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Haut-Lac International Bilingual School

Haut-Lac International Bilingual School is a co-educational international school with uniform for day students aged 3 to 18 and boarders aged 11 to 18.

It's two school campuses and boutique boarding house overlook Lake Geneva in the village of St-Légier-La Chiésaz, which sits just above Vevey on the .

The school also runs the Les Marronniers nursery in Vevey for toddlers aged 18 months to 4 years.

History

Haut-Lac International Bilingual School was founded in 1993 by two bilingual couples, Anne-Marie and Neil Harwood and Grainne and Jean-Louis Dubler.

The private school started off in Monts-de-Corsier with 13 students and grew rapidly. It moved to larger premises by Lake Geneva, on Quai Maria-Belgia in Vevey in 1994. By 1999-2000, enrollment had reached 150 students, which led to the opening of a secondary section.

Major campus developments:

  • 2001 – Infant students (E1-E3) moved to their own Les Marronniers campus in Vevey
  • 2003 – Secondary students (MYP1-3) moved to Roches Grises campus in Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz
  • 2014 – Infant, primary and MYP1&2 students moved into the Minergie-certified Praz-Dagoud campus

IB programme authorisations

Other notable milestones

Authorisations & Accreditations

Swiss

Haut-Lac International Bilingual School is official member of the local and Swiss associations below:

  • Association Vaudoise des Écoles Privées (AVDEP)
  • Federation Suisse des Écoles Privées (FSEP)
  • Swiss Group of International Schools (SGIS)
  • Association des Directeurs d'Instituts de Suisse Romande (ADISR)
  • Eco-Schools

International

Haut-Lac International Bilingual School is authorised or accredited by the organisations and associations below:

  • International Baccalaureate (IB)
  • Council of International School (CIS)
  • World Academy of Sport (WAoS)
  • New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)

Campus and Facilities

Haut-Lac operates across three campuses in the canton of Vaud, serving students from 18 months to 18 years. The main school campuses, Praz-Dagoud and Roches Grises, and the boarding house are within walking distance of each other in Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz. The Les Marronniers nursery is located near the train station in Vevey.

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