SchoolProfi le2017 - 2018CEEB code: 796-120

Head MasterRichard McDonaldheadmaster@aiglon.ch

Deputy Head, Curriculum Nicola Sparrowstudies@aiglon.ch

College & Careers Counselling Patience Fanella-KochDirectorcareers@aiglon.ch

Edith Milett oCollege and Career Counsellorcareers@aiglon.ch

Lucy WiddowsUK Counsellorljw@aiglon.ch

Admissions OfficeFor all prospective student inquiries:admissions@aiglon.ch

Guiding Principles The aim of the school is the balanced development of mind, body and spirit through challenge, respect, responsibility, diversity and service. Aiglon students build close relationships with teaching staff through a tutorial system off ering individualised counselling throughout their entire high school experience.

Aiglon CollegeAvenue Centrale, 61

1885 Chesières-VillarsSwitzerland

+41 (0)24 496 6161

OverviewAiglon College was founded in 1949 by the British visionary, John Corlette, and is located 1170 meters above sea level in the French-speaking village of Chesières in the Swiss Alps. We are an independent, non-profit organisation, strongly rooted in our alpine location. All students follow a programme of challenge including mountain expeditions in addition to their academic studies.

Students in Years 12 & 13 follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB). We also administer examinations and certification schemes run by Edexcel, AQA, University of Cambridge International Examinations, the Royal Academy of Dance, the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, the College Board and the International Award for Young People (the international arm of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme).

Our student body comprises 357 students (53% boys and 47% girls), of whom 89% are boarders; students may start in the Junior School from the age of nine. Aiglon College has been accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) since 2000 and is a founding member of the Round Square association of schools.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB)The two-year International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme was introduced in 2010. The IB is an academically demanding two-year programme, well-suited to the Aiglon study style which encourages independent learning, enquiry and self-sufficiency.

As well as academic achievement across six subjects, students must complete an extended essay, a Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course and a Creativity, Action and Service programme to gain their IB Diploma. A total of 67 students (out of 73) of the Class of 2017 were

entered for the Diploma. The overall pass rate was 97%, and additionally, 27% of all students achieved a Bilingual IB Diploma.

IB Programme 2017 2016Aiglon College

Pass Rate 97% 97%

34 points & above 61% 56%

30 points & above 87% 79%

24 points & above 100% 100%

Grade Point Averages The unweighted cumulative grade point average is updated at the end of each term. Aiglon’s academic calendar runs as three terms averaging 12 weeks duration with four assessment periods. Our academic distinctions include: Honour Roll (average of 6.00 or above and no effort grade below B), and Merit Roll (average of 5.5 or above with a maximum of two effort grades

at C, or an average of 4.5 or above with all effort grades above B).

Class of 2018 (74 students): Average GPA 5.54

QuintileBreakdown Rank GPAs

First 1 – 15 6.25 – 7.00

Second 16 – 30 5.75 – 6.21

Third 31 – 45 5.25 – 5.75

Fourth 46 – 60 4.92 – 5.21

Fifth 61 – 74 3.58 – 4.88

Academic Programme Years 10 & 11/ 9th & 10th Grades: Aiglon College offers the iGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education), British GCSE

and O Levels as comprehensive two-year programmes. All offer a balanced mix of practical experience and theoretical knowledge and develop a range of core skills including knowledge recall, teamwork, and problem solving.

Years 12 & 13 / 11th & 12th Grades: IB students choose six subjects, three at Higher Level (HL) and

three at Standard Level (SL). Almost all subjects are available at Higher and Standard level.

I(GCSE)/O Level Examination ResultsAiglon College Summer 2016

Aiglon College Summer 2015

A* 23% 19%

A/A* 49% 38%

A*-B 75% 71%

A*-C 92% 89%

A-G 100% 100%

Language BEnglish; French; French ab initio; German; Spanish; Spanish ab initio, Italian Mandarin; Russian; Japanese

Arts & ElectivesMusic; Theatre Arts;Visual Arts

Language AArabic; English; French;German; Italian; Dutch; Japanese; Mandarin; Russian; Spanish

Natural SciencesBiology; Chemistry; Physics; Environmental Systems

MathematicsMathematics;Mathematical Studies

Individuals & SocietiesBusiness Management; Economics; Geography;History

“With the responsibilitiesof the future in their hands, our students need to develop the courage to face challenges,the confidence to lead andthe humility to serve.”

Richard McDonald,Head Master

SAT Averages (past four years)

2017 2016 2015 2014Critical Reading 615 534 545 512

Math 626 613 604 570

Students and Faculty

Over 50 nationalities are represented at Aiglon. This diverse range of backgrounds nurtures an environment of high tolerance and acceptance of other cultures and languages.

Aiglon’s teaching staff comprises 82 teachers, of whom 52 are full-time. Nineteen hold a Master’s degree, Doctorate or equivalent. Our teachers originate from Belarus, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Enrichment ProgrammeExpeditions: All students take part in the expeditions programme, which consists of a variety of outdoor activities such as camp craft, mountain biking, orienteering, rock climbing, ropes courses and trekking. The principal activity in the Winter term is ski-touring.

