03/06/2022: ENROLMENTS OPEN FOR 2022-2023

APEEE membership + APEEE Services registration (Canteen in Uccle – Transport – Lockers in Uccle – Friday Daycare)

Dear Parents,

As of 3 June 2022 you can enrol for the Parents' Association (annual APEEE membership) and the APEEE Services (Canteen in Uccle - Transport - Lockers in Uccle - Friday Childcare) for the school year 2022-2023.

Please follow the instructions that apply to your parent status.

• Uccle - Returning family
• Uccle - New family
• Berkendael - Returning family
• Berkendael - New family

WELCOME LETTER FROM THE APEEE - RENTRÉE 2021-2022 (06/09/2021)

Dear EEBI Parents,

the APEEE wanted to send a letter of welcome and best wishes for a great 2021-2022 school year. We also extend a particular welcome to the new families starting at EEBI this year — see separate box below.  We all remember how hard it is to orient yourself in this system in your first weeks, but we are here to assure you that it will get easier!

For those of you who are not familiar with our work, the APEEE is the EEBI Parents’ Association.  We are a volunteer body that represents parents interests and advocates for issues of importance to parents, that works with other members of the school community to enhance the daily lives or our children at school and that supports families in difficulty.  Though we are a volunteer body, depending primarily on the work of people like yourself, we also have a small and dedicated staff who support the work of our Board and stand ready to answer any question you may have.  They are available five days a week through email and can be reached in person or by phone on Tuesdays from 8.30 to 17:00.  See contact information.

The rentrée is a good moment to take stock, and with more than a year of experience with COVID-19 under our belts, parents, pupils and teachers are beginning to feel a certain level of comfort with the safety regulations: with the masking, hand sanitising, ventilation, social distancing...and unfortunately also with the travel restrictions, contact tracing, testing and sometimes prolonged stays at home for our children. It is a way of life that will eventually end, but perhaps not as soon as we once hoped.

The school has kept up a good habit of weekly communications on COVID, and all official school message can be found in your SMS accounts for easy viewing. The APEEE also maintains a COVID Information page with APEEE reports as well as key information from the school, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and others. The APEEE will of course continue to collect feedback from parents on COVID-related measures and will continue to:

• Assure that the administration is implementing the latest Belgian safety regulations, and push for additional precautions when we feel these are appropriate to our system.
• Urge the management to produce a Distance Learning Strategy for Secondary and General Guidelines on the Harmonised Use of TEAMS for communication and collaboration, in line with recommendations from the Central Office.
• Advocate for increased online teaching and support for quarantined students who cannot attend classes for long periods.

If you have any concerns about measures put in place in response to COVID-19, do not hesitate to contact your Class or Section Representatives and/or the APEEE Secretariat directly: info@uccleparents.org.

Beyond COVID, there are several developments worth mentioning. The EEBI population stabilised this year with Uccle at close to 3400 pupils and Berkendael at almost 850. Though our numbers did not go up, Uccle remains about 10% over its capacity of 3100, and more importantly, our Secondary population has increased again from 1995 to 2196, with the S1-S5 at a high water mark of 300-350 pupils per year group. On the ground, this means that our teaching staff will be stretched and timetabling will remain an issue. Secondary common spaces, corridors and stairways will continue to be extremely crowded.

Though the numbers at Berkendael have stabilised, the school continues to add levels and has added P3 classes in English, Greek and Italian and P2 in Spanish this year.  Finally, the new temporary site in Evere (attached to EEBII - Woluwe) is scheduled to open this week, and will welcome about 300 Nursery and Primary students in French, English and German sections and Nursery students in Italian. You can read more about the situation at: Future of the Brussels Schools.

As we start the year, we also say goodbye to Mr Giancarlo Marcheggiano, the Secretary-General of the European Schools. He steps down this year to take over as Director of the European School of Alicante. In his place, we warmly welcome Mr Andreas Beckmann, who was selected to take up the mantel by the Board of Governors on 30 August.  Mr Beckmann formerly served as Deputy Secretary-General.  Finally, we wanted to take the opportunity to say farewell and best wishes to Mr Tim Scholliers, Assistant Deputy Director of Berkendael, who we were sad to see go after a short but memorable year at Berkendael.

For other news of interest, we point parents again to our APEEE Summer 2021 NewsFlash, which treats several topics related to school life, pedagogy, and our relations with the European institutions.  Alternatively, we invite you to read the latest developments on issues like Child Protection, Mobile Phones, Days of School / Annual Calendar, Bilingual L2 Classes, Secondary Trips and Project, etc at: APEEE Issues and Positions.

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Remember! Parent Class Representatives are due to be elected at the September/October class meetings, which will be held virtually again this year. The schedule of meetings is as follows:

Berkendael: meetings will be scheduled individually by teachers to take place between 6 and 17 September.

Uccle Primary:

• Tuesday, 7 September: MAT-P1
• Tuesday, 21 September: P2-P3
• Thursday, 23 September: P4-P5

Uccle Secondary:

• Monday, 27 September: S1-S3
• Monday, 11 October: S4-S7

For general information, please see an information packet on the APEEE (PDF) as well as a brief description of the role of class reps. We will contact you in advance of the meetings with the 2021-2022 election material.

Also note that the EURÊKA lost-and-found service at Uccle has reopened this year; the volunteer-run service is available for students only as parent access to campus remains limited. Note: if you are interested in getting involved in EURÊKA, they are always happy to welcome more volunteers, and it is a great way to meet other parents. Do not hesitate to contact the EURÊKA Team: eureka@uccleparents.org.

And don’t forget about our ongoing online Used Textbook Sales run by APEEE volunteers for FR, EN, ES and IT secondary students.

• FR: books_FR@uccleparents.org
• EN: books_EN@uccleparents.org
• ES: books_ES@uccleparents.org
• IT: books_IT@uccleparents.org

Otherwise, if you continue to have any practical concerns in the transition to the new school year, you can contact:

• APEEE Services (our sister organisation): with questions about lockers, canteen and Friday garderie at Uccle, as well as those about transport and extracurricular activities at both Uccle and Berkendael.
• School Administration: with questions about canteen at Berkendael, sports uniforms (Primary and Secondary), the weekly timetable (Nursery/Primary at Uccle and Berkendael and Secondary) and annual calendar, or access to campus for both campuses.

For our part, the APEEE will continue to keep you informed about important developments; to work with our class/section representatives and other members of the school community to effect needed change; and to support all families in need. Our final aim is to enrich your and your children’s experience at the school.

