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NEUCHÂTEL JUNIOR COLLEGE
SCHOOL YEAR AT A GLANCE
The following represents the schedule for the 2017-2018 year; the schedule for 2018- 2019 will be finalized in the Spring of 2018. Please note:
• All school trips EXCEPT Orientation, November, Spring Break, and Normandy
are optional; however some are highly recommended based on course selections. Mandatory trips are included in tuition fees.
• Other academic, cultural and athletic excursions throughout Switzerland and continental Europe are also offered throughout the year based on individual courses and programs.
• Model UN and NESDA participation is selection-based.
2017
September
Tuesday 5
Wednesday 6 - Monday 11 Tuesday 12
Thursday 14
Saturday 16
Sunday 17
Monday 18
Friday 22
Friday 22 - Sunday 24
Saturday 23
Monday 25 TBC
October
TBC Tuesday 3
Tuesday 3
Monday 9
Sunday 15 - Tuesday 17 Friday 13 - Monday 16
Friday 27
Friday 27 - Sunday 29
November
Wednesday 1 - Friday 10 Saturday 4
Wednesday 8 - Sunday 12 Remembrance Day Thursday 16 - Sunday 19
December
Saturday 2 TBC
TBC
Thursday 7 - Sunday 10 Wednesday 20
Thursday 21
Friday 22
Saturday 23 - Friday January 5
Departure of group flight from Canada
Mandatory Orientation Trip | Locarno and Grindelwald First Semester Classes begin
Club Orientation after classes
French Conversation Classes Market Visit |
Travel Safe Workshops
Travel Safe Workshops | activity with pension families Jeûne Fédéral; Mandatory Fall Défi/Découverte
NJC Homecoming Alumni Reception
Fête des Vendanges and NJC Alumni Homecoming Weekend
Desalpe in Lignières (descent of cows from high altitudes) | Alumni Homecoming Dinner
SGIS Golf Tournament
NJC Visit to Lycée Jean-Piaget | 16.15 after school
Advisee Dinner
Recruiters from Queen’s, Concordia, Ryerson, & Bishops visit NJC
Council of International Schools (CIS) evening University Fair in Geneva
Thanksgiving Banquet
Canadian Heads’ Conference (CAIS) Winnipeg Optional Academic Trips: WWII and the Holocaust: Krakow-Auschwitz, Poland | Munich-Dachau, Germany Parent-Teacher Meetings in person |
College Open House
Parents’ Weekend
Parent-Teacher Meetings by phone or Skype
SAT Test Date
Mandatory Trip: WWI Battlefields in France & Belgium |
Model UN in Leiden, Holland (Selection-based trip)
SAT Test Date
Mandatory Academic Trip: UN & Red Cross Museum in Geneva
Pension Apéro
NESDA Luxembourg (Selection-based trip)
Holiday Banquet
Classes end for Winter Holiday at 16h00
Students may depart Neuchâtel for holiday destinations Optional Trip: Kenya with We