N° 17-2004 / 12.03.2004

REGISTRATION IN THE EUROPEAN SCHOOLS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2004/2005

INTERNAL INFORMATION FOR THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

EUROPEAN SCHOOLS February 2004

The Headmasters of the three European Schools:

BRUSSELS I : Uccle, Mr. Kari KIVINEN,
BRUSSELS II : Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Mr. Dimitri SFINGOPOULOS,
BRUSSELS III : Ixelles, Mr. Peter HILMERSSON

ask parents wishing to enrol their children for the next school year (commencing September 2004) to submit their application between Monday, 22nd March and Friday 2nd April 2004.

The only applications accepted after 2nd April 2004 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.

  1. APPORTIONMENT OF PUPILS BETWEEN THE THREE SCHOOLS

    Pupils are accepted into one or other of the Brussels schools according to the area in which their family lives.

    Secretariats of the three schools :
     
    BRUSSELS I : 46, Avenue du Vert Chasseur - 1180 BRUSSELS
    Secretary : Mrs. Hélène EVRARD (Tel : 02/373.86.05)
    Tel : 02/373.86.11 Fax : 02/375.47.16
    E-mail address : edhe@eursc.org
    BRUSSELS II : 75, Avenue Oscar Jespers - 1200 BRUSSELS
    Secretary : Mrs Evelyne DEWEER
    Tel : 02/774.22.11 Fax : 02/772.05.43
    E-mail address : dree@eursc.org
    BRUSSELS III : 135, Boulevard du Triomphe - 1050 BRUXELLES
    Secretary : Mrs Reile RAMAEKERS (rsre@eursc.org)
    Mrs Maggie VAN DEN OSTENDE (veme@eursc.org)
    Tel : 02/629.47.00 Fax : 02/629.47.92

    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. Enrolment application forms duly completed.
      These forms can be obtained from the ADMINFO of the European Commission and from the Personnel or Social Services departments of the European Union Institutions. They can also be obtained from the school secretariat.

      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 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 school report for the school year 2002/2003 showing the results obtained and also the most recent report for this academic year 2003/2004. At the end of the current school year a document indicating whether (s)he has qualified for promotion to a higher class. These documents are not necessary for pupils entering the kindergarten or first year primary.
       

    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 46 of the General Rules of the European Schools). The documents will be returned upon departure from the school.
       

  3. CHILDREN ALREADY ENROLLED

    Children who attended the school during the school year 2003/2004 will be automatically enrolled for the school year 2004/2005.
    Children in the final year of the kindergarten, and who meet the age requirement, pass automatically into the first year of the primary school.
     

  4. AGE OF ADMISSION
     

    1. Kindergarten
      Children who will be 5 years old, i.e. those who were born between 1st January and 31st December 1999 will have priority. Children who will have reached 4 years of age by the beginning of the school year can be admitted, depending on space 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. Higher Classes

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

  5. SCHOOL STRUCTURE
     

    1. BRUSSELS I / Uccle, Avenue du Vert Chasseur 46, 1180 BRUSSELS

      Deputy Headmistress for the kindergarten and primary school :
      Mrs. Rosemarie CLERGET (secrétariat : 02/373.87.15)

      Deputy Headmaster for the secondary school : Mr. Giancarlo MARCHEGGIANO
      (secrétariat 02/373.86.19/54)

      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.

      Pupils of Polish, Hungarian, Slovenian and Maltese nationalities will be enrolled in the Brussels I school.
       

    2. BRUSSELS II / Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Avenue Oscar Jespers 75, 1200 BRUSSELS

      Deputy Headmaster for the kindergarten and primary school : Mr. Dieter HOLTHUSEN (secrétariat : 02/774.22.11/09)
       
      Deputy Headmaster for the secondary school : Mr Frank McGURK
      (secrétariat : 02/774.22.35)

      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.

      Pupils of Estonian, Latvian or Lithuanian nationalities will be enrolled in the Brussels II school.
       

    3. BRUSSELS III / Ixelles, Boulevard du Triomphe 135, 1050 BRUSSELS

      Deputy Headmistress for the kindergarten and primary school : Mrs Codj BUSINARO
      (secrétariat : 02/629.47.63/72)

      Deputy Headmistress for the secondary school : Mrs Toula VASSILACOU
      (secrétariat : 02/629.47.09/10)

      The Brussels III School consists of six language sections (Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, and Spanish) operating from kindergarten up to the final year of secondary school.

      Pupils of Czech, Slovakian and Cypriot nationalities will be enrolled in the Brussels III school.
       

  6. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 2004/2005

    The date of the commencement of the school year 2004/2005 will be Tuesday, 7th September 2004.

     

  7. OPENING OF THE SECRETARIAT

    During the summer holidays, the three schools will be open until 30th July 2004. During the month of August, they will be open as follows :

    Brussels I : from 23rd to 27th August 2004 from 9h00 to 14h30 and from 30th August to 3rd September from 9h00 to 16h00
    Brussels II : from 16th to 31st August 2004 from 9h00 to 12h00
    Brussels III : from 16th to 31st August 2004 from 9h00 to 16h00

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   Author: ADMIN/D/4-Ecoles Européennes