REGISTRATION FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2003/2004

The Headmasters of the three European Schools :

BRUSSELS I : Uccle – Mr. Rien JONKERS
BRUSSELS II : Woluwé-Saint-Lambert - Mr. Dimitri SFINGOPOULOS
BRUSSELS III : Ixelles – Mr. Jacques STEIWER

ask parents wishing to enrol their children for the next school year (commencing September 2003) to submit their request between Monday, 31^st March and Friday 11th April 2003 by 16h00.

The only enrolments accepted after 11th April 2003 will be from those families who move to Brussels after the deadline.

The secretariats of all three schools are open from Monday to Friday from 9h00 to 12h00 and from 14h00 to 16h00, with the exception of Wednesday afternoons.

Secretariats of the three schools.

BRUSSELS I : Avenue du Vert Chasseur, 1180 BRUXELLES
Secretary : Mrs Hélène EVRARD
Tel : 02/373.86.11 – Fax : 02/375.47.16
E-Mail Address : edhe@eursc.org

BRUSSELS II: 75, Avenue Oscar Jespers, 1200 BRUXELLES
Secretary : Mrs Evelyne DEWEER
Tel : 02/774.22.11 – Fax : 02/772.05.30
E-Mail Address : dree@eursc.org

BRUSSELS III : 135, Boulevard du Triomphe, 1050 BRUXELLES
Secretary : Mrs Reile RAMAEKERS
Tel : 02/629.47.00 – Fax : 02/629.47.92
E-Mail Address : rsre@eursc.org

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.

2. NECESSARY DOCUMENTS :

1. An enrolment application form, duly completed. This form may be obtained at the secretariats of the schools. They are also at your disposal at the reception desk and information bureaux (Bureau d’Accueil) 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, indicate clearly (in their mother-tongue) the classes attended in previous years and 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 46 of the General Rules of the European Schools).

5. A recent photograph of the child, Identity Card size.

6. For Brussels I, a confidentiel medical-pedagogical questionnaire for the school medical service, which should be returned in a sealed envelope and marked : "For the medical service, confidential".

Children who attended the school during the school year 2002/2003 will be automatically enrolled for the school year 2003/2004.

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

1. Kindergarten (Very important)

Those children who will be 4 years of age by the beginning of the school year may also be admitted, depending upon space being available.

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 (Article 50 of the General Rules of the European Schools).

3. Upper Classes

Admission into the upper classes is generally subject to the same requirements, the age increasing with the age requirement of each class.

4. Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd years primary

BRUSSELS I : The school would like to inform parents that the kindergarten, 1^st and 2^nd years primary are free on Friday afternoons. Transport home that day is the responsibility of the parents. The pupils may eat at the canteen and attend the school garderie if the parents so wish.

BRUSSELS III : Pupils in the kindergarten and 1^st and 2^nd year primary are free on Friday afternoons. Transport home that day is the responsibility of the parents. The pupils may eat at the canteen and enrol in extra-curricular activities if the parents so wish.

5. Secondary

BRUSSELS I : Pupils in the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd year secondary are free on Friday afternoons, except for those pupils who are enrolled in support classes (LI, LII and Mathematics) or catch up classes (LII).

1. BRUSSELS I - Uccle, Avenue du Vert Chasseur, 46, 1180 BRUXELLES
   
   Deputy Headmistress for the kindergarten and primary school : Mrs. Rosemarie CLERGET
   
   Deputy Headmaster for the secondary school : Mr. Giancarlo MARCHEGGIANO
   
   The Brussels I school consists of six language sections : Danish, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish with all sections operating from the kindergarten up to the last class of the secondary school.

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. Frank McGURK
   
   The Brussels II School consists of eight language sections : Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Swedish with 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 Headmistress for the kindergarten and primary school : Mrs Codj BUSINARO
   
   Deputy Headmistress 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 kindergarten up to final year of secondary school.

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.

Pupils who have to sit an admission examination for entry to Brussels I should come to the Uccle School on Monday, 8th September 2003 at 8h30.

The Brussels II and Brussels III schools will notify parents in writing regarding admissions examinations.

The date of the commencement of the school year 2003/2004 for all three schools has been set for Tuesday, 9th September 2003.

BRUSSELS I : from Monday 18^th to Friday 29^th August 2003 from 9h00 to 14h00
BRUSSELS II : from Monday 18^th to Friday 29^th August 2003 from 9h00 to 14h00
BRUSSELS III : from Monday 18^th to Friday 29^th August 2003 from 9h00 to 14h00