My daughter is 11 years old and with starting level of english and german
Can anyone advise me some names of public school in Lugano where she can have start in sept 16.
Thankss for your feedback
Rozi
I am planning to move to Lugano from Turkey
In Lugano we speak Italian, not German or English.
Also, September 2016 was two months ago.
Tom
I'm not sure as I don't have kids, but I don't think you get to choose which school your child goes to if they are attending State school.
Do you actually have a pre-approved job offer here? Or does your spouse already live and work here? Are you independently wealthy and don’t need to work? Because otherwise as a non-EU national you can’t move to Switzerland.
Since you're "planning to move" (what does that mean?) you should probably do some more research. That way you'd become aware that Lugano is not in the German-speaking part of CH. School will be taught in Italian, so unless your daughter is near-fluent in Italian, I really don't see how she could survive in any public school, not at that age anyway.
Aside from that, you can't choose which (public) school your daughter goes to - and it doesn't matter anyway, quality-wise. Which school she has to go to will be assigned based on what district you live in.
ı am offered a position in Lugano to be on board in July 2017.
so from what ı understand below only solution is private school that will serve international kids.
No. A state school will take her, they have to, but she will struggle for the first few years. If she is planning to go to uni, state school in Italian will probably make that difficult, so then international private school would be better.
How long are you planning to stay?
Private school in Lugano isn't cheap: http://switzerland.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=736
Tom
And again she will be taught in Italian, not German, being in Ticino, although English will probably also be used. But she would have English lessons in a public school too.
1) You can not chose a public school. You will assigned to one nearby you live.
2) Unless the school is closed for holiday you could start the very first day you arrived and registered. (I think there will be a few day grace period to settle in the new environment)
3) The public school must take here and offer a place.
4) School is mandatory. Either she goes into the free public school or you pay for a private one.
5) The public school will offer language coaching/special classes for faster integration and learning of Italian.
TASIS primarily teaches in English, not Italian.
And English is only taught in public schools here as a fourth language, and is optional.
Tom
An 11-year old with no knowledge of Italian will struggle badly in public school, imo. Since the daughter's knowledge of English is also only at "starting level", I see yet another challenge with international schools. Or rather: it's not really the better choice either.
It's one thing to send your kids to public school when they're really young, even if the parents don't speak the local language. I see many in my company that do this and it's no issue whatsoever - the kids are fluent in Swiss German, French, Italian, whatever it may be, while their parents don't understand a single word.
But in my opinion, that works only if the kid does all his/her schooling here, i.e. ideally already went to kindergarten here and is therefore fully immersed in the language.
11 is a tricky age, about halfway through primary school, and the next 2-3 years will be important for her to find a certain path. Granted, this is Switzerland and no path is set in stone - plenty of options to change or choose another road later on. But still, this needs a lot of consideration, imo.
In Ticino, it would be the start of middle school.
Primary school starts at age 6, and goes on for 5 years.
Tom