Iwo Wojcik, an 18-year-old Polish student at Chavagnes International College looks set to establish something of a tradition linking Oriel College, Oxford with his unique Catholic boarding school in France. Chavagnes bases its educational philosophy on the teachings of the Blessed John Henry Newman who, before his conversion to Catholicism from Anglicanism, was a Fellow … Continue reading Another Chavagnes boy heads for Oriel
Boarding Schools Are Good for Teenage Boys
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/boarding-schools-good-teenage-boys for an article by an American Headmaster on how boarding schools could be just what teenage boys need. In Europe, visit http://www.chavagnes.org for a Catholic boarding school with similar values and ideals.
Triple-bac at Chavagnes : One school is blazing a trail …
One pupil at Chavagnes International College, an international Catholic boarding school for boys hailed as one of the 100 best schools in the world , is blazing a new trail in university matriculation. Its pupils routinely sit the French baccalaureate and English A-levels at the same time, but one of its pupils, 18-year-old Iwo Wojcik … Continue reading Triple-bac at Chavagnes : One school is blazing a trail …
Scotland and France both have all-boys’ boarding schools belonging the International Boys School Coalition
Research strongly indicates that most boys have different learning styles and needs when compared to girls. Most boys develop mentally, physically, and emotionally at a different rate from girls. It is our experience that boys’ interests, hobbies, and inclination to physical activity respond best to a male focused framework to learning. We believe that boys … Continue reading Scotland and France both have all-boys’ boarding schools belonging the International Boys School Coalition
Catholic Independent Schools Conference
"The Joy of the Gospel in our Schools" was the title of the recent annual conference of the Catholic Independent Schools Conference, held 15-16 January 2015 at Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge. More details of CISC: http://www.cisc.uk.net
Double Diploma at Chavagnes International College
Congratulations to the two leavers this year at the small but respected Chavagnes International College who are now about to begin university studies. Maximilian Micallef Eynaud (Chavagnes 2007-2014, their first pupil to complete all 7 years of secondary education at Chavagnes) has now gone to the Delft University of Technology (http://www.tudelft.nl/en/) to study Aerospace Engineering. Ambroise … Continue reading Double Diploma at Chavagnes International College
Chavagnes opens ‘Double Diploma’ class : French Bac and A-levels!
Chavagnes International College in France is the first school in the world to offer a class with the option of taking British A-levels and the French baccalauréate simultaneously. Other schools have offered hybrid qualifications with double validation between two education systems (French/Spanish; French/German most notably), but Chavagnes has this year a class of 7 boys, 4 … Continue reading Chavagnes opens ‘Double Diploma’ class : French Bac and A-levels!
Living with the martyrs in a Catholic school
St. Edmund’s College, a small Catholic boarding school in Ware, England, is full of history. Not the usual type of history at the usual high school. St. Edmund’s actually traces its history back to 1586 and the founding of the English College at Douay, France. Cardinal William Allen started the college in order to educate … Continue reading Living with the martyrs in a Catholic school
Capuchin junior seminary still fostering vocations
A Franciscan junior seminary in Wisconsin, still going strong after 150 years.
Boys say it’s cool to fool around in co-ed schools
boys are going to single sex schools because their parents think they will do better there
Catholic boarding schools 