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The group originated with the foundation of its first boarding school, TASIS Switzerland, in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1956. [1] TASIS England was founded in 1976, in Thorpe, Surrey, outside of London. [2] TASIS Dorado was founded in Puerto Rico in 2002. [3] TASIS Portugal was founded in 2020, in Linhó, Sintra on the Portuguese Riviera, outside ...
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. [10] The school is owned by the TASIS Foundation, a non-profit organization. [11] [12] Villa De Nobili, 1972
TASIS stands for The American School in Switzerland. [1] TASIS England was originally set up as a branch of that school based in Surrey, England. [1] Its relationship to the Swiss base of TASIS (other than common ownership) is that of a sister school. TASIS England was founded in 1976 by Mary Crist Fleming by way of expansion.
The site has a history of camps, starting with the 50th Gilwell Scout course, organized in 1926, and the 1st World Scout Moot with 2,500 Rover Scouts from 23 countries in 1931. After the war, in 1953, the 5th World Scout Moot was back in Kandersteg with 4,000 Rovers from 22 countries, and in 1992 again the 9th World Scout Moot saw nearly 2,500 ...
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Bütschwil had a population (as of 2011) of 3,365. [5] As of 2007, about 15.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.Of the foreign population, (as of 2000), 28 are from Germany, 83 are from Italy, 318 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 5 are from Austria, 165 are from Turkey, and 65 are from another country. [6]
There were 514 or 16.5% who were born in the same canton, while 1,165 or 37.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 272 or 8.7% were born outside of Switzerland. [ 10 ] As of 2000 [update] , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.2% and seniors (over 64 ...