History

ABOUTOUR HISTORY

Haut-Lac International Bilingual School opened its doors in Vevey in 1993 when the benefits of an international education were less known than they are today. With only 13 students, the founding directors took on the challenge of educating the community on the advantages of a bilingual education, whilst also playing teacher, lunch supervisor, and bus driver.

Today, we welcome approximately 600 boys and girls aged 3 to 18 from over 47 countries, and our Les Marronniers Nursery takes care of infants aged 18 months to 3 years. Despite this impressive growth, we remain at heart and in daily practice a family school. The four founders are still at the helm of a team that is deeply committed to international education and personal excellence. When your children are on campus, they are our children, too.

1993-1994

13 students

Champ des Pesses
  • dated 1993 showing children and staff posing for a group photo
  • photo dated 1993 showing school students at a restaurant

1994-1995

38 Students

Move to Quai Maria-Belgia 16
  • dated 1995 shows students performing a play outside
  • dated 1994 shows students working at desks

1995-1996

60 Students

  • dated 1996 shows an old sign with the school's name and information
  • dated 1996 shows six haut-lac students on a playground game
  • dated 1996 shows students putting on a christmas show

1996-1997

76 students

  • an old photo of a haut-lac year group posing for a group photo
  • dated 1996 shows haut-lac primary students putting on a christmas play

1997-1998

85 Students

  • primary students posing for a group photo on the shores of lake geneva
  • primary students posing for a group photo on the shore of lake geneva

1998-1999

116 Students

  • primary students posing for a group photo in the cafeteria
  • an old school logo

1999-2000

150 Students

  • primary students posing for a group photo in the their classroom with 2000 written on the wall behind them
1st IB MYP1 class

2000-2001

210 students
  • a staff group photo on the roof of the old primary school dated 2000/2001

2001-2002

284 Students

Infant Section moves to Les Maronniers
  • old photo of primary students sitting by a water fountain in vevey
  • old photo of primary students sitting at their desks smiling for the camera
IB MYP Authorisation

2002-2003

310 Students

Roches Grises Renovation
  • a building on the roches grises campus at sunset
1st IB MYP4 class

2003-2004

350 Students

Secondary section moves to Roches Grises
  • old photo of roches grises with 2004 logo
IB DP Authorisation
  • aerial shot of roches grises campus

2004-2005

440 Students

Opening of Roches Grises Terrace Building
  • a photo of a wooden archway in the garden at the top of roches grises with mountains in the background
  • the plaque, dated 2005, commemorating the opening of the roches grises campus
  • dated 2005 a photo from the inauguration of the roches grises campus
1st Haut-Lac Advisory Board

2005-2006

507 Students

1st IB DP2 class graduation
  • a dated photo of the first graduating class of haut-lac

2006-2007

560 Students

Le Moulin, Library Renovation
  • the library building on the roches grises campus

2007-2008

600 Students

  • a dated photo from 2008 showing primary students in the forest

2008-2009

625 Students

1st Yearbook
Introduction of House System
  • the cover of the year book from the 2008-2009 year
  • the logos for the four houses clockwise: jaguars, bears, falcons, vipers
  • dated 2008-2009, students from the four houses pose as a team

2009-2010

633 Students

1st PTA established
  • a photo of the students vs staff football game
  • a photo of the students vs staff football game

2010-2011

636 Students

1st University Graduates
FSEP recognition
  • logo of the federation suisse de ecoles privees

2011-2012

648 Students

CIS Accreditation
  • the council of international schools accreditation logo
Introduction of "Learning Means the World" Curriculum

2012-2013

634 Students

Praz-Dagoud Campus Construction
  • scaffolding surrounding the praz-dagoud campus under construction behind a fence
  • the praz-dagoud campus in the early stages of constructions with scaffolding surrounding a concrete structure.
1st Haut-Lac students get Masters degree

2013-2014

640 Students

  • three primary students displaying their work
  • three students working together on an ipad to fill in a work sheet

2014-2015

650 Students

Infant & Primary sections move to Praz-Dagoud Campus
  • two staff unboxing equipment for the new school during the move-in
  • two diploma programme students taking boxes for recycling
  • two men moving furniture into the new building
  • students picking up their new uniform
Partnership with Debiopharm
Opening of the Les Marronniers Nursery
  • logo for les marronniers nursery in vevey

2015-2016

  • showing the final stages of construction on the praz-dagoud campus in 2014

2016-2017

EcoSeek Membership
1st IB MYP E-Assessment
SLT Executive Committee established

2017-2018

1st Haut-Lac TedX Conference
1st Haut-Lac student gets PhD
  • student organisers posing with the tedx logo
  • staff members posing with the Tedx logo
  • a student on stage during the tedx event hosted at haut-lac in 2018

2018-2019

WAoS Accreditation
CIS Re-accreditation
IB Re-authorisation
Establishment of Strategic Advisory Board
  • the world academy of sport, ib, and CIS logos together

Over the years

71 Nationalities
387 Graduates

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