Haut-Lac International Bilingual School is a co-educational international school with uniform for day students aged 3 to 18 and boarders aged 11 to 18.
Its two school campuses and boutique boarding house overlook Lake Geneva in the village of St-Légier-La Chiésaz, which sits just above Vevey on the Swiss Riviera.
The school also runs the Les Marronniers nursery in Vevey for toddlers aged 18 months to 4 years.
History Haut-Lac International Bilingual School was founded in 1993 by two bilingual couples, Anne-Marie and Neil Harwood and Grainne and Jean-Louis Dubler.
The private school started off in Monts-de-Corsier with 13 students and grew rapidly. It moved to larger premises by Lake Geneva, on Quai Maria-Belgia in Vevey in 1994. By 1999-2000, enrollment had reached 150 students, which led to the opening of a secondary section.
Major campus developments:
2001 – Infant students (E1-E3) moved to their own Les Marronniers campus in Vevey 2003 – Secondary students (MYP1-3) moved to Roches Grises campus in Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz 2014 – Infant, primary and MYP1&2 students moved into the Minergie-certified Praz-Dagoud campus
IB programme authorisations
2001 - IB Middle Years Programme (IBMYP) 2003 - IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) 2020 - IB Career-related Programme (IBCP)
Other notable milestones
2011 - First accreditation by the Council of International Schools (CIS). 2018 - First Athlete-Friendly Education Centre in Switzerland recognised by the World Academy of Sport 2020 - First non-UK school to receive the Primary Science Quality Mark. 2022 - The first students are welcomed to the Haut-Lac Boarding House. 2023 - Haut-Lac International Bilingual School celebrated its 30th anniversary. 2024 - Haut-Lac now welcomes students of over 64 nationalities and has over 600 alumni in Switzerland and worldwide.
Authorisations & Accreditations Swiss Haut-Lac International Bilingual School is official member of the local and Swiss associations below:
Association Vaudoise des Écoles Privées (AVDEP) Federation Suisse des Écoles Privées (FSEP) Swiss Group of International Schools (SGIS) Association des Directeurs d'Instituts de Suisse Romande (ADISR) Eco-Schools
International Haut-Lac International Bilingual School is authorised or accredited by the organisations and associations below:
International Baccalaureate (IB) Council of International School (CIS) World Academy of Sport (WAoS) New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
Campus and Facilities Haut-Lac operates across three campuses in the canton of Vaud, serving students from 18 months to 18 years. The main school campuses, Praz-Dagoud and Roches Grises, and the boarding house are within walking distance of each other in Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz. The Les Marronniers nursery is located near the train station in Vevey.
References
External links Haut-Lac International Bilingual School official site