European School Mol
| European School Mol Europese School Mol Ecole Européenne de Mol Schola Europaea Molensis |
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| type of school | European school |
| founding | 1960 |
| address |
European School Mol |
| place | Mole |
| region | Flanders |
| Country | Belgium |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 12 '11 " N , 5 ° 2' 40" E |
| carrier | Supreme Council of the European Schools, Belgium |
| student | about 700 |
| Teachers | 101 |
| management | Tinne van Opstal |
| Website | www.esmol.eu |
The European School Mol in Mol , Belgium, opened its doors in 1960 as the third European School , immediately followed in the same year by the European School Varese.
The primary mission was and is the education of the children of the employees of Euratom (now IRMM), Eurochemic and the Study Center for Nuclear Energy. Children of non-EU employees were always admitted. In the early years these included many children of Italian guest workers who worked in the local coal mines. Every day, buses bring students from surrounding cities such as Antwerp , Brussels , Eindhoven or Hasselt to school. The children can also be accommodated in an independent boarding school from Monday evening to Friday morning.
Jean Monnet
The words of Jean Monnet , which describe the essential aims of the European Schools, were written on parchment, embedded in the foundation stones of all European Schools:
“Raised together, unencumbered from the prejudices that divide them from childhood, familiar with everything that is great and good in different cultures, it is written in their souls as they grow up that they belong together. Without ceasing to look at their own country with love and pride, they become Europeans, trained and ready to complete and consolidate the work of their fathers before them in order to create a united and prosperous Europe. "
School hours
There are twelve school years in the European school system. The lesson times differ from school to school. The school hours of the individual levels are different within a school: School starts at 8:30 a.m. In kindergarten and the first two years of primary school, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays end at 12:50 p.m. However, children who travel by bus have to wait for the bus in kindergarten on Monday and Friday afternoons until 4:15 p.m. From the 3rd to the 5th year of primary school, only Wednesday and Friday afternoons are free. On Friday afternoons, children traveling by bus can play outside or in the school building, depending on the weather. In the secondary school, only Wednesday afternoons are free, which is why nobody has to wait for the bus on Wednesdays. From 12:50 pm to 1:50 pm there is a lunch break in the high school. You can then go out to eat in the school's own canteen, where you still cook yourself. If you have a free period either before or after lunch, you can also eat at these times. This is especially important in high school, as it can happen that you have lessons during the lunch break due to the choice of subjects. If you have a free period in the last hour of the day from 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., depending on the weather and mood of the educational advisors, you can play, play sports, lazy or go for a walk on the extensive sports facilities. School generally ends at 4:15 p.m.
kindergarten
From the age of 3 children can go to kindergarten. There they are already looked after in the respective language sections by German, English, French or Dutch speaking teachers. Everyday life can be compared to that in a German kindergarten. With the peculiarity that the children meet children from many other nations at a very young age.
primary school
In primary school, all children are taught their mother tongue, math, history, geography, science, art, music, Catholic or Protestant religion, or ethics and sport. Except for art, music, sport and ethics, all subjects are taught in the mother tongue. In the other subjects, the classes from the different language sections are mixed. These subjects are either taught in the local language, here Flemish, or sometimes in English for better understanding. From the first year of primary school, the children learn their first foreign language, which is called a second language within the European Schools. You can choose between German, English and French. The choice of the second language is very important, because from the 3rd grade onwards (after the 5th grade of elementary school and the subsequent transfer to the Gymnasium, counting starts again from 1) and then from the 4th grade onwards geography and history are separated into the 2nd language are taught. During the so-called European hours, the children of all classes are engaged in various activities.
Secondary school
Lower level (1 to 3)
The first three years of secondary school are seen as the "observation stage". The pupils should get to know as broad a spectrum of subjects as possible in order to promote general knowledge and to decide on the right subjects in later years. The following subjects are taught: Language 1 (mother tongue), Language 2, Language 3, Latin (elective), Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, ICT (Computer Science), Art, Music, Sports, Religion or Ethics, and additional activities. Free hours have to be spent either in the library or in the "Stüdie", where you can quietly study, read, work or just relax. This does not apply to free hours before or after the lunch break where you can eat, and also not to free hours in the last hour. If you have one or more free periods in a row at the beginning or at the end of the school day and you live near the school, you can also go home.
