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Online Schedule 2009-2010
September
- » Wednesday 2 - Friday 4 - Opening Faculty and Staff Meetings
- » Tuesday 8 - Departure of group flight from Canada
- » Wednesday 9 - Tuesday 15 - Mandatory Orientation trip in Switzerland (Grindelwald, Locarno & the Valle Verzasca
- » Wednesday 16 - First Semester classes begin
- » Thursday 17 - Club Orientation (after classes)
- » Saturday 19 - French classes - Market Visit - Travel Safe Workshops - Xamax game with pensions
- » Sunday 20 - Travel Safe Workshops - Défi Suisse
- » Monday 21 - Jeûne Fédéral; Creux du Van (Jura) Hike (mandatory)
- » Wednesday 23 - NJC Visit to Lycée Jean-Piaget
- » Friday 25 - NJC Homecoming Alumni Reception
- » Friday 25 - Sunday 27 - Fête des Vendanges and NJC Alumni Homecoming
- » Saturday 26 - Trip to view the Desalpes in Lignières (descent of cows from high altitudes)
- » Saturday 26 - Alumni Homecoming dinner
- » Tuesday 29 - Art Class Trip to Bern (PM)
October
- » Thursday 1 - Friday 2 - Global Issues Network (GIN) Student Forum in Zurich
- » Friday 2 - Sunday 4 - Optional Regional Explorations France I: Alsace by Bike / Burgundy by Bike
- » Tuesday 6 - Class Field Trips to Lausanne - Môtiers - Avenches - Pont de Martel
- » Tuesday 6 - Advisee Dinner
- » Wednesday 7 - Council of International Schools (CIS) University Fair in Zurich (evening)
- » Saturday 10 - Fall Défi Suisse
- » Monday 12 - NJC International Speaker Series - Canadian Thanksgiving Banquet
- » Thursday 15 - Sunday 18 - Optional Academic Trips: WWII and the Holocaust: Munich-Dacha (Germany) /
- » - Krakow (Poland)
- » Friday 30 - Sunday Nov 1 - Parents' Weekend - College Open House
- » Saturday 31 - Sunday Nov 1 - SGIS Soccer - Girls and Boys - TASIS Lugano
November
- » Friday 6 - Saturday 7 - SGIS Girls Volleyball - Leysin
- » Saturday 7 - SAT Test Date
- » Saturday 7- Sunday 8 - SGIS Rugby - Le Rosey
- » Sunday 8 - SGIS Boys Volleyball - Leysin
- » Sunday 8 - Les Amis du Conservatoire de Neuchâtel - Concert for NJC students
- » Tuesday 10 - Friday 13 - Mandatory trip: WWI Battlefields (France & Belgium) Remembrance Day
- » Friday 13 - Sunday 15 - Optional Academic Trip: Paris from Louis XIV - Modern Day
- » Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 - SGIS Girls' Basketball (Aiglon College)
- » Tuesday 17 - Sunday 22 - Model UN in Berlin (BERMUN) (selection based trip)
- » Saturday 21 - SGIS Boys Indoor Soccer
- » Tuesday 24 - Art Trip to Zurich / Basel (all day)
- » Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 - SGIS Boys Basketball (KLAS Leysin)
December
- » Friday 4 - FCD - Freedom from Chemical Dependancy Workshops
- » Saturday 5 - SAT Test Date
- » Sunday 6 - Escalade Road Race (Geneva)
- » Sunday 6 - SGIS Swim Meet hosted by NJC
- » Wednesday 9 - Mandatory Academic trip to the UN & Red Cross in Geneva
- » Wednesday 9 - Sunday 13 - NESDA - Vienna (selection-based trip)
- » Sunday 13 - Cecily's Fund Benefit Opéra - Théâtre du Passage
- » Monday 14- Tuesday 15 - Students' League of Nations - Geneva
- » Wednesday 16 - Christmas banquet
- » Thursday 17 - Classes end for Winter holiday at 16h00
- » Friday 18 - Sunday Jan. 3 -
- » Winter holidays: Optional trips to Kenya (school build & safari with Free the Children) / Thailand
