SHAPE-Chievres, Belgium
13/08/2011
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Jenny A says:
June 19, 2011 at 12:39 pm
There are many schooling options to choose from. There is the American school, a British school that you need to pay for tuition and get accepted into, the Canadian school which you have to apply and get accepted too and then the local Belgium schools.
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There are many schooling options to choose from. There is the American school, a British school that you need to pay for tuition and get accepted into, the Canadian school which you have to apply and get accepted too and then the local Belgium schools.
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Veteran Military Wife says:
September 1, 2010 at 9:50 am
Some websites for the SHAPE area regarding schooling:
Isle?｢どｨび｢s District
http://www.isle-dso.eu.dodea.edu/hro/index.htm
SHAPE High School (includes 7th & 8th grade administratively) http://www.shap-hs.eu.dodea.edu/index.html
Information on the different SHAPE school sections http://www.shape2day.com/Shapeinternationalschool.aspx
SHAPE American Elementary School (grades K-6) http://www.shap-es.eu.dodea.edu/
SHAPE Area Christian Homeschool Network http://www.shapehomeschool.webs.com/
Most Americans send their school to the American side, but as a bonus, the American side of the elementary school has 30% international students. I?｢どｨび｢m not sure of the stats for the HS, but there are many foreign students there as well.
Many parents also send mostly younger children to the Belgian school on post, which is also part of the International School?｢どｨｬｶto avoid confusion, the International School on SHAPE interconnects all the other NATO countries?｢どｨび｢ schools, such as Polish, German, British, Canadian, etc?｢どｨｬｶthey are a loose knit group of buildings all in one area and share the large grassy playground, gym and also cafeteria. Some Americans also send their children to the local Belgian schools in their commune where they live.
Great news for homeschoolers in Europe as DODEA, formerly DODDS allows those students to participate in a wide range of activities and classes. Take advantage of those!
Sports in this area are run by MWR and not by the schools, per se. There is soccer, football and a variety of other sports throughout the year.
The schools do conduct cool fieldtrips. I know my 8th grader is going to the Louvre in Paris for one of his! How great is that?
HS and ES students ride the same buses to school?｢どｨｬｶ.huge plus for younger siblings and allows them to ALL leave for school at the same time.
When looking at housing, get the sheet from the housing office that lists which towns the school buses service. You may find yourself driving your kids to the next town or to SHAPE itself because there is no bus service to your town. It happens more than you think.
Kids get to sleep in! My kids leave the house for the bus at 0750 AM?｢どｨｬｶ.but don?｢どｨび｢t get home til just after 4 pm. Due to sports, many times, they walk from school to one of the fields on SHAPE. Or they can go to the library where I meet them later.
School lunches run on the AAFES lunch program. You can pay directly at the cafeteria or add to your kids?｢どｨび｢ accounts at AAFES, the PX at Chievres.
Elementary school runs an A, B, C, D-type schedule, three classes at 90 minutes each. These rotate, so you may have A, C and D one day, then A, B and C the next and so on, so it is not on/off like some other DODEA elementary schools?｢どｨｬｶit takes some getting used to especially trying to figure out which day the kids should bring their white soled tennis shoes and white shirts for gym and such?｢どｨｬｶteachers say, bring them every day! HS is pretty much standard.
School supplies are standard, and we found everything we needed in the weeks before school at the PX.
HS kids in grades 9-12 can go off campus for lunch. Everyone else must remain on school grounds throughout the day. Kids under those grades also need to be signed out/in for appointments and such. The health clinic/dental is conveniently right across the street.
There is also a very nice skate park right between the health clinic and the schools:-)
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September 1, 2010 at 9:50 am
Some websites for the SHAPE area regarding schooling:
Isle?｢どｨび｢s District
http://www.isle-dso.eu.dodea.edu/hro/index.htm
SHAPE High School (includes 7th & 8th grade administratively) http://www.shap-hs.eu.dodea.edu/index.html
Information on the different SHAPE school sections http://www.shape2day.com/Shapeinternationalschool.aspx
SHAPE American Elementary School (grades K-6) http://www.shap-es.eu.dodea.edu/
SHAPE Area Christian Homeschool Network http://www.shapehomeschool.webs.com/
Most Americans send their school to the American side, but as a bonus, the American side of the elementary school has 30% international students. I?｢どｨび｢m not sure of the stats for the HS, but there are many foreign students there as well.
Many parents also send mostly younger children to the Belgian school on post, which is also part of the International School?｢どｨｬｶto avoid confusion, the International School on SHAPE interconnects all the other NATO countries?｢どｨび｢ schools, such as Polish, German, British, Canadian, etc?｢どｨｬｶthey are a loose knit group of buildings all in one area and share the large grassy playground, gym and also cafeteria. Some Americans also send their children to the local Belgian schools in their commune where they live.