As always, we encourage you to get involved! The APEEE is a great way to meet a diverse group of people and work together toward shared goals, to involve yourself in the educational experience of your child(ren), and to learn more about this very European organisation.  See more here: Get involved.

Warm regards,

Kathryn Máthé, APEEE President
and the APEEE Team

01/06/2021: OPENING OF ENROLMENTS FOR 2021-2022

APEEE membership + APEEE Services registration (Canteen - Transport - Lockers - Friday garderie)

Dear Uccle and Berkendael Parents,

from Tuesday, 1 June 2021 registrations for the school year 2021-2022 will be open.

You will have the opportunity to renew your affiliation to the Parents' Association (annual APEEE membership) and then to register to the services of the APEEE Services:  Canten (Uccle) - Transport (Uccle and Berkendael) - Lockers (Uccle Secondary) - Friday afternoon garderie (Uccle and Berkendael).

Please note that on the Berkendael site the canteen is managed by the school, not by the APEEE Services.

We remind you that reimbursements for subscriptions to services for the school year 2020-2021 for all services suspended since November will be made by the beginning of July at the latest.

Please follow the instructions below.

APEEE Membership

We remind you that only parents who are paid up members of the APEEE can subscribe to the services of the APEEE Services (Transport, Extracurricular Activities and Berkendael after-school care on Fridays).

The membership fee for one school year is 50 EUR per family. As your APEEE membership has been automatically renewed, a request for payment of 50 EUR will be sent to you directly.  Please make the payment using the bank account and the structured communication indicated therein.

Canteen (Uccle)

The orders for pupils who benefited from the Canteen in 2020-2021 are automatically renewed.  You must validate/modify this order until 16 June inclusive. New orders can also be placed from 1 June until 16 June.

Transport (Uccle et Berkendael)

The orders for pupils who benefited from Transport in 2020-2021 are automatically renewed.  You must validate/modify this order until 16 June inclusive. New orders can also be placed from 1 June until 16 June.

NEW IN 2021-2022 IN BERKENDAEL:

From September 2021, the Transport service will offer a new Drop-Point service for KINDERGARTEN children who finish school at 12:00 (ONLY on Fridays).

We will offer drop-off points near the official OIB nurseries (extra muros nurseries of the different European Schools).

This service is aimed at parents who cannot (or do not wish to) enrol their child in an OIB nursery.

If you are interested, please add the chosen stop to your order.

Lockers (Uccle Secondary)

Orders for students who had a Locker in 2020-2021 are automatically renewed.  New orders can also be placed from 1 June until 16 June.  The allocation of a locker is subject to the prior payment of the annual rental fee and of the deposit on the basis of an e-mail received when the request is processed by our services.

Césame Friday afternoon Garderie (Uccle)

Old orders are not automatically renewed.  You will have the opportunity to register from this Tuesday 1 June.

Extracurricular activities in Uccle

Registration will only take place in September; you will receive an email later on.

Berkendael after-school care on Fridays: ACTIVE

Old ACTIVE orders are not automatically renewed.  You will have the possibility to register as from Tuesday, 1^st June.

As a reminder, the ACTIVE garderie runs from 12.30 to 15.00, only for the Maternelles. Admission criteria: priority is given to children who do not have access to the OIB (proof will be requested). Children who are waiting for a sibling in Primary school until 15.00 are also welcome. The garderie will start on the first Friday of the new school year (3 September 2021).

Afterschool et Berkendael extracurricular activities

Registration for the Afterschool and extracurricular activities is blocked and will only be available at the beginning of September. You will receive an email with the registration details.

HERE ARE THE STEPS TO FOLLOW TO VALIDATE/MODIFY/CREATE YOUR ORDERS:

STEP 1: Connect to the APEEE/APEEE Services Registration website via this link:
https://services.uccleparents.org

You can also access it via the website www.uccleparents.org by clicking on the big brown button "My Account":

Use your usual login/password.
Your Login is the e-mail address to which you receive this message.
If you have forgotten your password, click on "Reset your password".
If you cannot login, please DO NOT create a new account but contact us for assistance.

STEP 2: Check your Children's data and add new Children if necessary.

ATTENTION: fill in all fields except those related to the Section, Class and Level.  These fields will be automatically filled in by the system when the school provides them to us.

STEP 3: Check the data on the Adults.

(your e-mail address, your phone number, bank account number...)

STEP 4: Check the orders of Services for your child(ren) and add/remove them if necessary.

This applies to Canteen – Transport – Lockers.

The Services displayed in your "Dashboard" are those you ordered for 2020-2021 and have been automatically renewed.  You can confirm/modify/delete/add Services for each of your children until 16 June included.  After this date, no further changes will be possible and the Services displayed on your "Dashboard" will automatically be considered as activated and ready to be invoiced.

STEP 5: Register your child(ren) for the Daycare on Friday afternoon if you wish.

This service is not automatically renewed from year to year.  If you wish to benefit from it, you must make a new registration.

STEP 6: Validate each confirmation/modification/deletion of Service.

Orders not validated by you by 16 June will automatically be considered as activated and invoiced.

STEP 7 – LAST ONE: Do not pay anything until you receive a payment request.

The ordered Services will be marked as "in treatment". Do not pay anything but wait for the actual payment request to be sent from each Service (each service has its own bank account and the system allocates you with personal structured communications to use in order to trace your payments in the system); payment requests will be sent to you in June or September depending on the service.

IMPORTANT: You will be able to start using the Services from the first day of school (1 September 2021), even if no payment has been made yet.

News from the APEEE Services for the rentrée on 18/01/2021 (14/01/2021)

Dear Parents,

As of 18 January 2021 with the return to in situ learning (according to the different formulas), the functioning of the different services will be as follows.

Belgium remains in red code for schools. This ministerial note is being followed by the EEB1 School and this implies that the situation for the services remains the same as before the Christmas holidays.

Concerning refunds for all services suspended since November

Concerning the partial reimbursement of contributions, we will get back to you at the end of the school year after having obtained all the necessary elements to calculate a reimbursement percentage. We thank you in advance for your patience.

Please note that only contributions in order of payment will be reimbursed. Unpaid fees will remain due in their entirety.

If you have an order awaiting payment, there is still time to regularise the payment of the fee.

We thank you for your trust and patience.

The APEEE Services Team

Invitation to the APEEE General Assembly (24/11/2020)

Dear EEB1 Parents,

News from the APEEE Services (11/11/2020)

Dear parents,

We are pleased to present you this Newsletter of the Services. It outlines the first months of operation since the start of the school year. A complicated rentrée in a continuously-evolving sanitary context.

