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- Background of Aiglon College
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- ● Established in 1949, Aiglon College is a renowned and non-profit independent boarding school located high in the Swiss Alps
- ● Education based on the balanced development of mind, body, and spirit Teaching in small classes of 8 students
- ● Challenging IGCSE and IB Diploma programmes
- ● Optional courses: American SAT exams and IELTS exams
- ● Unique and distinctive feature: Outdoor expeditions and adventures
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- Summer school profile
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Unique vacation experience only at Aiglon
The Aiglon Summer School students leave with greater confidence and knowledge of themselves, and understanding of others. That is because in addition to a packed timetable of lessons, they get to participate in one of the things that makes an Aiglon education unique – Expedition. Each Summer School includes a mini-expedition, appropriate to the age of participants. At Aiglon, young people have the chance to hike a small peak, learn new skills such as orienteering and campcraft, enjoy teamwork and relax around the campfire. That's all rounded off with a night under the stars.
Location
Chesières-Villars, Vaud, Switzerland
Region
French-speaking
Age group
8 – 16
Language courses
English/French
Duration
2 to 4 weeks
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Camp life
Small classes for fun language learning
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Language tuition in English and French is an integral part of the Aiglon Summer School experience. Students receive tuition in their chosen language.
● Practice all the core language skills ● English/French conversations and writing ● Written progress report to be issued at the end of the course
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A wide and varied activity programme
The Swiss mountains, Lake Geneva and Aiglon's own extensive campus enable us to offer a wide and varied activity programme from art and drama to rock-climbing and mountain adventure.
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A wide and varied activity programme
Activities for younger students:
● Alpine adventure such as hiking, rock climbingand orienteering ● Water based activities such as white water rafting, stand up paddle board, banana boating,sailing, windsurfing and swimming ● Campus and local area activities include team games, cookery, yoga, ice-skating and bowling ● Creative activities such as drama, photography and art
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A wide and varied activity programme
Activities for older students:
● A full-day hike ● A night spent in a mountain hut ● Visit to local thermal baths ● An evening at Montreux Jazz Festival ● Cookeryclasses focusing on dinner party cookery
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- State-of-the-art sports centre
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The new state-of-the-art sports centre provides the Summer School with the perfect base for intensive sports coaching and team-games designed to be fun for students of all abilities. Types of sports include:
● Indoor climbing ● Volleyball ● Basketball ● Football ● Indoor hockey ● Soft tennis ● Table tennis ● Gymnastics ● Badminton
- A typical Summer School day
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- ● Students wake up in a comfortable dorm room of Aiglon’s distinctive boarding houses with up to 3 others.
- ● Enjoy breakfast prepared by Aiglon’s skilled chef and his team.
- ● Morning classes are spent honing language skills in either English or French, utilising Aiglon’s state-of-the-art language lab, role-play, in the beautiful Swiss Alps.
- ● After lunch, students have the opportunity to take part in exhilarating activities at Aiglon’s brand new sports centre, and on the river, lakes, mountains and pasture all around them. Students can choose to receive expert tuition in a world of activities.
- ● After supper, there is time to relax with new friends from around the world.
- ● The evenings are full of fun such as BBQs and Swiss fondues, a musical extravaganza, and favourites that include 10-pin bowling and a disco.
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SCC's exclusive access
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- Aiglon College offers special privileges and better prices for SCC guests and partners. Families will be taken good care of by SCC VIP services all along:
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Before the Camp
- ●Easy visa applications, flight arrangements, camp registration, pick-up at Geneva airport, transportation to Villars, accompanying the family to the school
- ●Accommodation for the family in Villars or Geneva. For example, Chalet Royalp Hotel & Spa: The first five-star luxury hotel at the foot of the Swiss Alps
During the Camp (Special Offer for Parents)
Tailor-made programs could be arranged with the support from our partners for parents while their children are in the camp. According to different requirements, parents have the opportunity to enjoy different once-in-a-lifetime Swiss experiences:
- ●VIP private tours around Villars and Geneva area
- ●Sports activities in the mountains with a private guide
- ●Prestigious wellness treatments at Clinique La Prairie (a world-renowned expert in the art and science of longevity)
- ●Exclusive visits with professional guides to world-famous boutiques, museums and factories of luxury timepieces (for example, Patek Philippe and Chopard)
- ●Special tours to the world's oldest legendary Swiss private banks (Julius Baer, Lombard Odier…)
- ●Golf camp conducted by Julien Clement, the general manager of SCC Geneva and also an ex Swiss professional golfer.
For more information of Aiglon College Summer School, please contact sccenter@swisschinacapital.com
or visit: https://www.aiglon.ch/