Great news for homeschoolers in Europe as DODEA, formerly DODDS allows those students to participate in a wide range of activities and classes. Take advantage of those!
Sports in this area are run by MWR and not by the schools, per se. There is soccer, football and a variety of other sports throughout the year.
The schools do conduct cool fieldtrips. I know my 8th grader is going to the Louvre in Paris for one of his! How great is that?
HS and ES students ride the same buses to school?｢どｨｬｶ.huge plus for younger siblings and allows them to ALL leave for school at the same time.
When looking at housing, get the sheet from the housing office that lists which towns the school buses service. You may find yourself driving your kids to the next town or to SHAPE itself because there is no bus service to your town. It happens more than you think.
Kids get to sleep in! My kids leave the house for the bus at 0750 AM?｢どｨｬｶ.but don?｢どｨび｢t get home til just after 4 pm. Due to sports, many times, they walk from school to one of the fields on SHAPE. Or they can go to the library where I meet them later.
School lunches run on the AAFES lunch program. You can pay directly at the cafeteria or add to your kids?｢どｨび｢ accounts at AAFES, the PX at Chievres.
Elementary school runs an A, B, C, D-type schedule, three classes at 90 minutes each. These rotate, so you may have A, C and D one day, then A, B and C the next and so on, so it is not on/off like some other DODEA elementary schools?｢どｨｬｶit takes some getting used to especially trying to figure out which day the kids should bring their white soled tennis shoes and white shirts for gym and such?｢どｨｬｶteachers say, bring them every day! HS is pretty much standard.
School supplies are standard, and we found everything we needed in the weeks before school at the PX.
HS kids in grades 9-12 can go off campus for lunch. Everyone else must remain on school grounds throughout the day. Kids under those grades also need to be signed out/in for appointments and such. The health clinic/dental is conveniently right across the street.
There is also a very nice skate park right between the health clinic and the schools:-)
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Life Lessons of a Military Wife (now in Belgium!) says:
August 15, 2010 at 8:02 am
If you are bringing children and plan to register them in school on SHAPE, you can print out all the forms online. Be sure to also have an updated shot record for your child, sealed records from their previous school and a current school physical. I made sure we did brand new physicals before leaving Germany, so we didn?｢どｨび｢t have to stress out about waiting on appointments or the designated physical exam days at the clinic here. Bring another copy if you want to register your kids at Youth Services. All sports programs are run through them (rather than the schools) and your local Belgian communes where you live also have programs. Some parents enroll their children in local Belgian schools or one of the other SHAPE schools, such as with the Canadians, Germans or British to name a few. I believe there is a school for each NATO country here on SHAPE, all located together around a central shared area. Here, eighth graders are part of the high school rather than the elementary school.
I signed up our 6th grader with the American ES on Shape and our 8th grader with the HS there (yes, 8th falls under HS here but with not all the privileges?｢どｨｬｶI think). I?｢どｨび｢ve heard of Americans using the Belgian school system (I know many little children in Belgian ESs and one American who is homeschooled but then was enrolled at a Belgian prep school). Americans also like to try to get into the Shape Canadian school cause they do instruction in French and English. Once I find out more, I?｢どｨび｢ll have to blog about it?｢どｨｬｶ.looks like I am going the easy route, and what I feel is best for my two kids.
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August 15, 2010 at 8:02 am
If you are bringing children and plan to register them in school on SHAPE, you can print out all the forms online. Be sure to also have an updated shot record for your child, sealed records from their previous school and a current school physical. I made sure we did brand new physicals before leaving Germany, so we didn?｢どｨび｢t have to stress out about waiting on appointments or the designated physical exam days at the clinic here. Bring another copy if you want to register your kids at Youth Services. All sports programs are run through them (rather than the schools) and your local Belgian communes where you live also have programs. Some parents enroll their children in local Belgian schools or one of the other SHAPE schools, such as with the Canadians, Germans or British to name a few. I believe there is a school for each NATO country here on SHAPE, all located together around a central shared area. Here, eighth graders are part of the high school rather than the elementary school.
I signed up our 6th grader with the American ES on Shape and our 8th grader with the HS there (yes, 8th falls under HS here but with not all the privileges?｢どｨｬｶI think). I?｢どｨび｢ve heard of Americans using the Belgian school system (I know many little children in Belgian ESs and one American who is homeschooled but then was enrolled at a Belgian prep school). Americans also like to try to get into the Shape Canadian school cause they do instruction in French and English. Once I find out more, I?｢どｨび｢ll have to blog about it?｢どｨｬｶ.looks like I am going the easy route, and what I feel is best for my two kids.
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