Please be ensured that we are doing our utmost to guarantee the health of all (students and staff of our services).

With this Newsletter we wish to inform you of what will happen from 16 November, the reopening of the school, until the Christmas holidays.

Following the transition to Red Code in schools, in accordance with Belgian ministerial directives and in collaboration with the School, we have have to temporarily suspend some of our services until the Christmas holidays:

• For the canteen and the cafeteria in Uccle: neither of these two services will operate for the Secondary and Primary But the canteen will be available for the students to eat their own meals, under the supervision of the school.  Only for the Kindergarten students the meals will be served as usual in their canteen in class-groups.
• For extracurricular activities in Uccle: all activities are suspended.
• For the Césame daycare centre on Friday afternoons in Uccle: normal operation.
• For extra-curricular activities in Berkendael: all activities are suspended.
• For the After School day care centre on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 15:00 to 17:00 in Berkendael: normal operation.
• For the Friday after school care centre "ACTIVE" from 12:30 to 15:00 in Berkendael: normal operation.
• For individual lessons in Berkendael the teachers will contact the parents in question, according to their availability.
• For Transport: everything functions normally, according to the protocols explained below.

Concerning possible refunds of services, we will get back to you

Thank you for your understanding and trust.

Stay safe!

Election of Class Representatives 2020-2021

Dear EEB1 Parents,

in the coming days and weeks you will have the opportunity to elect your parent Class Representatives as part of the meeting scheduled by your class teacher.

What is the role of the Parents’ Association (APEEE)?

The APEEE (Association des Parents d’Élèves de l’École Européenne) acts as an intermediary between parents and the school at the level of the class, linguistic section, whole school and system.

The APEEE works on issues related to pedagogy, school community and students’ health, safety and wellbeing.

The APEEE is also closely affiliated with the APEEE Services, a parent-run association which organises the daily services for pupils, including the canteen (in Uccle), transport, extracurricular activities, etc.

Your active engagement within the Association is a positive contribution to your child’s overall school experience.

Would you like to find out more about the APEEE?

Who are we? What do we offer? Why should you get involved? How can you participate? Please have a look at our introductory pack. 

Want more information on Class Elections or on becoming a Class Representative?

The time is right! Consult our “elections Vademecum” to help guide your upcoming Class Elections process and to find out more about becoming a Class Representative:

Welcome message from the APEEE to all EEBI Families (11/09/2020)

Dear EEBI Parents, Dear EEBI Families,

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you back to school onsite, after what has been a quite long hiatus for some of our pupils! We also extend a particular welcome to the new families starting at EEB1 this year — see separate box below. As every year, we have approached the rentrée with hope and expectation, but this Autumn these feelings may have been coupled with anxiety for families who have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak — whether returning from (or to) a red zone; concerned about a vulnerable family member; or simply unsure about how the education, school and work life will proceed under this new reality.

Since the return from break, we have received messages from some of you on the measures taken by the school in response to COVID-19. Whenever possible, we have relayed your advice and concerns directly to the school, and we were happy to receive a series of communications to all parents between 28 August and 7 September, which have allayed our deepest worries. Please note, communications from the school are stored in your SMS accounts for easy viewing. The APEEE has also made available a collection of COVID communications from the school and APEEE Services as well as recent COVID-19 regulations from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

As we move forward, we will keep passing your questions, ideas and concerns to the school management and safety officer, and in particular will continue to seek:

• assurances that the administration is implementing the latest Belgian safety regulations, and to push for additional precautions when we feel these are appropriate to our system.
• a Digital Learning Strategy with a clear programme for each level in line with recommendations from the Central Office. This will be needed in advance of any change in the alert level and has been awaited since May.
• a commitment to offer at least some live teaching to vulnerable students who cannot attend classes for long periods.

If you have any concerns about measures put in place in response to COVID-19, do not hesitate to contact your Class or Section Representatives and/or the APEEE Secretariat directly: info@uccleparents.org.

That being said, we should not forget developments outside of COVID.  Firstly, there have been big changes in the management team. This summer we said goodbye to Gianluca Longo and Lars Roesen and welcomed:

• New Deputy Director Berkendael, Mr Tom Claes — fresh from the Flemish system and ES Mol.
• Acting Deputy Director secondary, Ms Susanne Künster — previously our beloved head secondary advisor, who will serve in this position while a formal search is run.

The post of Assistant Deputy Director has also been newly created, and we warmly greet: Assistant DD Berkendael – Tim Scholliers; Assistant DD Uccle Primary – Marla Candon; Assistant DD Uccle Secondary – Susanne Künster, currently replaced in this role by Olivier Hazan.

Our numbers have also reached new highs, with approximately 3400 pupils enrolled at Uccle and 900 at Berkendael.  As Berkendael approaches its full capacity of 1000 pupils and Uccle remains well above its official capacity of 3100, the school community is closely following developments on the fifth school and proposed temporary primary site at Evere. The Evere site is scheduled to open with space for 1500 pupils in September 2021, but the plans for populating the site are in flux, with potential repercussions for Berkendael families and for all of EEBI. Stay tuned...

Also worth noting, the new competence-based secondary marking system (NMS) will be used for the first time on the Baccalaureate exam this year.  There are still worries that many member states have not yet updated the so-called equivalence tables/formulas (used to translate BAC marks to their local scales) to reflect the new system – or they have updated them in a way that disadvantages our students. With Brexit measures also planned for introduction in UK higher education and COVID-19 completely altering the learning landscape, our BAC 2021 graduating class will have a lot to contend with. They deserve our support. (Our BAC 2020 class made it through the year and are presumably off to university, but a late-in-the-day downward moderation of pupils’ final marks left a sting for many.)

Note: one way that you can support our students right now is to purchase their super-chic CdE (student committee) hoodies for older students and adults. These can be purchased at the students’ online webshop.

Other transitions you may notice, the pilot L2 enrichment programme will now be implemented in all three languages and replaces our previous bilingual programme in P3-S5 (with the exception of S3). At the same time, the APEEE continues to push for a comprehensive Child Protection Policy to be put in place at the school; this would eventually cover emerging concerns like cyber-bullying and mobile phone use as well as the development of a new approach to drug prevention. Finally, the European Schools are being encouraged to introduce BYOD (bring-your-own-device) policies, and in anticipation of a formal policy at our school, our APEEE has approached a supplier of different model laptops for eLearning supporting the solutions used by the European Schools.

