Neuchâtel Junior College

Neuchâtel Junior College (or NJC) is a private international school located in the French-speaking town of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Location

An 11th-century town, Neuchâtel, with a population of 32,000, is situated at the foot of the Jura Mountains in northwest Switzerland. Major cities such as Berne, Geneva, and Zurich are a short train ride away.

History

NJC was founded in 1956 by Leonard Wilde, an Englishman who was teaching at a local Swiss school in the 1950s. His dream was to bring North American students to Europe where they could experience a new culture and a new language.

NJC is a one-year school annually welcoming over 100 students in their final pre-university year to study the Ontario Grade 12 curriculum as well as Advanced Placement.^[1]

In search of students who might be interested in such an adventure, Leonard Wilde travelled to Canada, and taught at Shawnigan Lake School, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia Canada, to become acquainted with the Canadian school system and Canadian students. With this experience in hand, he was able to recruit the college's first 42 students from Canada in 1956.

Classes at Neuchatel Junior College are taught in English, but each student is required to take at least one French course. In addition to this, students live with a local family in what is called a pension. This allows the students to interact in French and truly understand Swiss and European culture.

To enhance its curriculum, the college offers cultural and service trips to destinations such as Florence and Siena, Paris, Vimy Ridge, Madrid, Munich, Kraków, Normandy, Kenya, Tunisia, Egypt and Hungary. The school allows students to travel independently of the college a few weekends each semester.

Notable alumni

Sarah Carter, actress
Jennifer Stoddart, Canadian Privacy Commissioner (2003 to 2013)
Marc Kielburger, co-founder of Free the Children
Jared Hudson, founder of Nova Delivery
Theodore Lownie, co-founder of Amour Propre

References

↑ CRA Magazine

External links

Official website

Coordinates: 46°59′48″N 6°56′17″E / 46.9967°N 6.9380°E / 46.9967; 6.9380

International schools in Switzerland

AG	SIS Swiss International School (Suhr)

BE	Seeland Gymnasium (former Deutsches Gymnasium) (Biel/Bienne) École française de Berne (Berne) The British School (Muri bei Bern-Gümligen) International School of Berne (Muri bei Bern-Gümligen)^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]} Institut Le Rosey (Schönried BE)^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]} John F. Kennedy International School (Saanen)^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}

BS	École Française de Bâle^{[note 3]} Scuola primaria bilingue italo-svizzera SEIS "Sandro Pertini" di Basilea International School Basel^{[note 4]}^{[note 2]} SIS Swiss International School (Basel)^{[note 2]}

GE	Ecole Primaire Française de Genève Deutsche Schule Genf (Vernier)^{[note 2]} Russian Mission School in Geneva^{[note 2]} Geneva English School (Genthod)^{[note 2]} International School of Geneva^{[note 2]} Collège du Léman (Versoix)^{[note 2]}

GR	Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz

LU	Four-Forest Bilingual International School (Luzern) International School of Zug and Luzern (Horw-Kastanienbaum)

NE	Neuchâtel Junior College^{[note 2]}

SG	Institut auf dem Rosenberg (St. Gallen)^{[note 2]} (Italian section)

SO	SIS Swiss International School (Schönenwerd)^{[note 2]}

SZ	SIS Swiss International School (Pfäffikon SZ)

TI	Istituto Leonardo da Vinci (Lugano)^{[note 2]} Istituto Elvetico Salesiani Don Bosco (Lugano)^{[note 2]} The American School In Switzerland (Collina d'Oro-Montagnola)^{[note 2]}

VD	École française de Lausanne-Valmont^{[note 2]} Lycée Pareto (Lausanne)^{[note 2]} Brillantmont International School (Lausanne)^{[note 2]} Collège Champittet (Pully)^{[note 2]} International School of Lausanne (Le Mont-sur-Lausanne)^{[note 2]} La Côte International School (Aubonne)^{[note 2]} Kumon Leysin Academy of Switzerland^{[note 2]} Leysin American School^{[note 2]} St George's School in Switzerland (Montreux)^{[note 2]} Riviera School (Montreux) Surval Montreux^{[note 2]} Collège Champittet (Nyon)^{[note 2]} Institut Le Rosey (Rolle)^{[note 2]} Aiglon College (Villars-sur-Ollon)^{[note 2]} Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil (Villars-sur-Ollon)^{[note 2]} GEMS World Academy (Etoy)^{[note 2]}

ZG	Institut Montana Zugerberg (Zug) Four-Forest Bilingual International School (Zug) International School of Zug and Luzern (Baar, Hünenberg)^{[note 2]} International School of Central Switzerland (Cham)^{[note 5]}^{[note 2]} SIS Swiss International School (Rotkreuz)^{[note 2]}

ZH	Lycée français Marie Curie de Zurich (Dübendorf)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]} PoloScolasticoItalo-Svizzero Liceo Vermigli (Zürich)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]} Scuola Italiana Statale "Casa di Italia" (Zürich)^{[note 7]} Scuola Secondaria di I grado "Enrico Fermi" (Zürich)^{[note 8]} Japanese School in Zurich (Uster) Inter-Community School Zurich (Zumikon)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]} International School Zurich North (Zürich)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]} SIS Swiss International School (Männedorf, Winterthur, Zürich-Wallisellen, Zürich-Wollishofen) Zurich International School (Adliswil, Wädenswil)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]} Children First Association (???)^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]}

Former schools	International School Winterthur^{[note 6]}^{[note 2]} International School of Monts-de-Corsier^{[note 2]} American International School of Zürich^{[note 2]} Gstaad International School (Gstaad and Saanen)^{[note 2]} Villa St. Jean International School^{[note 2]}

List by far not complete 1 2 3 Not approved as Gymnasium (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education MBA (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt MBA), administration for education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Berne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Not approved as Mittelschule/Collège/Liceo by the Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) ↑ According the administration of education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Basel-Stadt, this school does not guarantee connection to the Swiss school system ↑ Not approved neither as Volksschule (Kindergarten, primary and lower secondary education), nor as Mittelschule by the administration of education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Basel-Stadt ↑ Not approved as Sekundarstufe II (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial and pedagogic education (Amt für Mittelschulen und Pädagogische Hochschule), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zug 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Not approved as Mittelschule by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt), administration of education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich. ↑ Not approved as primary school by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich. ↑ Not approved as Sekundarstufe (lower secondary education) by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich

Canadian and Canadian-accredited international schools

China	Bond Canadian Academy Boren Sino–Canadian School Canadian International Academy Canadian International School of Beijing Canadian Trillium College Huamei-Bond International College International School of Beijing The International School of Sanya Nanjing-Bond International College Yang Guang Qing School of Beijing Yinghua – Bond International College Canadian International School of Hong Kong Delia School of Canada

East, South, and Southeast Asia	Canadian International School (Bangalore) Canadian Academy Canadian International School Columbia International School Sunway College Taylor's College Canadian International School, Pakistan Canadian International School Canadian International School Vietnam

Europe	Canadian College Italy AFNORTH International School Canadian School of Warsaw Anglo-American School of Moscow Anglo-American School of St. Petersburg Neuchâtel Junior College

Caribbean	Caribbean International Academy Maple Leaf International School Trillium International School

Middle East	Canadian International School of Egypt Qatar Canadian School

This list is incomplete. See also: List of Canada-accredited schools abroad; Alberta Accredited International Schools; B.C. Certified Offshore Schools; Ontario Accredited Overseas Schools

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