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{{Infobox school
{{Infobox school
| name = European School, Luxembourg I
| name = European School, Luxembourg I
| native_name = École Européenne, Luxembourg I
| latin_name = Schola Europaea
| latin_name = Schola Europaea, Luxemburgum I
| image =
| logo = European_School,_Luxembourg_I_logo.png
| city = ESL1- [[Luxembourg City]]
| image = European-school-flag.jpg
| country = [[Luxembourg]]
| city = [[Kirchberg, Luxembourg|Kirchberg]], [[Luxembourg City]]
| type = International
| established = 1953
| postcode = L-1115
| country = [[Luxembourg]] {{flagdeco|Luxembourg}}
| founder = [[European Coal and Steel Community]]
| coordinates = {{coord|49.627222|6.153056|format=dms|region:LU-LU|display=inline<!--,title-->}}
| sister_school = European School of Luxembourg II
| type = [[European School]]
(all the European Schools are also considered sisters schools)
| established = 4 October 1953, by employees of the [[European Coal and Steel Community|ECSC]]
| director = Panayota Vassilacou (Greece)
| category = Nursery, Primary and Secondary Education
| slogan="United in diversity"
| director = Panayota Vassilacou
| newspaper = The Pupils' Voice
| gender = Mixed
| website = {{URL|http://www.euroschool.lu/}}
| accreditation = [[European Baccalaureate]]
| students = 3,802 (2003)
| website = http://www.euroschool.lu/
| student_union = The Pupils' Committee (PC)
| address = 23 Boulevard Konrad Adenauer
| pushpin_map = Luxembourg
| pushpin_mapsize = 220
| student_union = The Pupils' Committee
| enrolment = 3,260<ref>{{cite web|author1=Board of Governors of the European Schools|authorlink1=European_Schools#The_Board_of_Governors|title=Facts and figures on the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year in the European Schools|url=https://www.eursc.eu/Documents/2016-10-D-2-en-2.pdf|website=eursc.eu|publisher=Office of the Secretary-General of the European Schools|accessdate=27 August 2017|page=9}}</ref>
| enrolment_as_of = 2016-2017
| free_label = Sister Schools
| free_text = [[European Schools|12 European Schools]]
}}
}}


The '''European School, Luxembourg I''' was the first of the [[European School]]s. It was founded in October 1953 on the initiative of officials of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]], with the support of the Community's institutions and the government of [[Luxembourg]]. In April 1957, it formally became the first of the European Schools. Today it is located on the [[Kirchberg, Luxembourg|Kirchberg-Plateau]] in [[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg City]].<ref name="[6]">{{cite web | url = http://www.eursc.eu/index.php?id=46 | title = Schola Europaea | work=[[EURSC]] | accessdate = 2009-01-26}}</ref>
The '''European School, Luxembourg''' '''I''' is the oldest of the thirteen [[European School]]s, founded on 4 October 1953 on the initiative of officials of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]] (ECSC) - the forerunner of today's [[European Union]] (EU). In April 1957, the governments of the [[Inner Six|six founding states]] of the ECSC signed the 1957 Statute of the European School, transforming the initiative into an [[Intergovernmental organization|intergovernmental]] affair.


Since 2000, the school has been located in the [[Kirchberg, Luxembourg|Kirchberg]] district of [[Luxembourg City]], in close proximity to the [[Court of Justice of the European Union]] and other EU bodies. In 2004, ever increasing demand for school places saw the phased introduction of a second European School in [[Luxembourg]], with its new campus opening in [[Mamer]] in September 2012.
{{As of|1995}} 20% of the total number of students were not children of EU workers.<ref>"'Strong' Forms of Bilingual Education 6: European Schools." In: Baker, Colin and Sylvia Prys-Jones. ''Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education''. [[Multilingual Matters]], 1998. {{ISBN|1853593621}}, 9781853593628. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=YgtSqB9oqDIC&pg=PA527 527].</ref>