Remember! Parent Class Representatives are due to be elected at the September/October class meetings, which will be held virtually this year. The schedule of these meetings has not yet been finalised. While we work with the school management to clarify the situation, our current class representatives will remain in place. For general information, please find an information pack under About Us  as well as a brief description of the role of class reps. We will contact you in advance of the meetings with the 2020-2021 election material.

Also note that the EURÊKA lost-and-found service at Uccle has for the time being suspended its work until the volunteer parents can again have access to the site.

Otherwise, if you continue to have any practical concerns in the transition to the new school year, you can contact:

APEEE Services (our sister organisation): with questions about lockers, canteen and Friday garderie at Uccle, as well as those about transport and extracurricular activities at both Uccle and Berkendael.

School Administration: with questions about canteen at Berkendael, sports uniforms (Primary and Secondary), the weekly timetable (Nursery/Primary at Uccle and Berkendael and Secondary) and annual calendar, or access to campus for both campuses.

As far as the APEEE is concerned, we will continue to keep you informed about important developments; to work with our class/section representatives and other members of the school community to effect needed change; and to support all families in need. Our final aim is to enrich your and your children’s experience at the school.

Needless to say, we encourage you to get involved! It is a chance to meet lovely people, to involve yourself in your child’s education and to learn more about this very European organisation.

As always, do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns at: info@uccleparents.org.

Warm regards,

Kathryn Máthé, APEEE President, and the APEEE Team

COVID-19 PREVENTION MEASURES IN THE SERVICES (02/09/2020)

Dear parents,

First of all, we are very happy to welcome you to our Services for this very special start to the school year.

This email explains the different COVID-19 prevention measures that the Services will put in place for this year 2020-2021.

Each measure follows and is in conformity with the obligations dictated and validated by the Ministry of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels and the directives of the EEB1.

These measures may be revised according to the evolution of the health situation in Belgium.

We are constantly in contact with the school and follow the evolution as presented by the Ministry and the competent authorities.

ATTENTION: Thursday 3 September, SCHOOL ENDS at 12:30 so the Services will run as on Wednesdays (no canteen and bus departure as on Wednesdays).

If you have any questions regarding any of the services or if you wish to modify your orders, please contact the relevant office.

We wish you an excellent start into the school year and thank you for your trust.

Kind regards,

The APEEE Services Team

03/06/2020: ENROLMENTS OPEN FOR 2020-2021

APEEE membership + APEEE Services registration (Canteen – Transport – Lockers – Friday Daycare)

Dear parents,

As of 3 June 2020 you will be able to register with the Parents' Association (annual APEEE membership) and the APEEE Services (Canteen - Transport - Lockers - Friday Childcare) for the school year 2020-2021.

In spite of the current situation and the uncertainties for the future, we have decided to launch the enrolment for the next school year on the assumption that the School will reopen normally in September.

Of course we will take into account the evolution of the situation and we will adapt to the directives of the competent authorities in due time.

We would like to remind you that refunds of subscriptions/payments for the current school year for the Canteen, Transport and Extracurricular services will be made as soon as possible.

Please follow the instructions below to enrol to the APEEE and Services 2020-2021.

IMPORTANT: please do not make any payment for the services until you have received a payment request by e-mail with the bank details specific to each service. These requests will not be made before the start of the school year for the Canteen and Transport services, but your place is well guaranteed.

Kind regards,

The APEEE and the APEEE Services

APEEE Membership

Only parents who are members of the APEEE can register for the APEEE Services (Transport, Canteen, Césame, Lockers, Berkendael Extracurricular Activities).  The contribution for one school year is 50 EUR per family.  As your APEEE membership will be automatically renewed, a request for payment of 50 EUR will be issued directly.  Please proceed with the payment using the bank account and the structured communication indicated therein.

Registration for Services

As of Wednesday 3 June your subscriptions and orders below will be automatically renewed for the year 2020-2021:

• Canteen
• Transport
• Lockers(only for students from S1 to S6)

You will also be able to register for Garderie Césame as of 3 June.

For the extracurricular activities in Uccle and Berkendael, registration will only take place in September; you will receive an e-mail later on.

Therefore, you do not need to re-register your child if you already have an ongoing order for these services.

However, for the proper functioning of the services, it is crucial that you check/modify and then validate your orders by 27 June, according to the procedure explained below.

If you no longer need one of the services, please cancel the order for that service.

STEP 1

Connect to the APEEE/APEEE Services Registration website via this link: https://services.uccleparents.org
You can also access it via the website www.uccleparents.org by clicking on the large orange button "Registration".
Use your usual login/password.
If you have forgotten your password, click on "Reset your password".

STEP 2

Check your Children's data and add new Children if necessary.

ATTENTION: fill in all fields except those related to the Section, Class and Level.  These fields will be automatically filled in by the system when the school provides them to us.

STEP 3

Check the data about the Adults.
(your e-mail address, your phone number, bank account number...)

STEP 4

Check the orders of Services for your child(ren) and add/remove them if necessary.
This applies to Canteen – Transport – Lockers.

The Services displayed in your "Dashboard" are those you ordered for 2019-2020 and have been automatically renewed.  You can confirm/modify/delete/add Services for each of your children until 27 June included.  After this date, no further changes will be possible and the Services displayed on your "Dashboard" will automatically be considered as activated and ready to be invoiced.

STEP 5

Register your child(ren) for the Daycare on Friday afternoon if you wish.
This service is not automatically renewed from year to year.  If you wish to benefit from it, you must make a new registration.

STEP 6

Validate each confirmation/modification/deletion of Service.
Orders not validated by you by 27 June will automatically be considered as activated and invoiced.

STEP 7 – LAST ONE

Do not pay anything until you receive a payment request.

Requested Services will be marked as "en traitement". This allows you to modify them if necessary until 27June.  Do not pay anything during this period!  Wait for the payment request from each Service (each service has its own bank account); it will be sent to you in September.

IMPORTANT: You can start using the Service(s) as of the first day of school (3 September 2020), even if no payment has been made yet.

NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE APEEE (18/05/2020)

REOPENING OF EEBI SITES

The APEEE would like to thank parents for their feedback into the reflections over the last few weeks on the re-opening of our school. This proved invaluable input into the final decision of the four Brussels school directors, communicated on 14 May. The position of our parents is very much split between sending their students back to school before the summer or keeping them at home, as discussions within APEEE and also the short survey by the school demonstrated. But we all agree that safety comes first and that the quality of teaching for all students, including those with specific needs, is essential.

