation is submitted with the application form.

B. NECESSARY DOCUMENTS :

1. An enrolment application form, duly completed :
   
   This form may be obtained at the secretariat of either school. They are also at your disposal at the reception desk and information bureaux of the European Commission and the Personnel and Social Services departments of the European Union Institutions.
   For pupils coming from other schools, parents must supply all the information requested and, in particular, to indicate clearly (in their mother-tongue) the classes attended in previous years and to specify the second language chosen as well as the child's level of ability in these languages.
   
   
2. A certified copy of the birth certificate.
   
   
3. A form relating to the employment status of the parents, duly completed and signed. This form is compulsory and must be attached to each enrolment form. It serves to determine the level of school fees to be paid for each child.
   
   
4. A «certificat de scolarité» or School Report from the last school attended showing the grades obtained and also showing the class in which the pupil is entitled to be enrolled in the country from which he is arriving. (Article 52 of the General Rules of the European School).
   
   
5. A recent photograph of the child , Identity Card size.
   
   The above documents are indispensable. The child's registration is final only when his/her file is complete (Article 52 of the General Rules of the European Schools). The documents will be returned upon departure from the school.
   
   

C. CHILDREN ALREADY ENROLLED :

Children who attended the school during the school year 1999/2000 are automatically enrolled for the school year 2000/2001. (This applies also to puils being transferred to Brussels III).

Children in the final year of the kindergarten, and who meet the age requirement, pass automatically into the first year of the primary school.

Their parents should, however :

1. where applicable, submit a request for exemption for children born between 1st and 31st January, 1995.
   
2. indicate, if they have not already done so, the choice of second language (either Englisch, French or German) and the choice of Religion or Ethics.

D. AGE OF ADMISSION

1. Kindergarten (Very important)
   
   Children who will be 5 years of age by 31st December 2000 will be admitted on a priority basis.
   Those children who will be 4 years of age by 31st December 2000 may also be admitted.
   
   
2. 1st year primary
   
   In order to be admitted into the first year of the primary school, a pupil must reach the age of 6 during the year in which he starts school. However, upon written request by the parents, the Headmaster may allow admissions one month earlier if the pupil is able to pass a maturity test administered by the school and provided that the school doctor's opinion is favourable.
   
   
3. Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd years primary
   (FOR BRUSSELS I ONLY)
   
   The school would like to inform parents that the kindergarten, 1st and 2nd years primary are free on Friday afternoons. Transport home that day is the responsibility of the parents. The pupils may eat at the canteen if the parents so wish.
   
   
4. Upper Classes
   
   Admission into the upper classes is generally subjet to the same requirements, the age increasing with the age requirements of each class.
   
   

E. SCHOOL STRUCTURE

1. BRUSSELS I - Uccle, Avenue du Vert Chasseur, 46, 1180 BRUXELLES
   
   Deputy Headmaster for the kindergarten and primary school :
   Mr. Arnold ZANZEN
   
   Deputy Headmaster for the secondary school :
   Mr. Michael RYAN
   
   The kindergarten consist of six language sections : Danish, Englisch, French, German, Italian and Spanish. However, the primary school consists of eight language sections : Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian and Spanish.
   
   The secondary school consists of six language sections : Danish, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
   
   Parents who require more information or who wish to visit the school are invited to make arrangements with the secretariat at least 48 hours beforehand.
   
   
   
2. BRUSSELS II - Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Avenue Oscar Jespers, 75, 1200 BRUXELLES
   
   Deputy Headmaster for the kindergarten and primary school ::
   Mr. Dieter HOLTHUSEN
   
   Deputy Headmaster for the secondary school :
   Mr. Giuseppe FIORA
   
   The Brussels II School consists of eight language sections (Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Swedisch) will all sections operating from kindergarten up to the final year of the secondary school.
   
   
   
3. BRUSSELS III - Ixelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, 135, 1050 BRUXELLES
   
   Deputy Headmaster for the secondary school :
   Mrs Toula VASSILACOU
   
   The Brussels III School consists of six language sections (Dutch, English, French, German, Greek and Spanish) operating from 1st to 7th year of secondary school.
   
   THE BRUSSELS III SCHOOL WILL HAVE ITS OWN KINDERGARTEN BUT NO PRIMARY SCHOOL DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 2000/2001.
   
   
   

F. DEPARTURES

Parents who intend to remove their child/ren at the end of the present school year are urgently requested to notify the school in writing.

G. ADMISSION EXAMINATIONS

Pupils who have to sit an admission examination for entry to Brussels I should come to the Uccle School on Wednesday, 6th September 2000 at 8h30.
The Brussels II and Brussels III schools will notify parents in writing regarding admissions examinations.

H. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 2000/2001

The date of the commencment of the school year 2000/2001 for all the three schools has been set for Thursday, 7th September 2000.