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Te name TASIS Te American School in More than anything else, it is the people Switzerland says much about the institution. who make TASIS what it is. Each year Tat it is an American school implies the students come from all corners of the those ideals of freedom, volunteerism, world, from over 50 countries. Students TASIS... entrepreneurial spirit, welcoming of diferent from diferent nationalities and languages individual live together, study, play sports, and and backgrounds, ethnic worth that are the hallmarks of American travel together. Tey learn to rely on history. It also implies an openness to their friends; they experience the fun and current teaching methods without slavishly difculties of growing up in company a Community following any fashionable trends. Our with others their age. And when young location in Switzerland reminds us that we people from diferent backgrounds really are at the center of European history, art, get to know each other, as they do at and culture yet maintaining a resilient and TASIS, something marvelous can happen: peaceful independence of spirit. prejudices break down, barriers of TASIS tries to integrate the best of both ignorance are crossed, and a community these worlds and to mean all these things. that transcends political, linguistic, and But TASIS is more than teaching traditions national boundaries is formed. and developing cultural understanding. 25