The Director, Mr Goggins, organised three reflection meetings to listen to the views of students, parents and teachers, and we were able to present the nuanced positions of our parents - including the specific situations of our sites in Uccle and Berkendael - and to help influence the final decision on the re-opening. The option chosen by the school direction allows parents to send their children back to the school sites for a few days and some activities before summer, on a voluntary basis. Distance schooling will remain the norm for most, if not all pedagogical content. Now we are concentrating on assisting the school management to detail their programme for June and perhaps more importantly to prepare for the return to school after summer.

(See Quality of Remote Learning below. See other COVID related communications further below.)

ZERO TOLERANCE FOR CYBERBULLYING - TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN!

As rightly recalled by the school management a few days ago, the increase in internet use due to the COVID-19 outbreak has also brought an increased danger from cyberbullying. Unfortunately, a recent very vile incident in our school community has again reminded us all of the need to stay vigilant.

In this context, it is crucial that we all speak to our children and make them aware of what is and is not acceptable behaviour online. Bullying can take many different forms, and cyberbullying is a particularly pernicious form. And bullying can happen anywhere, including at school or even at home. Bullying has devastating effects on victims and can lead to depression, self-harm, and even suicide. We, the APEEE, consider that there can be no excuse for bullying at our school.

We therefore support the school’s policy of no tolerance for bullying, and this includes bullying online. Particularly in the case of cyberbullying, the lines between school and private behaviour blur due to the nature of the internet: for instance a post on a class chat - or to a group to which most members of a class are party - cannot be seen (only) as an outside-of-school event just because it took place out of school hours/premises. It is worth bearing in mind that bullying of all types is a criminal offence in Belgium, as well as an additional infringement of a number of other laws, depending on the circumstances. If done online it can be a breach of the 2005 Belgian telecom legislation which condemns any use - even unique - of electronic communications to annoy or cause harm to someone. In other words, even a text message or (single) Instagram post can come back to haunt its author. It may also be a breach of the anti-discrimination law of 2007. Needless to say, even the internet is not fully anonymous, and bullies can be identified. And the internet does not easily forget, making it all the more important to be mindful of what one posts.

We underscore that children need to be made aware of the issues, including the need to think twice before posting comments or replying to or passing on messages, pictures, etc. In the case of bullying we strongly encourage all to speak out: report it to the relevant educational advisor in first instance and also to the school’s authorities.

QUALITY OF REMOTE LEARNING - SUPPORT FROM APEEE

As we finish our eighth week of remote learning, it is a moment to take stock. Despite the absence of a formal remote learning programme, most families have felt a steady increase in the level of teaching as the weeks have passed. Nevertheless, a few problems persist, and as it seems that we may be in-and-out of this situation for a while to come, it is worth investing the effort to make remote learning work for our children…

Parents who still have quality concerns about one or more online class(es) are reminded to follow the school’s complaints procedure: address concerns first to the teacher and if needed escalate these concerns to the advisor and/or deputy director.

In the meantime, at our 28 April Board meeting, the APEEE committed to providing greater support to parents experiencing quality issues with distance learning in individual courses. Families with quality concerns that for whatever reason cannot be addressed through the school’s complaints procedure, are encouraged to contact their class and section reps as well as the members of APEEE’s Remote Learning Feedback Group.

APEEE’s Remote Learning Feedback Group:

• Marc Guitart - vp_pedagogy@uccleparents.org
• Monika Velikonja - monika.velikonja@hotmail.com
• Samantha Chaitkin - schaitkin@hotmail.com
• Kathryn Máthé - president@uccleparents.org

The RL Feedback Group will work with your representatives to address your concerns at the appropriate level. At the same time, the APEEE will continue to ask the school management to ensure that minimum standards are met across all classes, sections, cycles and sites.

FUTURE OF THE BRUSSELS SCHOOLS - EVERE TEMPORARY SITE

The Central Office held three meetings of the Brussels Groupe de Suivi in March and April 2020 to develop a proposal for populating the temporary primary school site due to be opened on the former NATO campus in Evere in September 2021. The site will be a quick-built modular structure intended to hold up to 1500 students. It therefore promises to reduce the overcrowding in the existing four sites, while at the same time exacerbating the shortage of places for secondary students. The proposal to populate the site must be delivered by early Autumn 2020 in time for the drafting of the 2021-2022 Brussels Enrolment Policy.

In the meantime, the permanent fifth school foreseen as a full primary and secondary campus for 2500 students is currently scheduled to open in September 2026—and even this date, a decade later than expected, may be optimistic by most estimates. Moreover, the permanent “gift” of the Berkendael site to the European Schools has been unexpectedly shelved in the wait for the Evere temporary site. The Berkendael campus, like proposed Evere campus, is at the moment only available until the fifth school opens its doors.

At the Groupe de Suivi meetings, parents were presented with the following proposal to integrate the Evere temporary site and alter the current structure of the Brussels schools:

• Evere temporary site to be attached to EEBII-Woluwe; main Woluwe site will focus on secondary classes with fewer primary classes; temporary site will host only primary classes.
• Berkendael temporary site to be more closely attached to EEBI-Uccle; main Uccle site will focus on secondary classes with fewer primary classes; temporary site will host only primary classes.
• Berkendael to be rationalised to fit with Uccle population, suggesting the possible transfer of EL satellite classes and SK and LV sections to schools with these sections or SWALS groups; otherwise, Uccle will be the secondary site for Berkendael pupils.
• EEBIII-Ixelles and EEBIV-Laeken will benefit from this only in the sense that enrolments into “multi-sections” (DE, EN, NL, IT, ES—with the exception of FR) at these schools can be decreased.

In sum, EEBI and EEBII would become “super schools” (total theoretical capacity 4100 and 4350 respectively) but potentially benefit from a wider range and larger size of sections, while EEBIII and EEBIV would become smaller schools (total theoretical capacity of 2650 and 2850 respectively) with a potentially smaller range and smaller size of sections. Nevertheless, it is still unclear how the current structure and population, particularly of EEBI and EEBII, will be impacted.

