Introduction

Strasbourg, the wider region of Alsace and the nearby areas of Germany are increasingly becoming the temporary home to many non-French families with parents employed by international companies, European institutions, foreign embassies or consulates accredited to the Council of Europe, research institutions, local and worldwide universities.

The Jan Amos Comenius Protestant Educational Group's bilingual program benefits from the official support of local French municipal, regional and business promotion authorities. Strong links are maintained with the international community generally and in particular with the two main local anglophone community associations, the English Speaking Community and Americans in Alsace.

The main purpose of BISS is to provide a suitable international and bilingual English-French educational opportunity for members of the international community living in the Strasbourg area. Based on the successful and innovative "Paritaire bilingue franco-allemand", this model is unique in France and has the full support of the French Ministry of Education.

BISS is currently in its second year of operation in its present form, having developed out of the very positive two-year experience of the International School at Lucie Berger (ISLB).

The school is housed within and shares all the campus facilities of the well-established, private and prestigious Lucie Berger school, founded in 1876. It is therefore a ‘school-within-a-school’, creating a reciprocal cultural and language-enriching opportunity for all students.

BISS is a Prospective Member of the European Council of International Schools.
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