Château Mont-Choisi

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Château Mont-Choisi was one of the first and internationally most famous boarding schools for girls in Switzerland . The boarding school existed from 1885 to 1995 in Pully , a south-eastern suburb of Lausanne , in the canton of Vaud .

history

It was founded in 1885 as a boarding school for senior daughters and was located in a castle-like villa on Chemin des Ramiers in the hills above Lake Geneva , about three kilometers from the city center of Lausanne. The school soon gained an international reputation as a finishing school, where young women were prepared for a life in high society.

Since with the changing image of women in Western society, the demand for this kind of education quickly decreased after the Second World War , the academic aspect of school education was increasingly emphasized, especially from the 1960s, and the institute was then one until it was closed in 1995 Secondary school with grades 9 to 12 in the so-called "American Program", which concluded with the acquisition of a high school diploma recognized in the USA , and a 13th grade that prepared for the aptitude test at American colleges . The languages ​​of instruction were English and French. The school was accredited by both the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) .

The following were also offered: an intensive one-year French language course leading to the Alliance française certificate ; a business and tourism program that graduated in one or two years with a Pitman Certificate and prepared for attending a Swiss hotel management school ; and intensive courses of one or two years in English as a second language, in preparation for the relevant British and American language tests.

The approximately 1.2 hectare campus , in a quiet residential area, ultimately comprised six school and four residential buildings, as well as a gym, tennis court and heated swimming pool .

The school closed in 1995. The school authority , which was now a stock company , went into liquidation . The AG was deleted from the Swiss commercial register on December 30, 2015 .

Well-known students

Coordinates: 46 ° 31 '12 "  N , 6 ° 39' 46.3"  E ; CH1903:  540470  /  152373

Footnotes

  1. ^ Finishing School, in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  2. ↑ http://www.pitman-training.com/why-pitman/pitman-training-certificates-and-diplomas
  3. ↑ Schweizer Handelsamtsblatt, SOGC reports from December 30, 2015

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