It was previously recognized as a German school by the West German government, as the '''Europäische Schule'''.<ref>"[http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672]" ({{webarchive |url=http://www.webcitation.org/6fxZNPR68?url=http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf |date=2016-03-12 }}). [[Bundestag]] (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 12/51.</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
{{Further|European_Schools#History}}
[[File:Kirchberg Lac.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Primary School buildings on the far side of Kirchberg Lake]]


=== Boulevard de la Foire ===
=== Establishment ===
Parents working for the [[European Coal and Steel Community]] established the school in 1953.<ref name=Anniversary>{{cite web|url=http://www.wort.lu/en/community/european-school-thanks-luxembourg-for-60-great-years-5162d1a0e4b0b65c3b72b8e1 |title=European school thanks Luxembourg for 60 great years |publisher=''[[Luxemburger Wort]]'' |date=2013-04-08 |accessdate=2016-05-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6hu1VVjVj?url=http://www.wort.lu/en/community/european-school-thanks-luxembourg-for-60-great-years-5162d1a0e4b0b65c3b72b8e1 |archivedate=2016-05-30 |df= }} ()</ref> It became necessary to establish a new school when many European children from varying language backgrounds appeared.<ref>Heusch, Albert (Luxembourg). "[http://www.jstor.org/stable/40796413 Die Europäische Schule in Luxemburg]." ''[[Archiv des Völkerrechts]]'', [[Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG]], 8. Bd., No. 1 (July 1959), pp. 71-86. CITED: p. 71. "Nach dem Inkrafttreten des Vertrages über die Gründung der Europäischen Gemeinschaft für Kohle und Stahl (23. Juli 1952) nahmen die Bediensteten der neuen Institution mit ihren Familien Wohnsitz in Luxemburg. Bald zeigte sich das Schulproblem in seiner ganzen Dringlichkeit. Schon aus sprachlichen Gründen kam eine allgemeine Integration aller Schüler aus fünf Nationen mit verschiedenen Muttersprachen in die luxemburgischen Unter- richtsinstitute nicht in Betracht."</ref>


Following the establishment of the institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in Luxembourg, in 1952, it became apparent that it was necessary to provide an education to the children of the officials of those institutions in their mother tongues. The lack of such provisions posed challenges in building an administration that reflected the diverse makeup of the ECSC's six founding member states, discouraging potential employees who heralded from outside the jurisdiction in which the institutions were based from relocating with their families. Employees of the ECSC established an association, financed by the High Authority of the ECSC, for the purpose of founding a school in Luxembourg providing nursery and primary education to the children of the institutions' officials. The school opened on 4 October 1953 on the site of a former furniture store on Avenue Pasteur, in the Limpertsberg district of Luxembourg City.
When the school was founded it was located on the premises of a former furniture shop in the [[Limpertsberg]] quarter of Luxembourg city. It initially had 70 students. The school later moved to Villa Lentz in [[Holleric]]h.<ref name=Anniversary /> In 1956 construction began on a new building,{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} located on [[Boulevard de la Foire]], just outside the city centre. The building was opened in 1957,<ref name=Anniversary /> on 11 December.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} This building today houses the language teaching centre of Luxembourg. The first students graduated in 1959; the graduating class was 23.<ref name=Anniversary />


However, by the spring of 1954, it was clear that the solution was inadequate, with the school unable to provide a secondary education to its enrolees. The President of the High Authority of the ECSC, Jean Monnet, invited representatives of the education ministers of the six founding member states of the ECSC to Luxembourg for discussions on a school with intergovernmental status, with a new secondary leaving qualification – the European Baccalaureate. It was agreed that teaching staff would be seconded from the member states, who would continue to pay their salary, and that salaries would be harmonised by means of an additional supplement. On 12 October 1954, the first two years of the secondary school opened, located in a villa in Bertrange rented from a jam manufacturer.
At a later date, the school moved to a new site on the Kirchberg plateau, another quarter of Luxembourg city. During the late 80s, the school re-used the building at Boulevard de la Foire, as an overflow school for three age groups of the primary school. Since the end of the 1990s, the old building at Boulevard de la Foire has no longer been used by the European School.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}