2010
January
- » Monday 4 - Classes resume
- » Monday 11 - Grad ring orders due ('first semester only' & 'full year' students)
- » Saturday 16 - SGIS Swimming (IS Basel)
- » Friday 22- Thursday 28 - Final Examinations for First Semester
- » Thursday 28 - Parents' arrival in Neuchâtel for Zermatt week
- » Thursday 28 - Mountain Safety / Avalanche Workshop
- » TBA - SGIS Skiing (GS)
- » Friday 29 - College Open House and School Play
- » Saturday 30 - Saturday Feb 6 - Optional Family ski week in Zermatt
- » Sunday 31 - SGIS Skiing GS (Aiglon)
February
- » Monday 8 - Second Semester classes begin
- » Saturday 13 - Winter Défi Suisse
- » Monday 15 - NJC International Speaker Series
- » Monday 15 - Grad ring orders due ('second semester only' students)
- » Thursday 18 - Annual Humanitarian Conference (Geneva)
- » Friday 19 - Faculty PD Afternoon - Winter Défi option
- » Saturday 20 - Optional Alps ski day
- » Saturday 27 - March 2 - Optional Academic trips: Italy Exploration: Florence / Rome
March
- » Monday 1 - Indépendance Neuchâteloise (local holiday) Regular classes
- » Friday 5 - SGIS Badminton - IS Lausanne
- » Saturday 6 - Sunday 7 - SGIS Girls Basketball - Zurich
- » Monday 8 -
- » Tuesday 9 - Carnaval banquet
- » Friday 12 - Mandatory Excursion to Latenium / Aarau Nuclear Plant
- » Friday 12 - Sunday 14 - NESDA - The Hague (selection based trip)
- » Saturday 13- Sunday 14 - SGIS Girls' Volleyball (Brillantmont)
- » Saturday 13 - Saturday 20 - Model UN in St. Petersburg, Russia (Nevsky MUN)(selection-based trip)
- » Thursday 18 - Saturday 20 - Global Issues Network Conference (Geneva)
- » Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 - SGIS Boys Basketball - Geneva
April
- » Thursday 1 - Classes end for Easter holidays at 16h00
- » Friday 2 - Wednesday 7 - Optional Academic Trip: London & Oxford TBA
- » Thursday 8 - Ontario Literacy Test
- » Thursday 8 - Sunday 18 - Mandatory Spring Trips: Habitat Hungary / Sorrento & Sicily / Morocco Service Trek
- » Monday 19 - Classes resume
- » Wednesday 21 - Tour du Canton (Wednesdays April 21 - May 26)
- » Sunday 25 - Optional Field Trip: Appenzell to witness the Landsgemeinde
- » TBD - SGIS Golf TBD
May
- » Monday 3 - Friday 14 - Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations
- » Saturday 8 - Berne Grand-Prix Road Race
- » Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 - Tennis - KLAS
- » TBA - Field Trip Dubendorf Zurich Water Mgt Institute
- » TBA - Field Trip to CERN Particle Physics Facility
- » Thursday 13 - Sunday 16 - Optional Trip to Normandy WWII Beaches / Provence (Ascension Weekend)
- » - No classes on Thursday 13 & Friday 14
- » Monday 17 - Picture Day / Advisee dinner
- » Thursday 20 - Evening of Performing Arts
- » Saturday 22 - Monday 24 - Optional Trip: Prague
- » Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 - Neuchâtel Intenational Rugby 7s
- » Monday 24 - Local Holiday - Pentecost
- » Sunday 30 - Optional Gstaad River Rafting Excursion / Alps hike
June
- » Thursday 10 - Pension Apéro
- » Friday 11 - Thursday 17 - Final Examinations
- » Friday 18 - Graduation Ceremony
- » Sunday 20 - Departure from Neuchâtel
- » TBD - Alberta examinations based on demand