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The school was founded in October 1951 as the American School of Brussels, initially to serve U.S. Department of Defense personnel and their families residing in the area. It began with four teachers and 27 students, aged 5 to 11, at a location in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre .
It opened in October 1967. [2] It is located near Brussels, Belgium on a 17-acre (69,000 m 2) area in Sterrebeek, part of the municipality of Zaventem, Flemish Brabant. The school serves as a DoDDS school for all US military and DOD civilian sponsor dependents, who are allowed to enroll their children tuition free. [3]
After World War II, the increased demand for American education overseas was a result of the government's decision to allow soldiers to bring their families when deployed. By 1949, almost 100 schools were being operated separately by the Army, Navy, and Air Force in countries around the world. [2] In 2011 there were 120 schools.
SHAPE High School adheres to a typical United States curricular and extracurricular program. The current SHAPE American High School was established in 1967 when SHAPE moved from Paris to Mons. The school separated into SHAPE Middle school and SHAPE High School in the 2014–2015 school year with the new completion of two new school buildings.
During World War I, from October 1914, Herbert Hoover organized the Committee for Relief in Belgium (USA) and the Commission for Relief in Belgium (Belgium). After the war, the University Foundation, and on 9 January 1920, the B.A.E.F., were founded with the budget remaining in the hands of the commission after five years of relief work.
The British School of Boston opened in September 2000 in Dedham, Massachusetts. In 2004, the school relocated to the Moss Hill section of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. It shares a 40 acres (160,000 m 2) campus with a satellite campus of Showa Women's University whose main campus is in Tokyo, Japan.
The British International School of New York (BIS-NY) was established in 2006 at Waterside Plaza, an upscale development on the East River in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. [1] [2] The student body is a mix of British expatriates, American nationals and students from a mix of other countries, and includes both boys and ...
[2] [7] In concordance with the rigorous accreditation process, accredited schools are routinely audited by the Boards of Inspectors of the European Schools, with the EEBA's last audit taking place between 17 and 21 September 2018. [2] As the school is opening in a phased manner, it is currently only accredited to offer the European Schools ...