On 12 April 1957, the governments of the six ECSC member states signed, and later subsequently ratified, the Statute of the European School, which took the form of an international treaty. Under Article 6 of the Statute, the European School was to have the status of a public institution in the law of each of the contracting parties and was to have legal personality to the extent requisite for the attainment of its objectives. It would be administered by a Board of Governors consisting of the "Minister or Ministers of each contracting party whose responsibilities include national education and/or external cultural relations".

On 5 July 1956, having outgrown its premises for the second time, construction began on a new building on Boulevard de la Foire. The mission statement of the school, penned in Latin by Marcel Decombis, a member of Jean Monnet's cabinet, was buried next to its foundation stone. In English it translates as;

{{quote| text= In this school building children from Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and from other countries which are interested in the construction of a unified Europe, will assemble from their early childhood to the time of their university … Educated side by side, untroubled from infancy by divisive prejudices, acquainted with all that is great and good in the different cultures, it will be borne in on them as they mature that they belong together. Without ceasing to look to their own lands with love and pride, they will become in mind Europeans, schooled and ready to complete and consolidate the work of their fathers before them, to bring into being a united and thriving Europe.}}

The building was inaugurated on 11 December 1957 by [[Grand Duchess Charlotte]], with the education ministers of the six founding ECSC states in attendance.


=== Kirchberg ===
=== Kirchberg ===
[[Image:Kirchberg Lac.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Primary School buildings on the far side of Kirchberg Lake]]
The school progressively moved to Kirchberg in the 1990s.<ref name=Anniversary /> At the end of the 1990s, the grounds on [[Kirchberg, Luxembourg|Kirchberg]] were completely redesigned. Old buildings were demolished and new ones (e.g. a new primary school building, an extension of the secondary school building and a new theatre building) were built, though three blocks of the old Secondary school (the current A, B and C blocks) were left standing. T and L blocks were added due to high number of students. 3 years after the separation, it was decided that only T block will be conserved, while L is due to be demolished.


In 1971, it was decided to open a separate campus for the nursery and primary sections on Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, on the Kirchberg-plateau, in close proximity to the, then, Court of Justice of the European Communities. However, the new buildings could not cope with the demand for school places following the enlargement of the European Communities, and the obligation to provide an education to its institutions' officials. In 1980, the fifth year of the primary school returned to Boulevard de la Foire, with the third and fourth years following in 1985. In December 1987, the Board of Governors of the European Schools made a request to the Luxembourg government for additional buildings, with the government agreeing in October 1988 on a plan that would involve the phased closure of the Boulevard de la Foire site in conjunction with the renovation and extension of the Kirchberg campus. A new nursery building was opened on Kirchberg in 1993. In July 1998, work started on the new primary and secondary school buildings, a long with a new canteen and theatre. The buildings were inaugurated on 9 May 2000, with the Boulevard de la Foire site handed back to the Luxembourg government.
In 2014 the Luxembourgish government signed an agreement for the European Schools to accept 100 more students in their English and French sections.<ref>"[https://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/education-european-schools-to-accept-more-french-and-english-students-537a1546b9b398870802763a European Schools to accept more French and English students]" ({{webarchive |url=http://www.webcitation.org/6hs4L4qm2?url=https://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/education-european-schools-to-accept-more-french-and-english-students-537a1546b9b398870802763a |date=2016-05-29 }}). ''[[Luxemburger Wort]]''. Monday 19 May 2014. Retrieved on 30 May 2016.</ref>


However, in 2004, following the "Big Bang" enlargement of the European Union from 15 to 25 member states, it was decided to meet increased demand for school places with the phased introduction of a second European School in Luxembourg. This saw the European School, Luxembourg II existing for administrative purposes only until 2012, when it relocated to its own purpose built campus on the border of the communes of [[Bertrange]] and [[Mamer]].
== Notable alumni ==

