Making the right decision when it comes to your child’s education is of utmost importance, and this is never more true than in middle school. Parents are often full of questions when boarding school becomes an option. Here are some important areas to address.
As a parent who is sending your child, perhaps for the first time, to summer school abroad, you naturally have many questions. These often range from student safety and what types of activities your child will participate in, to what they will learn and who they will meet. Here we have gathered together some of these questions and provided answers that will help reassure you as you prepare your child for summer school.
Switzerland is a country located at the crossroads of Europe. Nestled between France, Italy, Austria, and Germany, it boasts awe-inspiring mountain scenery, picturesque towns and villages, and world-leading multicultural urban centres.
No other country mixes European cultures and languages quite as well as Switzerland, so for parents wishing to give their children invaluable linguistic skills and an appreciation of multiculturalism, there really is no better place to send them to than an international summer school.
Switzerland’s best boarding schools are all unique, each possessing a blend different ‘ingredients’. Here’s the winning recipe behind Brillantmont that places it among the country’s, and indeed the world’s, top centres of learning.
Our students are always sad to leave Brillantmont International School come graduation, yet there is a wondrous life beyond that we do our utmost to prepare them for. Hear from four students and alumnus about their time here at the school, their experience studying in Switzerland and how it has helped ready them for university and the wider world.
In our last post we discussed briefly the main reasons why Switzerland is such a great place for children to study. Today, we delve a little deeper into the academic landscape of Brillantmont's home country. This is another extract from Why Study in Switzerland? – our latest ebook now available as a free download.
Switzerland is a country renowned for its astounding mountain scenery, picturesque cities, towns and villages, multiculturalism, freedom and economic success. But what educational opportunities are there here in Switzerland, and what exactly is it about this great country that makes it a place like no other for young people to learn and develop as empowered individuals?
In Why Study in Switzerland?, the latest ebook from Brillantmont, we asked alumni, parents and current students to tell us why Switzerland is such a great place to attend school. Let’s hear more from one alumnus, Jacqueline Benaim.
