HELP US TO CELEBRATE OUR CENTENARY!

In just eighteen months time, on 17 September 2024, the Ecole Internationale de Genève will celebrate its 100th birthday! This is a momentous occasion in the life of the institution, and one which deserves to be both celebrated and used as a springboard for furthering the mission of Ecolint.

An anniversary is of course, first and foremost, an opportunity to celebrate the past achievements, both of the institution and of its alumni. But it is also an opportunity to promote Ecolint’s role as a thought leader in international education, constantly seeking innovative ways to prepare young people for the opportunities and challenges of the next 100 years. And finally, it is a chance to reflect on the importance of community, both within and outside the institution, and to bring people together around our common mission and values.

Plans are underway for a year-long celebration, starting with the alumni worldwide reunion in June 2024 and culminating with graduations in summer 2025 - and we will soon be reaching out to you to ask for your ideas for ways to mark the occasion, both in Geneva and beyond.

Over the coming weeks, we will contact you via email to ask for your input in two ways.

1. For alumni only, a survey that is specifically related to the organisation of the alumni worldwide reunion from 13-16 June 2024. Your answers to this survey will help us to create a Centenary reunion worth flying across the world for, and which we hope will be a talking point for years to come!

2. A more general call for proposals for projects to celebrate Ecolint’s Centenary during the 2024-2025 academic year, in Geneva and beyond. This will go out to all current parents, staff, alumni, students who have an Ecolint email address (from year 5 and above) and board members. We will include specific guidance in the call for proposals regarding our Centenary themes, alongside our criteria for selecting proposals.

We hope that you are as excited as we are as we look forward to this landmark moment in the life of the School, and we look forward to you joining us as “cocreators” of our celebrations. We plan to reach out to you with the above survey and call for proposals within the next few weeks. In the meantime, if you have any questions, suggestions or feedback, please write to: centenary@ecolint.ch