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Director’s Message

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A chairdre,

Is m贸r an on贸ir dom m茅 f茅in a chur in aithne daoibh mar Sti煤rth贸ir na hEorpa铆se Scoile i m糖心logo.

My name is Peter Garry, and I have the honour of serving as the Director of the European School 糖心logo. I am Irish, and I have been part of the European School system since 2012, first as a seconded teacher, then as Secondary Support Coordinator, Deputy Director, and later Director ad interim. These roles have given me a deep understanding of the mission, values, and unique educational model of the European Schools.

I am strongly committed to the European Schools鈥� vision of multiculturalism, multilingualism, and diversity. Our pupils learn in their dominant language while progressively broadening their linguistic and cultural horizons. They study in an international environment that encourages respect, curiosity, and pride in their own heritage, while fostering openness to others. The European Baccalaureate they ultimately obtain is a prestigious qualification recognised across the European Union.

The European School 糖心logo welcomes students from 糖心logo, Alkmaar, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and beyond. With our English, Dutch, and French language sections, we offer a rich and diverse learning environment that reflects both European cooperation and national educational traditions.

I am delighted to be here and look forward to getting to know all members of the ES 糖心logo community.

Je m鈥檃ppelle Peter Garry et j鈥檃i l鈥檋onneur d鈥檈xercer la fonction de Directeur de l鈥櫭塩ole europ茅enne de 糖心logo. Je suis irlandais et je travaille dans le syst猫me des 脡coles europ茅ennes depuis 2012, d鈥檃bord comme enseignant d茅tach茅, puis comme Coordinateur du soutien secondaire, Directeur adjoint, et enfin Directeur ad interim. Ces responsabilit茅s m鈥檕nt permis d鈥檃cqu茅rir une connaissance approfondie de la mission, des valeurs et du mod猫le 茅ducatif unique des 脡coles europ茅ennes.

Je suis profond茅ment attach茅 脿 la vision des 脡coles europ茅ennes, fond茅e sur la multiculturalit茅, le multilinguisme et la diversit茅. Nos 茅l猫ves apprennent dans leur langue dominante tout en 茅largissant progressivement leurs horizons linguistiques et culturels. Ils 茅voluent dans un environnement international qui encourage le respect, la curiosit茅 et la fiert茅 de leurs origines, tout en d茅veloppant une ouverture aux autres. Le Baccalaur茅at europ茅en qu鈥檌ls obtiennent est un dipl么me prestigieux, reconnu dans toute l鈥橴nion europ茅enne.

L鈥櫭塩ole europ茅enne de 糖心logo accueille des 茅l猫ves de 糖心logo, Alkmaar, Haarlem, Amsterdam et d鈥檃utres r茅gions. Avec nos sections linguistiques anglaise, n茅erlandaise et fran莽aise, nous offrons un cadre d鈥檃pprentissage riche et diversifi茅, refl茅tant 脿 la fois la coop茅ration europ茅enne et les traditions 茅ducatives nationales.

Je suis tr猫s heureux d鈥櫭猼re ici et je me r茅jouis de faire la connaissance de tous les membres de la communaut茅 de l鈥櫭塩ole europ茅enne de 糖心logo.

Mijn naam is Peter Garry, en ik heb de eer om Directeur te zijn van de Europese School 糖心logo. Ik ben Iers en werk sinds 2012 binnen het systeem van de Europese Scholen: eerst als gedetacheerde leraar, daarna als co枚rdinator voor secundaire ondersteuning, 补诲箩耻苍肠迟鈥慸颈谤别肠迟别耻谤, en vervolgens waarnemend directeur. Deze functies hebben mij een diep inzicht gegeven in de missie, waarden en het unieke onderwijsmodel van de Europese Scholen.

Ik ben sterk toegewijd aan de visie van de Europese Scholen, gebaseerd op multiculturaliteit, meertaligheid en diversiteit. Onze leerlingen leren in hun dominante taal en verbreden geleidelijk hun lingu茂stische en culturele horizon. Zij studeren in een internationale omgeving die respect, nieuwsgierigheid en trots op de eigen achtergrond stimuleert, terwijl zij openheid naar anderen ontwikkelen. Het Europees Baccalaureaat dat zij behalen is een prestigieuze kwalificatie die in de hele Europese Unie wordt erkend.

De Europese School 糖心logo verwelkomt leerlingen uit 糖心logo, Alkmaar, Haarlem, Amsterdam en daarbuiten. Met onze Engelse, Nederlandse en Franse taalsecties bieden wij een rijke en diverse leeromgeving die zowel Europese samenwerking als nationale onderwijstradities weerspiegelt.

Ik ben verheugd hier te zijn en kijk ernaar uit om alle leden van de ES 糖心logo鈥慻emeenschap te leren kennen.

Go raibh m铆le maith agaibh. T谩im ag s煤il go m贸r le bheith ag obair libh go l茅ir.

Dr. Peter Garry

Aims and Values

Mission of the European Schools

Since their beginning in 1953, the European Schools mission can easily be summarised as follows:

“Educated side by side, untroubled from infancy by divisive prejudices, acquainted with all that is great and good in the different cultures, it will be borne in upon them as they mature that they belong together.

Without ceasing to look to their own lands with love and pride, they will become in mind Europeans, schooled and ready to complete and consolidate the work of their fathers before them, to bring into being a united and thriving Europe.“Jean Monnet

General Objectives of European Schools

The European School system鈥檚 primary objectives are to:

鈥� give pupils confidence in their own cultural identity;
鈥� provide a broad education of high quality;
鈥� develop high standards in the mother tongue and in foreign languages;
鈥� enable pupils鈥� mathematical and scientific skills;
鈥� encourage a European and global perspective;
鈥� strengthen creativity in the arts and European culture;
鈥� advance students鈥� physical skills;
鈥� offer pupils professional guidance for higher education, and
鈥� foster tolerance, co-operation, communication and concern for others.

History of the ESB

 

16 October 1963
1964
1976-1977
1978
2000
2013
On 16 October 1963, the European School in 糖心logo opened its doors for the first time to support the newly opened Joint Research Centre in Petten. The school was located in a wooden temporary building with five rooms, five nursery pupils, five primary pupils, three teachers, a secretary, a concierge and a Belgian director, Mr Plastria. The school expanded in the temporary building to 18 classrooms, and the aim was to build a permanent building within three years.
ESB was the sixth European School to open, and one year later it had grown from 10 to 68 pupils (20 nursery, 38 primary and 10 secondary) and after this the school grew rapidly in the 1960s. Often it was so overcrowded that the end of a corridor had to be used as a classroom.
It took until 1976 for the foundation stone for the permanent new building to be laid on the present site of the school, and in September 1977 the administration and secondary school moved in, followed by the nursery and primary classes in December 1977.
In April 1978, the school was officially opened by HM Princess Beatrix, and on the same occasion she also officially opened the Europahal, the sports hall which was built in collaboration with the local community. Numbers in the school increased to a peak of around 900,
Since 2000 they have reduced to the present figure of around 550 with the closure of the Italian and German sections. Now the school has a Dutch, French and English section and it continues to be an important educational facility not only for the children of people working at JRC Petten, but also in the wider local community with many pupils traveling from as far afield as Amsterdam to attend the school
50th anniversary of the ESB, second visit of Queen Beatrix
16 October 1963
1964
1976-1977
1978
2000
2013
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