Physical Education: All students participate in the PE programme. A range of activities are offered, including basketball, cross-country running, fitness for health, football, rugby, ski race training, skiing, snowboarding, squash, swimming, tennis, track and field athletics, volleyball, weight training and yoga.

Creativity, Action and Service (CAS): Aiglon’s extra-curricular programme has always been an integral and traditional part of the school experience and IB curriculum. The school offers over 100 activities, ensuring the balanced development of mind, body and spirit.

Music: Ensembles of various types and sizes run through the year. Instrumental lessons are available in cello, flute, guitar, percussion, piano, saxophone, singing, trumpet and violin. It is compulsory for any student taking GCSE or IB Music also to take some form of instrumental music lessons.

Round Square Member: Round Square is a worldwide association of schools which share a commitment to personal development and responsibility. In addition to projects in the local community, Aiglon students participate in service projects in India, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda, and Thailand. Students also engage in the annual regional and global conferences and have an opportunity to work on the Round Square committee.

2017 Results IB Subject Points Avg

7 6 5 4 3 2

ARABIC B HL   1 4.0

ARABIC B SL   1 6.0

AZERBAI A: Lit. self taught SL   1 7.0

BIOLOGY HL 1 3 9 1 5.3

BIOLOGY SL 1 4 2 5 5.1

BULGARI A: Literature self 1 5.0

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT HL 10 10 6 6.2

CHEMISTRY HL 2 3 1 6.0

CHEMISTRY SL 3 2 4 1 4.7

CHINESE A: Literature SL   3 2 4.6

DUTCH A: Lit. self taught SL   1 5.0

ECONOMICS HL 3 15 9 2 5.7

ECONOMICS SL 1 1 1 5.0

ENGLISH A: Literature HL   1 14 15 2 5.4

ENGLISH A: Literature SL   1 9 1 5.5

ENGLISH B HL   2 1 3 5.9

ENGLISH B SL   2 3 6.4

ENV. AND SOC. SL 1 4 7 5 5.1

FRENCH A: Literature SL   1 3 4.5

FRENCH AB. SL   3 4 1 1 6.0

FRENCH B HL   2 4 6.3

FRENCH B SL   5 6 7 5.9

FURTH. MATHS HL 1 6.0

GEOGRAPHY HL 3 7 2 2 5.8

GEOGRAPHY SL 8 6.0

GERMAN A: Literature HL   1 5.0

GERMAN B HL   1 1 1 5.0

GERMAN B SL   1 1 6.5

HISTORY EUROPE HL 2 2 4 5.8

HISTORY SL 2 1 5.7

ITALIAN B HL   1 6.0

ITALIAN B SL   1 7.0

JAPANESE A: Literature SL   1 6.0

JAPANESE B SL   1 7.0

MATH STUDIES SL 5 9 14 9 5.3

MATHEMATICS HL 1 2 1 2 1 1 4.6

MATHEMATICS SL 3 11 5 6 1 5.4

MUSIC HL 3 5 5.4

MUSIC SL 2 1 4.7

PHYSICS HL 1 3 3 5 5.0

PHYSICS SL 1 1 2 1 2 1 4.4

POLISH A: Lit. self taught SL   1 5.0

ROMANIA A: Lit. self taught 1 6.0

RUSSIAN A: Literature HL   1 5.0

RUSSIAN A: Literature SL   1 5.0

RUSSIAN B HL   1 7.0

RUSSIAN B SL   5 7.0

SPANISH A: Literature HL   1 1 4.5

SPANISH AB SL   5 1 1 5.6

SPANISH B HL   5 1 6.8

SPANISH B SL   5 2 6.7

THEATRE HL 1 1 2 2 5.2

VISUAL ARTS HL 1 8 4 4.8

VISUAL ARTS SL 1 5.0

Higher Education Acceptances / Offers 2012-2017 (Aiglon 2017 destinations noted in bold)

North AmericaAmerican UniversityAmherst CollegeBabson CollegeBard CollegeBaylor UniversityBentley UniversityBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBrandeis University Brown UniversityBryant UniversityCA College of the Arts Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Catholic University of AmericaChapman UniversityClaremont McKenna College Colgate UniversityCollege of WoosterColorado CollegeConnecticut CollegeCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeDePaul UniversityDrew UniversityDrexel UniversityDuke UniversityEckerd CollegeElon University Embry Riddle University Emerson CollegeEmory UniversityEndicott CollegeFairfield University Fairleigh Dickson UniversityFashion Inst. of TechnologyFlorida Inst. of TechnologyFordham UniversityFranklin and Marshall CollegeGeorge Washington UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGeorgia Inst. of Technology Goucher College Harvard UniversityHofstra UniversityHult Int’l Business School, San FranIthaca CollegeJohns Hopkins UniversityKenyon CollegeLake Forest CollegeLehigh UniversityLoyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Lynn UniversityManhattanville CollegeMarist College Marymount California University Marymount Manhattan CollegeMarymount UniversityMassachusetts Maritime AcademyMcGill University McMaster University Menlo CollegeMerrimack CollegeMichigan State University New York Inst. of TechnologyNew York UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityOccidental College