In discussion parents raised several points:

• EEBI-Berkendael: can only support the attachment of Berkendael to Uccle under the condition that families of pupils already enrolled at Berkendael can retain the right to request S1 enrolment with priority status at a site different from Uccle; this would honour the promise made when families enrolled.
• Berkendael parents also support a one-move principle, meaning that while SK and EL parents would agree to a single move back to the Ixelles site, LV families ask to remain at EEBI rather than being placed at Evere. Asking families to move twice in their careers, while others stay put, is not fair.
• EEBI-Uccle Parents: ask that the distribution of FR section classes across the four schools be addressed and worry about the possible repercussions for the Uccle secondary of up to 7-8 FR classes per level.
• EEBI and EEBII Parents: noted the urgent need if this proposal is accepted for additional secondary capacity at Uccle and Woluwe—and the frightening dependence on the RdB to undertake this.
• All Four School Parents: remarked the lack of detailed analysis thus far on how this movement of pupils into the Evere site and between the Berkendael, Uccle and other sites will be affected.

Parents asked for clarity on the foreseen impact on Ixelles and Laeken as well as on the DE, EN, IT, NL and ES sections, which are present at multiple schools and may be fragmented and weakened under the new proposal.

An early draft proposal was presented at the Board of Governors’ April 2020 meeting, but work will continue over the next months.

At its 28 April Board meeting, the APEEE set up an Evere Task Force to establish an EEBI whole-school APEEE position. The intention is to focus on basic principles and methodologies that should be followed in developing the final proposal. Our delegates will likewise continue to provide oversight and raise concerns. At the same time, it may be difficult for the APEEE to take a position on any detailed plan presented as there will inevitably be winners and losers even within a single school.

CdE 2020 HOODIES – ORDER/PICK-UP NOW!

Our Student Committee (CdE) funds its activities and programmes through the hosting of events, like discos and cake sales, and through its annual sale of sweatshirts. This year, due to the unfortunate turn of events, our CdE has had to change its business model for distributing the hoodies.

Pick Up: Students and families who have already ordered hoodies can book an appointment to pick them up at the distribution point from 15.00 to 20.00, Monday to Friday through Monday, 1 June 2020. To avoid crowds, you will need to book a five-minute time-slot on the following website:

Schedule now at: https://calendly.com/molnarla/hoodie-pick-up-location

For further information see: https://13stars.eu/hoodie-pick-up-instructions/

Order: Still haven’t ordered a sweatshirt?!? We encourage you to take a look at this year’s CdE hoodie design available in 7 colours and to consider buying a hoodie or two...for your kids or for yourselves (sizing for P4 and up—XSS to XL).

Shop and order now at: https://13stars.eu/eeb1-shop-gdrp/

If you have any further questions regarding the hoodies, please do not hesitate to the CdE: EINSTOIL@student.eursc.eu

APEEE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS – APPLY NOW!

The deadline for the APEEE’s Spring 2020 Call for Projects is Friday, 22 May 2020. We encourage all those interested in receiving funding for a school-related project in line with the APEEE’s objectives, to apply now!

(See more at: http://www.uccleparents.org/apeee/subventions-de-projets/)

COVID-19: THE APEEE SERVICES SUSPENDS ITS ACTIVITIES FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF THE SCHOOL (12/03/2020-29/05/2020)

[See other COVID-related communication in the section below.]

Dear EEBI Parents,

We hope this message finds you and your loved ones in good health. Due to the closure of the School, the Services are currently not in operation. As further information on the APEEE Services provision for this particular end of the school year, please note that the extracurricular classes (including swimming) and the Friday afternoon daycare are cancelled until the end of the school year, regardless of when EEB1 reopens.

It goes without saying that a refund will be granted to parents who have paid their subscriptions, for all services. However, at this stage, we are not yet able to confirm the amount that will be refunded for any of our services (including canteen and transport where applicable) until we receive:

1. a definitive confirmation as to the number of days of closure (which will of course impact the number of days not served to be taken into account)
2. the final calculation of the contributions granted by the Belgian state during the unemployment period COVID-19 for companies and self-employed persons.

Once we have these data, it will be possible to make a correct calculation of the amounts to be reimbursed, also taking into account the fixed costs, the solidarity contributions towards our employees and contractors in temporary unemployment and any losses that remain to be covered, so as to not endanger the survival of APEEE Services (the non-profit association for the children and parents of Uccle and Berkendael) and its employees.

In parallel, we are also making every effort to organise the start of the next school year and you will soon receive information and instructions for the re-inscriptions for the academic year 2020/2021. In case of particular requests to the Services’ Staff, for the time being you can contact them ONLY by e-mail. Please find the contact information for the different services listed in the box below.

Thank you for your continued collaboration, understanding and support. Take care of yourselves and stay healthy.

Zoltán Krasznai
President of the APEEE Services

APEEE Secretariat Info:

The APEEE Secretariat will continue to conduct daily business, albeit in a limited capacity, and the APEEE Board will continue to hold essential meetings, as is possible within the given the constraints.

In case of need, the Secretariat will be available during normal office hours: Monday-Thursday, 8.30 – 12.30. Due to remote work, we advise you to contact us by email, using the address below. Please do not hesitate to contact us.

For additional information and the latest updates, see Communication on COVID below.

Kathryn Máthé
President of the APEEE

COMMUNICATION FROM THE APEEE AND APEEE SERVICES ON THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK (18/05/2020)

Dear EEBI Parents,As we know, the school will undertake a partial reopening in June. More specifically,

"The European Schools in Brussels will continue with the distance learning programme up to the 3rd of July, 2020. However, as from the 2nd of June, 2020 each of the four schools will organise a programme of educational activities to target certain year groups with specific aims and objectives. Each school knows its own priorities and will organise the programmes in accordance with their needs."

(Note: you can find the full letter from the Direction as well as all official communications from the School and Central Office stored in your SMS/myschoolmanagement account for reference.)

The option chosen by the school direction will allow parents to send their children back to the school sites on a voluntary basis for a few days and some activities before summer. Distance schooling will remain the norm for most, if not all pedagogical content. In the coming weeks, the APEEE will concentrate on assisting the school management in detailing their programme for June and perhaps more importantly in preparing for the return to school after summer.

In the meantime, many parents still have pending concerns regarding measures taken (or not yet taken) in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the disruption in the school programme. Here below, see the status of issues of common concern to EEBI parents:

Cancelled S7 Programme and Trips:

• • • • The direction has informed us that the school is in negotiations with travel providers. They have asked for patience from families as they would like to sort out all trips with providers before dispersing reimbursement payments.
      • The plans for the S7 end-of-school programmes and Bacc ceremony are still pending, but there are ongoing discussions between the direction and S7 students to see how such programmes can be rescheduled in light of the current circumstances.