*[[Eric Everard]] – founder and CEO of Artexis Group
== Reputation ==
*[[Marc Hostert]] – radio personality
Academically, ESL maintains a reputation as one of the strongest schools in Luxembourg. Many of its students go on to study at leading European universities; most of the English section students and a significant minority of students from the other language sections apply to British institutions. Typically, two or three students in each year will acquire places at [[Oxbridge]] colleges, although recent figures suggest this is likely to increase.<ref name="eurolux1">{{cite web|url=http://www.euroschool.lu/luxschool/bac_info/baccalaureat.pdf|title=Report on the European Baccalaureate|year=2009|publisher=University of Cambridge|accessdate=2011-04-21}}</ref>
*[[Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein]] – second daughter of the [[Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]

*[[Elizabeth May (triathlete)|Elizabeth May]] – Olympic triathlete
The school is known for high standards in languages; the [[European Baccalaureate]] requires students to study many subjects in their second or third languages. Students also benefit from the international environment provided by the school's segregation into English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish and Polish language sections. Participation in the [[Model European Communities Project|Model European Parliament]], the European Schools Science Symposium and the Eurosport Championship, as well as a number of other recreational projects, allows students to excel in other areas.
*[[Brian Molko]] – lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] (transferred prior to graduation)

According to the 2006 [http://www.oecd.org/pisa/ OECD] [http://www.es-rm.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=50&lang=en PISA academic study], ESL surpassed the score attained by the leading participant countries (i.e. Taiwan, South Korea, Finland).

== Students bodies ==
[[Image:European School of Luxembourg pupils' committee (PC) logo.jpg|thumb|200px|Official logo of the Pupils' Committee (PC) of the European School, Luxembourg I]]

=== Pupils' Committee ===
Secondary level students are represented in matters of school governance by the [https://pupilscom-esl1.eu Pupils' Committee] (PC). Consisting of at least 20 members, including a president, and elected democratically in school-wide elections at the start of each academic year, it operates as an independent non-profit organisation recognised by the school community, the Luxembourg government and the different official bodies of the European Schools. The Pupils' Committees of the two Luxembourg based European Schools retain close ties. Scrutiny of decisions affecting all 13 European Schools made by the Board of Governors is made possible by CoSup (''Conseil Superior des Eleves''), which federates the 13 schools' Pupil's Committees.

A full list of positions may be found on its [https://pupilscom-esl1.eu website].

=== Baccalaureate Committee ===
Traditionally, secondary school students in their final year elect a Baccalaureate Committee (Bac Comm) at the beginning of the academic year, which oversees the planning of events designed to boost morale amongst those undertaking the European Baccalaureate. This includes a "pre-Bac" party, a Bac party, a barbecue, and the ''Bal du Bac,'' which is held in the afternoon after the graduation ceremony.

== Current headmistress ==
The current head of the European School, Luxembourg I is Panayota Vassilacou, previously head of the [[European School#Schools|European School, Brussels III]].<ref name="[6]">{{cite web|url=http://www.eursc.eu/index.php?id=46|title=Schola Europaea|work=[[EURSC]]|accessdate=2009-01-26}}</ref>

== Notable former students ==
*[[Eric Everard]] - founder and CEO of Artexis Group
*Enrico Greppi (stage name: Erriquez) - singer and guitarist, founder of the Tuscan folk group [[Bandabardò]]
*[[Marc Hostert]] - radio personality
*[[Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein]] - second daughter of the [[Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]
*[[Elizabeth May (triathlete)|Elizabeth May]] - Olympic triathlete
*[[Brian Molko]] - lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] (transferred prior to graduation)
*Laura Rosano - illustrator of children’s books
*Edmond Wellenstein - representative of the Netherlands at the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OCSE]]


