Swiss School Milan
| Swiss School Milan | |
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| founding | 1861 |
| address |
Via Appiani, 21 |
| place | Milan |
| Metropolitan city | Milan |
| Country | Italy |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 28 '43 " N , 9 ° 11' 39" E |
| Teachers | 40 |
| management | Daniel Engel |
| Website | www.scuolasvizzera.it (Italian / German) |
The Swiss School of Milan ( Italian : Scuola svizzera di Milano , French : École suisse de Milan , Rhaeto-Romanic Scola Svizra Milaun , SSM) is a German-speaking private school and Swiss school abroad in Milan , Italy .
history
The International School of Protestant Families was founded in 1861 with the aim of offering German-speaking educational opportunities in Milan, as well as a non-denominational alternative to the then predominantly Catholic education system for non-Catholic students , which the new Italian nation-state had inherited from Austria . Until the outbreak of the First World War, the school, which was attended primarily by Swiss and Imperial German students, was not supported by any foreign state.
It was not until 1919, after most German citizens had to leave Italy for war reasons, that the international school, which had run into difficulties, was sponsored by the Swiss Confederation as a school abroad and renamed the Swiss School in Milan.
German remained as the teaching and working language, but the proportion of German-speaking students decreased dramatically. This is due on the one hand to the adoption of the Italian language by the new generations of Swiss families in Milan, and on the other hand to the acceptance of an increasing number of non-Swiss - mostly Italian - students. Nowadays the majority of the students at the Swiss School in Milan are Italian-speaking, but the lessons are usually given by German-speaking teachers and in German.
Today the school offers a full range of education from kindergarten to high school graduation .
Languages of instruction
- German
- Italian from the 1st grade
- English from the 5th grade
- French from the 7th grade
- Latin from the 8th grade
- Spanish (optional) from the 9th grade
- Greek (optional) from the 11th grade
statistics
Teachers
- Teachers: 40
student
- Total students: 375
- Swiss students: 151
- Foreign students: 224
administration
As a federally recognized school abroad, the Swiss School of Milan under the supervision of the Federal , represented by the Swiss Consulate General in Milan, and is partially funded by the federal government.
The school follows the curricula of the Swiss Conference of Directors of Education and the Canton of Graubünden in an adapted form and integrates the guidelines of the Italian Ministry of Education.
The school sponsor is the Swiss School Association in Milan, a non-profit association; Full members are the parents with Swiss citizenship , and other voluntary members with Swiss citizenship as well as donor companies.
School council
The school association is administered by a nine-person school council elected by the general assembly.
The committee is responsible for the financial management of the school, the relations with the school management and the staff, the maintenance of the school building and the relations with the authorities. The departments are usually distributed among the school councils. The Swiss Consul General, the headmistress and a staff representative also take part in the meetings of the school council.
principal
The headmistress is appointed by the school board and is responsible for the pedagogical management as well as for relations with the teachers and families.