Prospects for Student Mobility, Work Experience and Trips:

• • • • The status of the Autumn 2020 Mobility Programme for S5 students is unclear. Recently, several key schools, e.g. Alicante, Varese, Bergen, Munich, Karlsruhe and LuxII, have cancelled their participation, which suggests that families planning to take part should remain cautious. We have asked the Direction to confirm.
      • The APEEE has raised the question of postponement of S5 and S6 Work Experience placements originally scheduled for the April Project Week. It may be possible to amend current contracts to allow placements to take place at a later date, but we can only see how this might work in practice after school reopens.
      • The APEEE has requested that the school allow S4 students who missed travel programmes in the 2020 April Project Week the opportunity to take part in 2021 Project Week programmes. There is some possibility that other special programmes might be rescheduled as well, but future plans are currently pending.

S4-S6 B Marks: After the publication of the Board of Governors’ decision on 2020 end-of-year evaluation of European School students, S4-S6 families raised concerns about the duplication of first semester B marks in the second semester reports and the potential impact on student motivation and university admissions.

• • • • Families have been assured that the section of article 59.5 of the General Rules that has not been derogated will allow teachers to take the full account of each student’s performance throughout the year. The school has committed to officially reminding teachers that they should use their full discretion in determining how much weight to assign A and B marks in the final mark. Teachers' marks are also reviewed by the class councils.
      • There was additional concern that the presence of the duplicated B marks on S6 transcripts could potentially disadvantage European School students in the university admission process—independently of the final marks assigned. In response, INTERPARENTS, the APEEE and section representatives have asked either that transcripts not include A/B marks or that the source of these marks be explained in an annotation. The direction has agreed to address the issue of the transcripts.

2020 Baccalaureate: The final formula for the Baccalaureate was not determined by the Board of Governors (BoG) during their 15-17 April meeting but is currently the subject of a written procedure to that body. The key issues at stake are the ponderance of A and B semester marks in the final mark for each course and the relative weighting of courses in the final mark. The APEEE will inform you of the results when these are known, sometime after 24 May.
For students who are not happy with the marks obtained using the formula above, two options remain:
(1) They can request to sit an extraordinary session of the Baccalaureate Examination--both written and oral parts--in Autumn; the extraordinary Baccalaureate must be taken in full and marks will automatically replace those received from the formula above.
(2) Alternatively, they can request to repeat the S7 year.
Requests for either of these measures must be emailed to the director of the school by the candidate (or a legal guardian) within 10 calendar days of receiving the results.

Remote Learning Quality: In closing, given that the status quo will continue at least through June, the APEEE has committed to supporting families that still have concerns about the quality of the EEBI distance education regime.

If you have concerns, and for whatever reason the school's complaints procedure (see 18 March message below) does not meet your needs, we urge you to be in touch with your class and section representatives--or, for Berkendael families, with the Berkendael Working Group--as well as with APEEE's Remote Learning Feedback Group.

We will also continue to urge the school to ensure that distance teaching meets a minimum standard for all courses.

As always please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions:

APEEE - info@uccleparents.org
APEEE Services - coordination@apeee-bxl1-services.be

We wish you and your family healthy and peaceful end of year.

Kathryn Máthé
President of the APEEE

We attach:

• • • • a letter concerning the possible reopening of the School sent by APEEE Safety & Hygiene Committee delegates on 29 April to the Director
      • APEEE Remote Learning Feedback Report sent on 9 April to the School
      • Proposed Next Steps for Remote Learning at EEBI presented at 28 April APEEE Board Meeting

(18/03/2020)

Dear EEBI Parents,

As noted in the message above, the APEEE Services will be closed without children in the school to care for, but they will be available by email through the contact address of each Service. They will treat all problems related to the unforeseen disruption after the return to school.

The APEEE will try to carry on as we can in a reduced capacity, carrying out much of our work via email or phone and holding mandatory meetings remotely if needed. Like the School, the APEEE has been quite overwhelmed by the deluge of communication over the last weeks. We have tried to respond as best we could to all concerns and to direct people to the right place. We have also greatly appreciated the School Management’s continuous communication and assurances given to families over this difficult period as well as a willingness to take parent feedback into account in their evolving response.

Over the recent period, concerns have related primarily to:

• • • • The cancellation of trips: as far as we know this has not yet caused any financial repercussions for parents at our school—please let us know if problems occur.
      • The impact of quarantine and school closure on the S7 students and the Bac: a conversation on this has been initiated with the Central Office through INTERPARENTS.
      • The introduction of remote learning in the primary and secondary cycles:
        • We are monitoring the programme put in place at our school and also tracking developments and best practices throughout the system to the best of our ability.
        • We are also working with INTERPARENTS to raise questions about remote learning with the Central Office.
      • PLEASE NOTE: if parents have any concerns—either technical or pedagogical—about the remote learning being implemented in their classes, we ask them to turn to the school first. We are hoping that the school is providing any needed technical support for teachers, parents and students. If there are pedagogical problems or concerns about the programme of a particular teacher, the school suggests that parents should go through the regular reporting structure—raise problems with teacher, escalate to advisor/deputy director…and so on. If parents cannot find answers to their problem using the normal channels, then the APEEE is of course happy to step in and support.
      • Related to this, the APEEE will be collecting feedback, both positive and negative, from parents of primary and secondary on their experiences with remote learning. We will share and analyse this feedback with the other three Brussels APEEEs and INTERPARENTS as part of a larger effort to learn and improve as we go. We ask parents to provide feedback through their class and section representatives (or, for Berkendael families, via the Berkendael Working Group), who can collate this and forward to the APEEE’s four-members Remote Learning Feedback Group.

As always please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions:

APEEE- info@uccleparents.org
APEEE Services - coordination@apeee-bxl1-services.be

Kathryn Máthé
President of the APEEE

We attach:

• a list of pedagogical continuity and remote learning measures sent by the APEEE on 6 March to the School
• a letter on Baccalaureate contingency measures sent by S7EN on 8 March to the School; later supported by other S7 classes

(09/03/2020)

Dear EEBI Parents,

We hereby wish to inform you about what the APEEE and APEEE Services have done and plan to do in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

First and foremost, we hope that you have all read by now the several communications sent by the School and Central Office of the European Schools.  You can find these at: https://www.eursc.eu/en/Office/news or http://www.eeb1.com/en/communication-from-the-office-of-the-secretary-general-regarding-the-outbreak-of-covid-19-disease/ (and in your SMS accounts).  It is important that parents keep apprised of the latest warnings given by the school and Central Office and particularly any changes in the red zones as they might affect their families. 

