European School Brussels IV
| European School Brussels IV Schola Europaea BXL 4 |
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| type of school | European school |
| founding | 2007 |
| address |
Drève Sainte Anne 86 |
| place | Laeken |
| region | Brussels capital |
| Country | Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 53 '8 " N , 4 ° 21' 8" E |
| carrier | Supreme Council of the European Schools, Belgium |
| student | over 2200 (2016/17) |
| management | Manuel Barody |
| Website | www.eeb4.be |
The European School IV is the fourteenth and most recent European School , and the fourth in Brussels . It is located in the north-west of the city in the Laeken district near the royal castle .
history
As a result of the large EU expansion in 2004 by ten new member states and the necessary establishment of new language sections in three already busy Brussels European Schools, the fourth European School was opened on September 4, 2007, but initially in the alternative location Berkendael in the Brussels municipality of Forest . At the beginning of the school year in September 2012, the new school in Laeken was ready to move into.
The former barracks had previously been rebuilt and, in addition to several school buildings and underground car parks, a new canteen that dominated the picture had been built. The barracks are under monument protection, so the room layout and above all the large central former parade ground had to be preserved.
The original barracks were built by the architect JJ Van Ysendijck between 1899 and 1902 in the Flemish neo-renaissance style.
As early as 1687, a school for the sons of the local military units was founded, a cadet school , initially in Ostend and Lier . After Belgian independence, the first King of the Belgians , Leopold I , founded the Compagnie van de Troepskinderen , the "Troop Children Company" in Lier . In 1859 she moved to Aalst for children under 13 and to Namur for older children . The schools were later split up by language and additional locations were added. Due to problems with language legislation and mutual recognition of qualifications, the military decided to centralize everything at a bilingual cadet school in bilingual Brussels and moved into the barracks in Laeken in 1948. According to another language law in 1955, a Flemish section was reopened in Lier, while all francophone departments and an "African division" remained in Laken. It was not until 1987 that girls were also taught in the cadet school. As part of restructuring, it was decided in March 1989 to close the cadet school and carried out on June 30, 1991 in a large ceremony on the school grounds.
In the following years, however, a francophone preparatory class for the entrance examination to the Royal Military Academy (Brussels) in Laeken remained, while the Flemish class was settled in Lier, which then moved to Laeken in 1998.
Due to further austerity measures and with a view to founding a fourth European school in Brussels, the General Staff then decided to give up the location in Laeken and relocated the two language sections of the preparatory class in 2006 to Saffraanberg in Sint-Truiden .
Since the cadet school was closed in 1991, part of the barracks area has also been used by the police.
terrain
The site covers 4.73 hectares. The building area is around 52,000 square meters. The renovation was carried out between 2009 and 2012 by the Belgian building administration ( Régie des bâtiments ) according to a plan by a consortium of architects "4à4" for around 88 million euros.
The large inner courtyard used to be a roll call area and is oriented north-south. The directorate building connects to the north and the new canteen building to the south. On the long sides there are the old barracks buildings in red brick.
The east longitudinal building is the main building of the primary stage and is dedicated to the Belgian Frank De Winne , who was the second Belgian astronaut and in 2009 the first Western European commander on ISS Expedition 21 . From 1976 to 1979 he attended the cadet school himself, albeit at the Lier site .
The western longitudinal building is the main building of the secondary school and is dedicated to the Belgian grammarian Maurice Grevisse , who was the author of Le Bon Usage , an important contemporary grammar of the French language , and who taught in the cadet school first in Namur, then in Laeken.
classes
The school is planned for 3,000 students, but is still under construction with over 2,200 students at the start of the 2016/17 school year. In addition to the German section, which will have an Abitur class for the first time in the 2016/17 school year, there are sections in French , English , Dutch , Italian , Romanian , Bulgarian and, from the 2016/17 school year, also in Estonian .
In the language sections there are two pre-school years, five years of the primary / elementary school and seven years of the secondary level , which conclude with the European Abitur . Not all language sections already have all years.
The teachers are largely native speakers and national delegates and are paid by the Member States . The delegation lasts a maximum of nine years. Only gaps are filled by local teachers.
management
Wulf Schlabe was the founding director until summer 2017 and thus until the first graduation from high school, who was replaced by Manuel Barody in the 2017/18 school year. As deputy directors, Estonian Markko Mattus is responsible for the pre-school / maternal level and the primary area and Isabelle Verwilghen for the secondary area .
Supervision is carried out by the Council for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport of the European Union , which is the Council of the European Union of Education Ministers . The practical implementation is entrusted to the office of the Secretary General of the European Schools .
Parents Association
As in the other Brussels European Schools, the parents' association (APEEE4) takes care of the management of the canteen, afternoon activities and the bus transport system.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guy Stevins: De Koninklijke Cadettenschool , [1]
- ↑ PRESS FILE - From Royal Cadet School to hypermodern 4th European school in Brussels. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Buildings Agency, May 2, 2012, p. 11 , archived from the original on August 7, 2016 ; accessed on November 7, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
