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Switzerland, Lausanne
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LAS offers English Language Acquisition (ELA) with three levels of English instruction and sheltered content courses in social studies and science. Bridge programs immerse students in English-language learning starting in April, followed by a focused English Language Acquisition program in the UK and participation in the English-language track of LAS Summer in Switzerland. LAS Summer's Language Acquisition Track lets students choose between English and French, with separate streams and levels (English: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced; French: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced). The school supports maintenance of mother/home languages via IB Language A self-taught provisions, and the LAS library houses books in 23 languages.
LAS provides immersion through the English Language Acquisition (ELA) program, which develops students' academic and social language and uses sheltered content courses in social studies and science. Bridge students join in April and are immersed in an accelerated language environment to prepare for the full-year ELA, with learning continuing in the UK during the summer. LAS Summer in Switzerland offers a Language Acquisition Track where students can study English or French in intensive sessions, with English and French streams and levels (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced). LAS libraries support mother-language maintenance with materials in 23 languages through IB Language A self-taught provisions.
Leysin American School in Switzerland is a private, co-educational boarding school for students aged 12 to 18 with a United States affiliation. LAS offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme alongside AP, an American Curriculum, and a Bespoke option. The IB comprises six subject groups—Language and Literature, Language Acquisition, Individuals and Societies, Sciences, Mathematics, and The Arts—with a core of Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay, and Creativity, Activity, Service. University advising begins in grade 9 to tailor an IB plan to university goals. The campus has six dormitories with live-in dorm parents, a 1:4 faculty-to-student ratio, and 95% of staff living on site. Sports facilities include the Magic Mountain Athletic Center and Upper and Lower Sporting Centers, plus winter skiing on Leysin's slopes with access to about 90 resorts via the Magic Pass. LAS provides extensive after-school programs and clubs across arts, sports, STEM, languages, and service.