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{portal|Luxembourg|European Union|Schools}}
* {{Official website|http://www.euroschool.lu}}
*[http://www.euroschool.lu Official website of the European School, Luxembourg I]
*[http://www.apeeel1.lu/ Parents' Association of the European School, Luxembourg I]
*[https://pupilscom-esl1.eu/ Pupils Committee of the European School, Luxembourg I]


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Revision as of 23:15, 8 September 2017

See also: European School of Luxembourg II

European School, Luxembourg I
École Européenne, Luxembourg I

Schola Europaea, Luxemburgum I
Address
Map
23 Boulevard Konrad Adenauer

Kirchberg, Luxembourg City
,
L-1115

Luxembourg
Coordinates49°37′38″N 6°09′11″E / 49.627222°N 6.153056°E / 49.627222; 6.153056
Information
TypeEuropean School
Established4 October 1953, by employees of the ECSC
CategoryNursery, Primary and Secondary Education
DirectorPanayota Vassilacou
GenderMixed
Enrolment3,260[1] (2016-2017)
Student Union/AssociationThe Pupils' Committee
AccreditationEuropean Baccalaureate
Sister Schools12 European Schools
Websitehttp://www.euroschool.lu/

The European School, Luxembourg I is the oldest of the thirteen European Schools, founded on 4 October 1953 on the initiative of officials of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) - the forerunner of today's European Union (EU). In April 1957, the governments of the six founding states of the ECSC signed the 1957 Statute of the European School, transforming the initiative into an intergovernmental affair.

Since 2000, the school has been located in the Kirchberg district of Luxembourg City, in close proximity to the Court of Justice of the European Union and other EU bodies. In 2004, ever increasing demand for school places saw the phased introduction of a second European School in Luxembourg, with its new campus opening in Mamer in September 2012.

History

Further information: European_Schools § History

Establishment

Following the establishment of the institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in Luxembourg, in 1952, it became apparent that it was necessary to provide an education to the children of the officials of those institutions in their mother tongues. The lack of such provisions posed challenges in building an administration that reflected the diverse makeup of the ECSC's six founding member states, discouraging potential employees who heralded from outside the jurisdiction in which the institutions were based from relocating with their families. Employees of the ECSC established an association, financed by the High Authority of the ECSC, for the purpose of founding a school in Luxembourg providing nursery and primary education to the children of the institutions' officials. The school opened on 4 October 1953 on the site of a former furniture store on Avenue Pasteur, in the Limpertsberg district of Luxembourg City.

However, by the spring of 1954, it was clear that the solution was inadequate, with the school unable to provide a secondary education to its enrolees. The President of the High Authority of the ECSC, Jean Monnet, invited representatives of the education ministers of the six founding member states of the ECSC to Luxembourg for discussions on a school with intergovernmental status, with a new secondary leaving qualification – the European Baccalaureate. It was agreed that teaching staff would be seconded from the member states, who would continue to pay their salary, and that salaries would be harmonised by means of an additional supplement. On 12 October 1954, the first two years of the secondary school opened, located in a villa in Bertrange rented from a jam manufacturer.

On 12 April 1957, the governments of the six ECSC member states signed, and later subsequently ratified, the Statute of the European School, which took the form of an international treaty. Under Article 6 of the Statute, the European School was to have the status of a public institution in the law of each of the contracting parties and was to have legal personality to the extent requisite for the attainment of its objectives. It would be administered by a Board of Governors consisting of the "Minister or Ministers of each contracting party whose responsibilities include national education and/or external cultural relations".

On 5 July 1956, having outgrown its premises for the second time, construction began on a new building on Boulevard de la Foire. The mission statement of the school, penned in Latin by Marcel Decombis, a member of Jean Monnet's cabinet, was buried next to its foundation stone. In English it translates as;

In this school building children from Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and from other countries which are interested in the construction of a unified Europe, will assemble from their early childhood to the time of their university … Educated side by side, untroubled from infancy by divisive prejudices, acquainted with all that is great and good in the different cultures, it will be borne in on them as they mature that they belong together. Without ceasing to look to their own lands with love and pride, they will become in mind Europeans, schooled and ready to complete and consolidate the work of their fathers before them, to bring into being a united and thriving Europe.

