European School, Luxembourg I

European School of Luxembourg 1 Schola Europaea
Location
Luxembourg City Luxembourg
Information
Type	International
Established	1953
Headmaster	Panayota Vassilacou
Website	www.euroschool.lu

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The European School of Luxembourg was the first of the European Schools. 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-Plateau in Luxembourg (city)^[1].

As of October 12, 2003, the student population of the European School, Luxembourg was 3802 — of which 440 were in the nursery school, 1414 in the primary school and 1948 in the secondary school. It is currently the largest school in Luxembourg and the single largest of all the European Schools.^{[citation needed]}

When the school was founded it was located in a premises of a former furniture shop in the Limpertsberg quarter of Luxembourg city. In 1956 construction began on a new building on Boulevard de la Foire, just outside the centre of town. The building was opened on 11 December 1957. Later, 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]}

At the end of the 1990s, the campus on Kirchberg was 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 erected, though 3 blocks of the old Secondary school were left standing; A, B and C block. More recently, as proof of the school's struggle to keep up with high demand, several temporary steel-framed structures were erected and will remain in use until the completion of Luxembourg II (the planned second European School in Luxembourg).^{[citation needed]}

A second European School will be built on the border of the neighbouring communes of Bertrange and Mamer. The primary department of Luxembourg II has already formally established and is located in temporary buildings next to the Luxembourg I on the Kirchberg Plateau (in the "Village Pédagogique").^[2].

The Pupils Committee seeks to represent the interests of the students of their European School whilst operating in accordance with the aims of the European Schools. To play an active role in the school-life of students.

The Pupils' Committee latest projects are "the Smoker's Issue" , the "Green-School" issue and the "School Journal"

The current head of the European School of Luxembourg is Panayota Vassilacou, previously head of the European School, Brussels III.^[1].

• Official website of the European School, Luxembourg
• Details of the European Baccalaureate examination
• Website of the APEEE (Parents' Association of the European Schools, Luxembourg)
• Luxembourg 1, Main European Schools Web-Site Link

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