The APEEE and APEEE Services have been working from our side, each in our own capacity, to address the situation.

APEEE Services' managers have made sure to vet their staff and suppliers/contractors according to the latest recommendations of the Central Office. They will continue to monitor the situation and keep close communication with suppliers/contractors and staff in the canteen, transport, extracurricular activities and back office to make sure they remain in full compliance with recommendations as these evolve.

For our part, the APEEE is also monitoring our team, but perhaps more importantly, we have done our best to compile and collate parent concerns as they are sent to us and to forward these to the school, Central Office and INTERPARENTS. We also continue to work closely with the school management, INTERPARENTS and the other Brussels schools to make sure that we are kept apprised of all the latest developments. Finally, we will work to make sure that parents’ concerns continue to be raised and addressed as the situation evolves.

From your side, we ask that parents remain patient with school management. As they remain focused on day-to-day developments and circulation of the latest information to the school community at large, individual letters and requests may not be answered immediately.

The APEEE will refrain from sending communications on COVID-19 directly to all parents as we feel that this might create confusion.   But please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions:

APEEE: info@uccleparents.org
APEEE Services: coordination@apeee-bxl1-services.be

Kathryn Máthé
President of the APEEE

We attach:

• • • • the letter on coronavirus concerns sent by the APEEE on 27 February to the School and Central Office
      • the letter on coronavirus concerns sent by INTERPARENTS on 1 March to the Central Office and Direction of all Schools

RENTRÉE 2019-2020: WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE APEEE (06/09/2019)

Dear EEBI Parents,

the Parents’ Association (APEEE) welcomes all families — new and returning — for the 2019-2020 school year.

This year we can expect a new approach to French and English second language teaching for many students within the framework of the newly-released European Schools Language Policy as well as changes to the Friday routine on the Uccle campus for both our early Primary and early Secondary students. The new competence-based secondary marking system will be rolled out for the first time in the upper cycle with plans to introduce it at the 2021 Baccalaureate.

For the first time in a long while we look forward to continuity in our top pedagogical team. Mr Brian Goggins returns for his second year as the school’s Director, and he will continue to work closely with Ms Simona Cajhen and Mr Gianluca Longo, Deputy Directors of Primary (in Uccle and Berkendael respectively), and Mr Lars Roesen, Deputy Director of Secondary, to ensure that our students have the best possible education.

The Berkendael population continues to grow—jumping from 562 pupils last year to approximately 750 as of end of August 2019. The site is filling up fast! Including its so-called “satellite” classes, Berkendael currently hosts eight language groups (German, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Latvian and Slovak); Greek, English and Italian have opened up P1 groups for the first time this year. The population at Uccle seems to have stabilised at just under 3400.  This year we will see an increase in our secondary population offset by a decrease in the primary.  The site still remains almost 10% over its capacity (of 3100), a real concern for students in both cycles.

Students returning to the Uccle site will also be pleased to find a newly resurfaced football court (see also here). The project was undertaken by the school direction at the behest of students.  The APEEE was glad to contribute 15,000 EUR to this project from the proceeds of our umbrella sales, sweatshirts and Fête funds which were complemented by contributions from the Student Committee (CdE) and the school.

The APEEE itself will be working under new Statutes which seek to formally introduce Berkendael and SWALS parents into our representation structure. Though we suffered setbacks due to unplanned absence in our staff last year, we hope that this year we can carry on with our plan to increase our visibility, responsiveness and accountability.

As parents ourselves, the APEEE knows that the European School system can be difficult to make sense of, even for those of us with long experience. As we start the year, we wanted to remind you that you should not hesitate to contact:

APEEE Services (our sister organisation): with questions about lockers, canteen and Friday garderie at Uccle, as well as those about transport and extracurricular activities at both Uccle and Berkendael.

APEEE: with questions about secondary calculators, student exchanges or EURÊKA (at Uccle) or to raise academic issues or questions about the general experience of your children at the school.

School Administration: with questions about canteen at Berkendael sports uniforms (Primary and Secondary), the weekly timetable (Nursery/Primary at Uccle and Berkendael and Secondary) and annual calendar, or access to campus for both campuses.

We also wanted to remind you that over the longer term we — your elected class and section Representatives, your APEEE Board, and your APEEE Secretariat — are here to ensure that your questions are answered, your concerns are addressed and that your voice is heard at all levels in the school’s structure. In a broader sense, we endeavour: to keep you informed about important developments; to celebrate our community’s successes and confront our challenges; to work with other members of the community to effect needed change; and to support all families in need— all in order to enrich your and your children’s experience at the school.

Parent class Representatives are elected at the September/October class meetings:

Berkendael

Tuesday, 3 September: MAT, P1, P2
Wednesday, 4 September: P3, P4, P5

Uccle

Tuesday, 3 September: MAT, P1
Tuesday, 24 September: P2, P3
Thursday, 26 September: P4, P5
Monday, 23 September: S1, S2, S3
Tuesday, 8 October: S4, S5, S6, S7

Your parent class Reps make up the building blocks of the APEEE Board and parent representation within the school, as well as the backbone of intra-class relations. An information packet on the APEEE as well as a brief description of the role of class reps are also available. We encourage you to get involved!

Please visit our webpage at www.uccleparents.org to find out more about the APEEE and the APEEE Services. You can also visit us at one of our APEEE Information Tables during September parent events.  To keep abreast of developments throughout the year, read our APEEE NewsFlash and meeting reports drafted by your section and class reps.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns at: info@uccleparents.org.

Warm regards,

Kathryn Máthé
President of the APEEE of the European School of Brussels 1

APEEE AND APEEE SERVICES: WHO ARE WE? (29/08/2019)

What is the Parents' Association?  What is its role?

Parent representatives act as intermediaries between parents and the school. They also participate in the organisation of some very important services such as the canteen, school transport, extracurricular activities etc. Your active engagement within the Association will make a positive contribution towards your child's overall school experience.

Would you like to find out more about the APEEE?

Who are we? What do we offer? Why should you get involved? How can you participate?

Please have a look at our introductory pack:

 Plaquette rentrée 2019 Uccle_EN
 Plaquette rentrée 2019 Berkendael_EN

ELECTION OF CLASS REPRESENTATIVES (29/08/2019)

Would you like to take an active role in the APEEE? The time is right!

Consult our "elections" manual:

 Vademecum Elections APEEE Uccle EN 2019-2020
 Vademecum Elections APEEE Berkendael EN 2019-2020