TASISorTASIS Switzerland, formally known as The American School In Switzerland, is a private American international boarding and day school in Switzerland. TASIS ranked number 67 in IB test scores among European private schools.[1]
Located in Montagnola, Collina D'Oro near Lugano, in the Canton of Ticino, the school enrolls approximately 700 pupils from around the world.[2] It offers a primary school, middle school and high school. [3]
TASIS was founded in 1956 by M. Crist Fleming.[10] For the first few years the school was operating, it was located in Locarno, then in Lugano-Loreto until the purchase of the 17th-century Villa de Nobili in Montagnola in 1960. The school added a post-graduate program in 1959 and summer programs in 1972. Since its establishment, TASIS has expanded to include schools and summer programs in England, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, France, Spain, and Puerto Rico. [11]
The school is owned by the TASIS Foundation, a non-profit organization.[12][13]
TASIS offers soccer, volleyball, basketball, swimming, tennis, badminton, track and cross country at the varsity and junior varsity levels. Students travel throughout Switzerland and Europe for tournaments.[17]
TASIS is a member of the Swiss Group of International Schools (SGIS).[18]
The TASIS campus is located on the Collina d'Oro, overlooking the city of Lugano and Lake Lugano to the North. The most notable campus building is Villa De Nobili, a 17th-century mansion that still contains the suits of armor placed there when the building was owned by Marchese De Nobili, Italian Ambassador to Switzerland.[19] It houses dormitories, classrooms, administrative offices, and the school's dining room. [20]
Davide Illarietti writing in 2023 for Corriere del Ticino noted the school has "the reputation of the 'school of the oligarchs.'" Illarietti described the scene "after the bell" as security officers escort students to "a parade of mothers" who pick them up in "Mercedes, Bentley's and Ferraris," as looking "like a big time gala,' "[21]
^"Maturität - Maturité - Maturità" (official site) (in German, French, and Italian). Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, SERI. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
^Private Secondary Schools: Traditional Day and Boarding Schools: Part II of V. Peterson's (published 2011). May 2011. p. 157. ISBN9780768935202.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^Josue, Michele (Director) (2012). Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine (Motion picture). Logo Documentary Films. Event occurs at 12:04. ...Matt and his dad chose TASIS, the American School in Switzerland, in Lugano, Switzerland.
^ abcNot 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
^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 Mittelschule (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial education (Amt für Mittelschulen), department of education (Bildungsdepartement), canton of St. Gallen
^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
^ abcdefNot approved as Mittelschule by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt), administration of education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zürich.