The building was inaugurated on 11 December 1957 by Grand Duchess Charlotte, with the education ministers of the six founding ECSC states in attendance.

Kirchberg

Primary School buildings on the far side of Kirchberg Lake

In 1971, it was decided to open a separate campus for the nursery and primary sections on Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, on the Kirchberg-plateau, in close proximity to the, then, Court of Justice of the European Communities. However, the new buildings could not cope with the demand for school places following the enlargement of the European Communities, and the obligation to provide an education to its institutions' officials. In 1980, the fifth year of the primary school returned to Boulevard de la Foire, with the third and fourth years following in 1985. In December 1987, the Board of Governors of the European Schools made a request to the Luxembourg government for additional buildings, with the government agreeing in October 1988 on a plan that would involve the phased closure of the Boulevard de la Foire site in conjunction with the renovation and extension of the Kirchberg campus. A new nursery building was opened on Kirchberg in 1993. In July 1998, work started on the new primary and secondary school buildings, a long with a new canteen and theatre. The buildings were inaugurated on 9 May 2000, with the Boulevard de la Foire site handed back to the Luxembourg government.

However, in 2004, following the "Big Bang" enlargement of the European Union from 15 to 25 member states, it was decided to meet increased demand for school places with the phased introduction of a second European School in Luxembourg. This saw the European School, Luxembourg II existing for administrative purposes only until 2012, when it relocated to its own purpose built campus on the border of the communes of Bertrange and Mamer.

Reputation

Academically, ESL maintains a reputation as one of the strongest schools in Luxembourg. Many of its students go on to study at leading European universities; most of the English section students and a significant minority of students from the other language sections apply to British institutions. Typically, two or three students in each year will acquire places at Oxbridge colleges, although recent figures suggest this is likely to increase.[2]

The school is known for high standards in languages; the European Baccalaureate requires students to study many subjects in their second or third languages. Students also benefit from the international environment provided by the school's segregation into English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish and Polish language sections. Participation in the Model European Parliament, the European Schools Science Symposium and the Eurosport Championship, as well as a number of other recreational projects, allows students to excel in other areas.

According to the 2006 OECD PISA academic study, ESL surpassed the score attained by the leading participant countries (i.e. Taiwan, South Korea, Finland).

Students bodies

Official logo of the Pupils' Committee (PC) of the European School, Luxembourg I

Pupils' Committee

Secondary level students are represented in matters of school governance by the Pupils' Committee (PC). Consisting of at least 20 members, including a president, and elected democratically in school-wide elections at the start of each academic year, it operates as an independent non-profit organisation recognised by the school community, the Luxembourg government and the different official bodies of the European Schools. The Pupils' Committees of the two Luxembourg based European Schools retain close ties. Scrutiny of decisions affecting all 13 European Schools made by the Board of Governors is made possible by CoSup (Conseil Superior des Eleves), which federates the 13 schools' Pupil's Committees.

A full list of positions may be found on its website.

Baccalaureate Committee

Traditionally, secondary school students in their final year elect a Baccalaureate Committee (Bac Comm) at the beginning of the academic year, which oversees the planning of events designed to boost morale amongst those undertaking the European Baccalaureate. This includes a "pre-Bac" party, a Bac party, a barbecue, and the Bal du Bac, which is held in the afternoon after the graduation ceremony.

Current headmistress

The current head of the European School, Luxembourg I is Panayota Vassilacou, previously head of the European School, Brussels III.[3]

Notable former students

References

  1. ^ Board of Governors of the European Schools. "Facts and figures on the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year in the European Schools" (PDF). eursc.eu. Office of the Secretary-General of the European Schools. p. 9. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Report on the European Baccalaureate" (PDF). University of Cambridge. 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Schola Europaea". EURSC. Retrieved 26 January 2009.

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