Pace UniversityParsons School of Art & DesignPennsylvania State UniversityPepperdine UniversityPratt InstitutePrinceton UniversityProvidence College Purdue University Quinnipiac UniversityReed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)Rochester Inst. of TechnologyRoger Williams University Rollins CollegeRutgers University Ryerson UniversitySanta Clara UniversitySarah Lawrence College School of Visual ArtsSch of the Art Inst. of ChicagoSimon Fraser University Skidmore CollegeSouthern CA Inst. of Architecture Southern Methodist University Southern New Hampshire UniversitySt. Edward’s UniversitySt. Lawrence University Stanford UniversityStonehill CollegeSuffolk University Syracuse UniversityTexas A&M University Texas Christian UniversityTexas Tech University The New School- Eugene LangTrinity College (CT)Trinity University (TX)Tufts UniversityTulane University University of British ColumbiaUniversity of California, Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced,Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara,Santa CruzUniversity of Colorado, BoulderUniversity of DenverUniversity of Mass- AmherstUniversity of MiamiUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Ottawa University of Pennsylvania University of Puget SoundUniversity of RichmondUniversity of RochesterUniversity of San Diego University of San FranciscoUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of TampaUniversity of Texas, AustinUniversity of TorontoUniversity of VermontUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of WisconsinVassar College Villanova UniversityWagner CollegeWashington & Jefferson CollegeWashington & Lee UniversityWentworth Inst. of TechnologyWesleyan University

Wheaton College (MA)Whittier CollegeWillamette UniversityWorcester Polytechnic Inst.

United KingdomAA School of Architecture Aberystwyth UniversityAcademy of Contemporary MusicAston University, BirminghamBangor UniversityBath UniversityBirkbeck, University of LondonBrighton and Sussex Medical SchoolBritish/Irish Modern Music Inst.Brunel University LondonCardiff UniversityCity University LondonCity University London (Cass Bus. Sch.)Courtauld Institute of ArtCoventry UniversityDurham UniversityGlion Inst. of Higher Edu., LondonGoldsmiths, University of LondonHeythrop College, LondonHult International Business SchoolImperial College LondonIstituto Marangoni, LondonKeele UniversityKing’s College LondonKingston UniversityLancaster UniversityLondon School of Economics (LSE)Loughborough UniversityManchester Metropolitan University Middlesex UniversityNew College of the HumanitiesNewcastle UniversityNorthumbria University Oxford Brookes UniversityPerformance Preparation AcademyQueen Mary, University of LondonQueen’s University, BelfastRegent’s University London Richmond, American Int’l UniversityRoehampton UniversityRoyal Holloway, University of LondonSch Oriental & African Studies (SOAS)Sheffield Hallam University St George’s, University of LondonSt Mary’s University, TwickenhamStaffordshire UniversityTeesside UniversityUniversity College London (UCL)University of AberdeenUniversity of BathUniversity of BirminghamUniversity of BrightonUniversity of Bristol University of BuckinghamUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of DerbyUniversity of Dundee University of East AngliaUniversity of East LondonUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of ExeterUniversity of Glasgow University of GreenwichUniversity of KentUniversity of Leeds

University of LeicesterUniversity of ManchesterUniversity of NottinghamUniversity of Oxford University of ReadingUniversity of RoehamptonUniversity of Sheffield University of SouthamptonUniversity of St AndrewsUniversity of SurreyUniversity of Sussex University of the Arts LondonUniversity of the Creative ArtsUniversity of WarwickUniversity of West London University of WestminsterUniversity of Worcester University of York

GlobalAmerican University of Paris (France)Bocconi University (Italy)Business School Lausanne (Switzerland)Carl Benz School of Engineering (Germany)Charles University (Czech Rep.)College for International Studies (Spain)Cordon Bleu School (France)Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (Switz.)Ecole poly. fédérale de Lausanne (Switz.)Erasmus University College (Netherlands)Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)European University (Switzerland)Franklin University, SwitzerlandGlion Institute of Higher Edu. (Switzerland)Hague Univ. of Applied Sciences (Neth.)Hotel Institute Montreux (Switzerland)IE University (Spain)Int’l University of Geneva (Switzerland)John Cabot University (Italy)King Mongkut’s Inst. of Tech. (Thailand)Kozminski University (Poland)L’institut Marangoni, Paris (France)Leiden University (Netherlands)Lucerne University (Switzerland) Maastricht University (Netherlands)Modul University (Austria)Monash University (Australia)Montreux School of Business (Switzerland)Moscow State Inst. of Int’l Relations (Russia)Paris College of Art (France)Royal Academy of Art (Netherlands)Sciences Po (France)Sophia University (Japan)Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)University College Roosevelt (Netherlands)University College Utrecht (Netherlands)University of Groningen (Netherlands)University of Belgrade (Serbia)University of Bologna (Italy)University of Hong Kong University of Lausanne (Switzerland)University of Melbourne (Australia)Univ. of New York, Prague (Czech Rep.)University of Queensland (Australia)University of Sydney (Australia)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUtrecht University (Netherlands)Webster University (Switzerland)Yale National University of Singapore

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