Academic Excellence: Deluxe Academic Explorer Summer Program for Teens in St. Gallen | Best Parents
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St. Gallen, Switzerland

Academic Explorer - St. Gallen

About the provider: "Deluxe" - Established in 1889, 300 students from 48 different nationalities, elite Swiss Boarding School.

age icon 6-13 years old

time icon 2 weeks

book icon Weekly hours: 25

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Unique Venue for Children to Grow to Be Self Confident, Independent and Skillful individuals.

Whether you are speaking a new language, horseback riding, playing golf or learning ballet (to name a few), each student will be challenged to go beyond what they ever could have imagined. The school aims to offer junior young learners, ages 6-13, a foundation to forge friendships and enjoy their summers to the fullest. The camp runs from July to August with a minimum stay of two weeks. The camp combines theΒ characteristics ofΒ aΒ traditional Swiss boarding school with one ofΒ theΒ most advanced learning environments andΒ a commitment toΒ innovate inΒ order toΒ defineΒ a new era ofΒ education. The camp pioneered the trademarked Individual Development Programme, IDP - a holistic view of the world, inside and outside the classroom that prepares students for university and beyond. Home toΒ students from 50Β different nationalities, anΒ average class size ofΒ 8Β students per class andΒ aΒ teacher toΒ student ratio ofΒ 1:2, our Swiss private school isΒ inΒ aΒ unique position toΒ deliver onΒ its mission.


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Location

The campus isΒ home toΒ art-nouveau-period villas set inΒ 100’000 m2 ofΒ private parkland in St Gallen, surrounded byΒ century-old nut-trees andΒ theΒ carefully landscaped gardens that create theΒ canvas for aΒ unique andΒ tranquil learning environment.

What's Included

Standard Package:

-Lessons in selected course (25 lessons per week, 40 minutes each)

-Accommodation in double rooms

-Full board (three meals per day & snacks)

-Support and guidance through our teaching and boarding staff

-Course materials and books

-Sport, leisure & activity programmes and excursions

-Laundry (up to 10 items per week)

-Accident insurance

Special Package:

-Lessons in selected course (25 lessons per week, 40 minutes each)

-Accommodation in double rooms

-Full board (three meals per day & snacks)

-Support and guidance through our teaching and boarding staff

-Course materials and books

-Sport, leisure & activity programmes and excursions

-Laundry (up to 10 items per week)

-Accident insuranceΒ 

as well as:

-Private training sessions (up to two sessions per week)

-Round-trip transfers (between Zurich Airport and campus)

Activities

This summer, we will have horseback riding, tennis, soccer, hiking and more. Specific details and schedules will be available closer to summer. We know that summer camp is action packed, but we want to ensure you enjoy your leisure time too. After a day of hiking, swimming or another activity of your choosing, we like to come home and make camp fires with smores!

Accommodations

Student residences are organized into separate accommodation forΒ boys andΒ girls. InΒ these boarding houses, students ofΒ theΒ same age-group live andΒ study together, share community spaces andΒ join organized free-time activities.

Girls’ andΒ boys’ residences are characterized byΒ bright colors, cherry hard wood floors andΒ simple but yet elegant furniture, combined with modern andΒ tasteful en-suite marble bathrooms.

Meals

The kitchen team atΒ our Swiss boarding school has aΒ firm commitment toΒ cooking without artificial colors, artificial taste intensifiers orΒ thickening agents such asΒ wheat flour, wherever possible. The culinary philosophy ofΒ theΒ school kitchen team isΒ based onΒ aΒ profound commitment toΒ quality; producing carefully planned andΒ balanced meals toΒ support students’ demanding daily learning andΒ activity schedules.

Excursions

Sample excursions include:

  • Gallen
  • Museum Liechtenstein
  • Textile Museum
  • Museum Liner Appenzell
  • Lucerne
  • Husky Fun
  • Seealpsee

Transportation

Round-trip transfers are Included on Special Package (between Zurich Airport and campus)

Lesson Plan

Intuitively designed camp comprises language lessons, sports and extracurricular activities. Students attend 25 lessons a week, alongside private tuition. The course offers options that include fine arts, leadership, activism, robotics and engineering, and informatics and coding.Β Students must pick from two options.

Option 1: Language lessons in either English or German at the beginner, intermediate or advanced levels.

Option 2: Focussed lessons in either

  • Leadership & Activism
  • Environmental Science & Sustainability
  • Fashion & Textile Design
  • Fine Arts
  • Informatics & Coding
  • Performing Arts
  • Robotics & Engineering

Extras

-Round-trip transfers on Standard Package (between Zurich Airport and campus) 600 CHF (300 CHF per Route)

-1000 CHF Security Deposit (Refundable)


Video

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Session Dates

Good News! You are not going to pay the full fee today, just a small deposit. After paying today, you will first get an enrollment form, and then receive a booking confirmation.

June - Boarding

Start 6/29/2025
End 7/12/2025
Duration 2 Weeks
Price CHFΒ 7,350

June - Boarding

Start 6/29/2025
End 7/26/2025
Duration 4 Weeks
Price CHFΒ 14,700

July - Boarding

Start 7/13/2025
End 7/26/2025
Duration 2 Weeks
Price CHFΒ 7,350

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