European School, Luxembourg I
European School, Luxembourg I Schola Europaea | |
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Address | |
23 Boulevard Konrad Adenauer , L-1115 | |
Coordinates | 49°37′38″N 6°09′11″E / 49.627222°N 6.153056°E |
Information | |
Type | European School |
Established | 1953 |
Director | Martin Wedel (Germany)[1] |
Gender | Mixed |
Age range | 4 to 18 |
Enrolment | 3,317[2] (2022-2023) |
Student Union/Association | The Pupils' Committee |
Sister Schools | 12 European Schools |
Diploma | European Baccalaureate |
Website | www |
The European School, Luxembourg I (ESL1) was the first of the
History
Boulevard de la Foire
Parents working for the European Coal and Steel Community established the school in 1953.[4] It became necessary to establish a new school when many European children from varying language backgrounds appeared.[5]
When the school was founded it was located on the premises of a former furniture shop in the
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.
Kirchberg
The school progressively moved to Kirchberg in the 1990s.[4] At the end of the 1990s, the grounds on 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. In 2012, the school relocated a large portion of students to a second European School of Luxembourg campus, situated in Mamer. 3 years after the separation, it was decided that only T block will be conserved, while L is due to be demolished.
In 2014 the Luxembourgish government signed an agreement for the European Schools to accept 100 more students in their English and French sections.[6]
Students
As of 1999 the secondary school cycles consisted of three main sections,
Some foreign students were also admitted in very rare cases, from countries that were not in the
In the late
Guinness World Records
In 2002, as part of a special program called Science Week that was presented by several teachers of different sciences (
The world record for the largest human DNA helix was held in 2013 by the Hacettepe University in Turkey, with 3,034 participants, and as of 2016 it is held by the students from the Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria, with 4,000 participants.[9]
Incident
In the mid 2000s, a false bomb alert caused the closure of the school's premises in the early mornings before the start of the classes.
The individual responsible for the incident was a student enrolled at the school. Shortly before his scheduled class, he utilized a payphone located in downtown Luxembourg to contact the school's administrative office. His intention was to avoid taking an exam scheduled for that morning. When the school failed to close immediately in response to his call, he proceeded to contact a local police department to initiate the alarm. Subsequently, the student faced disciplinary consequences, including at least a few years of expulsion from the school.
Amongst the students, there was widespread criticism about how the Luxembourgish police managed the emergency situation by landing a police helicopter on a basketball court, which was seen as reckless, given that primary school pupils were still actively playing in the area.
Notable alumni
- Eric Everard – founder and CEO of Artexis Group
- Marc Hostert – radio personality
- Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein – second daughter of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- Elizabeth May – Olympic triathlete
- Brian Molko – lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Placebo (transferred prior to graduation)
- Henk van der Zwan - Dutch diplomat[11]
- Marta Estevez Garcia- Luxembourgish-Spanish international footballer
- Lara Heller - British-German-Iranian actress and voice actress[12]
- Fleur Maxwell - Luxembourgish former figure skater
- Claire Maxwell - sociologist
- Amy Thompson - Luxembourgish footballer
- Christos Floros - Luxembourgish politician
References
- ^ http://www.euroschool.lu/esluxone/Documents/Home/News/2017/20170901-Message-de-Monsieur-Wedel/Texte%20de%20presentation%20Martin%20Wedel_Site_LUX1FR.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Board of Governors of the European Schools. "Données sur la rentrée scolaire 2022-2023 des Ecoles européennes" (PDF). Office of the Secretary-General of the European Schools. p. 2. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Schola Europaea". EURSC. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
- ^ a b c "European School of Luxembourg 1953-2003" (PDF). Library of the University of Latvia (archive).
- ^ Heusch, Albert (Luxembourg). "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."
- ^ "European Schools to accept more French and English students" (Archived 29 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine). Luxemburger Wort. Monday 19 May 2014. Retrieved on 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Language sections at the European School of Luxembourg" (PDF). Admissions Policy for the European Schools of Luxembourg.
- ^ "European School of Luxembourg Science Week (page 116)" (PDF). Library of the University of Latvia (archive) (in German).
- ^ "Guinness World Records for largest human DNA helix". Guinness World Records. 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Mention of the false bomb alert in Kirchberg, about 10 years prior". RTL (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Henk van der Zwan". Government of the Netherlands (in Dutch). 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Meet Lara Heller". VoyageLA. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.