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Haut-Lac International Bilingual School
Location
Chemin de Pangires 26 1806 Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz , Vaud Switzerland
Information
Type	Independent school, Private school, International School, Bilingual school, Boarding school
Motto	Living, Learning, Achieving
Established	1993
Founder	Anne-Marie and Neil Harwood Grainne and Jean-Louis Dubler
Head of Secondary	Rossella Cosso
Head of Nursery, Infant & Primary	Renaud Milhoux
Faculty	160
Grades	Pre-kindergarten through to grade 12
Enrollment	600+ day students 32 boarding students
Average class size	15 students
Language	English & French
Campus	Praz-Dagoud Campus Roches Grises Campus
Houses	Bern Bears Jura Jaguars Fribourg Falcons Valais Vipers
Colors	Green (infant & primary) Navy blue (secondary)
Sports	Leisure sports clubs School team sports clubs Inter-house class sports tournaments Sport & study pathway Contents History Authorisations & Accreditations Swiss International Campus and Facilities References External links
Mascot	Bernie
Accreditation	International Baccalaureate Council of International Schools World Academy of Sport
Annual tuition	Day school fees: from CHF 21’800 to CHF 40’600 Boarding school fees: from CHF 86’000 to CHF 88’000
Graduates	600+
Website	haut-lac.ch

Haut-Lac International Bilingual School is a co-educational international school with uniform ^[1] for day students aged 3 to 18 and boarders aged 11 to 18.

It's two school campuses and boutique boarding house overlook Lake Geneva in the village of St-Légier-La Chiésaz, which sits just above Vevey on the Swiss Riviera.

The school also runs the Les Marronniers nursery in Vevey for toddlers aged 18 months to 4 years.

History

Haut-Lac International Bilingual School was founded in 1993 by two bilingual couples, Anne-Marie and Neil Harwood and Grainne and Jean-Louis Dubler.

The private school started off in Monts-de-Corsier with 13 students and grew rapidly. It moved to larger premises by Lake Geneva, on Quai Maria-Belgia in Vevey in 1994. By 1999-2000, enrollment had reached 150 students, which led to the opening of a secondary section.

Major campus developments:

• 2001 – Infant students (E1-E3) moved to their own Les Marronniers campus in Vevey
• 2003 – Secondary students (MYP1-3) moved to Roches Grises campus in Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz
• 2014 – Infant, primary and MYP1&2 students moved into the Minergie-certified Praz-Dagoud campus ^[2]

IB programme authorisations

• 2001 - IB Middle Years Programme (IBMYP)
• 2003 - IB Diploma Programme (IBDP)
• 2020 - IB Career-related Programme (IBCP)

Other notable milestones

• 2011 - First accreditation by the Council of International Schools (CIS).
• 2018 - First Athlete-Friendly Education Centre in Switzerland recognised by the World Academy of Sport
• 2020 - First non-UK school to receive the Primary Science Quality Mark.
• 2022 - The first students are welcomed to the Haut-Lac Boarding House.
• 2023 - Haut-Lac International Bilingual School celebrated its 30th anniversary.
• 2024 - Haut-Lac now welcomes students of over 64 nationalities and has over 600 alumni in Switzerland and worldwide.

Authorisations & Accreditations

Campus and Facilities

Haut-Lac operates across three campuses in the canton of Vaud, serving students from 18 months to 18 years. The main school campuses, Praz-Dagoud and Roches Grises, and the boarding house are within walking distance of each other in Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz. The Les Marronniers nursery is located near the train station in Vevey.

References

External links

• Haut-Lac International Bilingual School official site

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