Intermediate (4 and 5)
In the middle school, the students have 31 or 35 lesson hours per week. 27 to 29 are the compulsory subjects (depending on the math class)
- Compulsory subjects: language 1, language 2, language 3, religion / ethics, sport, history, geography, physics, chemistry, biology,
- Elective subject: Mathematics (weak 4 hours / week; strong 6 hours / week)
- Electives: Language 4, Latin, Economics, ICT (Computer Science), Art, Music
The grading changes from year 5. In grades 1–4, the so-called A grade consists of homework and participation in class, and the B grade consists of tests written in the classes. The certificate grade is calculated 50:50 from the A and B grades. From the 5th grade onwards, the tests written in the classes are added to the A grade, while the B grade is calculated from two half-year exams. Here the weighting is again 50:50, with 50 percent of the grade consisting of only two exams.
Advanced level (6 and 7)
- Compulsory subjects: language 1, language 2, sport, religion / ethics
- Elective subjects: Mathematics (weak: 3 hours / week; strong 5 hours / week; specialization: 8 hours / week), philosophy (compulsory 2 hours / week; option 4 hours / week), history (compulsory 2 hours / week; option 4 Hours / week), geography (compulsory 2 hours / week; option 4 hours / week), natural sciences (compulsory 2 hours / week; option physics and / or chemistry and / or biology each 4 hours / week)
- Electives: Latin, economics, language 3, language 4, art, music, language 1 specialization, language 2 specialization
- Supplementary subjects: art, music, language 5, ICT (computer science), laboratory studies, economics
At the end of the seventh grade of secondary school, the European Baccalaureate is taken. This is valid throughout the EU, Switzerland and the USA, without any “foreigner examination”, as a university entrance qualification and must be recognized.
Buildings and grounds
If you drive through the gated gate, you will pass a log cabin with a guard on the right. The barriers, the guard post, the student ID cards and the windshield stickers were introduced after September 11, 2001 for the safety of the students. Behind the log cabin is the caretaker's bungalow. If you drive straight ahead, you will come directly to the kindergarten. There is a playground behind the kindergarten. Behind this playground there are 6 secondary school tennis courts. To the left of the tennis courts is the gym for kindergarten and elementary school. Attached to it is the swimming pool with an Olympic pool with 4 lanes. To the left of the kindergarten is the primary school with 2 large courtyards for playing during the small break after the third lesson. Behind the elementary school there is a playground in the forest as well as basketball, volleyball and soccer fields. To the right of the kindergarten are the 2 sports halls for the secondary level. Behind the sports halls are volleyball courts, a diving pit, basketball courts and a concrete soccer field. Further to the left is a grass football field with a cinder track all around, as well as 2 other jumping pits. There is also an ash football field there. An administration bungalow and the teacher and visitor parking lot are located between the secondary level sports halls and Aschenplatz. In front of the sports halls, towards the exit, is the canteen and auditorium. In addition to the canteen and administration, the 4-storey building of the secondary school rises in the form of a square figure eight.
In addition to the many sports facilities, the school has laboratory rooms, a darkroom, a soundproof music room, a library with over 15,000 books, a computer room and 2 art halls. The school grounds have been extensively renovated in recent years.
Contacts with other European schools
The contact with other European schools is quite intensive. Examples are that classes are taught together with the European School in Culham (UK) via video conference. Furthermore, "Eurosport" takes place every 2 years. This is a major sporting event which takes place between all European schools. Similar to the Olympic Games , teams from different schools travel to a school and compete against each other in sporting competitions. Sports such as biathlon, basketball, soccer, badminton, long distance races, etc. are offered. However, not all schools have to take part in all competitions. At the end a kind of “medal table” is compiled. The winner then receives a trophy. There are also cultural programs in which a school, for example, invites you to an event and different schools send theater groups or bands there.
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- Information brochures from the European School in Mol
