European School, Brussels I

In keeping with the multilingual and multicultural ethos and curriculum of the European Schools, the four Brussels-based European Schools are divided into language sections, with all schools required to host English, French and German sections. In addition to these, EEB1 comprises Danish, Hungarian, Latvian, Italian, Polish, and Spanish sections. Applications for enrolment in the four Brussels-based European Schools are administered centrally, with all applications for those whose mother-tongue is Danish, Hungarian, Polish, Slovenian or Maltese referred automatically to the ESB1, along with applications for enrolment in the nursery and primary cycles of the Latvian section. Students enrolled in the schools are generally instructed in the language of their respective section. Students must choose from either English, French or German for their second language, which becomes the language of instruction for History and Geography curriculum from the third-year secondary, as well as the optional Economics course available from fourth year. Students are also expected to take a third language upon entering the secondary cycle. Students whose mother-tongue is not covered by a language section, are enrolled in the English, French or German sections, and can opt for their mother-tongue in place of English, French or German studies, respectively. ==History==

The first European School was founded in Luxembourg in 1953 as a private initiative of officials working for the institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), based within the jurisdiction, to provide an education to their children in their mother-tongues, whilst instructing them in a multilingual, multicultural environment. On 12 April 1957, the six founding states of the ECSC transformed the initiative into an intergovernmental organisation, signing the Statute of the European School, with the Board of Governors of the School being composed of the ministers of education of the six signatory states. The month prior, on 25 March 1957, the same states had signed the two Treaties of Rome, which established the European Economic Community (EEC) and European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) on 1 January 1958. In a meeting of the foreign ministers of the six founding states of the three communities, held on 6 and 7 January 1958, Brussels and Luxembourg were selected as provisional seats of the Commissions and Council meetings of the EEC and Euratom. Consequently, at the request of the Belgian authorities, the Board of Governors of the European School agreed to the founding of a European School in Brussels. Upon its opening at site on rue du Trône in September 1958, the school had just 26 pupils and six teachers. In January 2020, the Belgian government approved the project, with the school expected to open in time for the 2021 academic year. == Notable alumni ==

• Chris Adami • Dick Annegarn • Juan Becerra Acosta • Ulrich Daldrup • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck • Boris Johnson • Jo Johnson • Rachel Johnson • Mark Leonard • Antonio Loprieno • Morten Helveg Petersen • Federico Rampini • Ursula von der Leyen • Marina Wheeler • Diederik Wissels • Dario Alessi • Max Gazzè == See also ==