TASIS Schools, formally established as the TASIS Foundation, is a private Swiss foundation which operates a group of four

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(including both

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and boarding schools), operating in Switzerland,

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, and

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. Its history dates to 1956, with the founding of its first school, in Switzerland (the oldest American boarding school in Europe). TASIS schools are known as some of the most expensive and highly ranked boarding schools in the world.

History

The group originated with the foundation of its first boarding school, TASIS Switzerland, in

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, Switzerland, in 1956. TASIS England was founded in 1976, in

Thorpe, Surrey Thorpe is a village in Surrey, England, between Egham, Virginia Water and Chertsey. It is centred WSW of Charing Cross and its land adjoins the circle of the M25, near the M3 — its ward covers . Its traditional area with natural bo ...

, outside of

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. TASIS Hellenic was founded in 1979 in

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, as a successor to the Hellenic International School. The main campus was in Kefalari, with the elementary school initially in Ekali. Until the mid-80s, TASIS Hellenic also operated a boarding unit. TASIS Hellenic was sold to the International School of Athens in the early 2000's. TASIS Dorado was founded in

in 2002. TASIS Portugal was founded in 2020, in

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on the

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Schools

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* TASIS Switzerland in

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, outside of

* TASIS England, in

, outside of

* TASIS Portugal, in

, outside of Lisbon *

TASIS Dorado TASIS Schools, formally established as the TASIS Foundation, is a private Swiss foundation which operates a group of four international schools (including both day and boarding schools), operating in Switzerland, England, Portugal, and Puerto R ...

, in

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, outside of

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References

External links

{{commonscat, TASIS Schools
TASIS Schools official website
TASIS International school associations