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Our Team, Our Opening Hours and How to Reach Us

Greetings from the Principal

Dear visitors

A very warm welcome to SIS Basel, a private bilingual day school with approximately 500 students, from three years old through to Year 12. The school community is characterised by a vibrant and nurturing multicultural environment and represents more than forty nationalities. The bilingual educational concept of SIS Swiss International School has been successfully implemented here since 1999. Please take some time to explore our website and discover the many exciting facets of our school, and do not hesitate to contact us. I look forward to welcoming you and your family to SIS Basel!

Get to Know our School Management Team

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Marcel Brunner

Principal

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Marcel Brunner

Principal

Marcel Brunner was born in Switzerland but grew up in São Paulo, Brazil when his parents emigrated for professional reasons. He trained as a primary school teacher in the canton of St. Gallen, where he also gained his first professional experience. For 15 years, he taught various school levels at primary and secondary schools both in Switzerland and abroad. After successfully completing his school management training, Marcel Brunner first took over the management of the kindergarten and primary levels and then the management of the Swiss school in São Paulo for 10 years. He completed additional qualifications at the Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich and at the University of St. Gallen. Two years ago, he moved back to Switzerland, where he headed a primary school in Basel. He has been school principal of SIS Basel since 1 August 2023. Marcel Brunner is married, has two grown-up children and is a passionate hobby cook.

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Adrian Bürgi

Vice-Principal and Head of Bilingual College

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Adrian Bürgi

Vice-Principal and Head of Bilingual College

Adrian Bürgi has been the vice-principal at SIS Basel since August 2013 and teaches mathematics and information technology. He also holds the position of Head of the Bilingual College as of August 2022. Giving children and young people the opportunity to develop their skills is, to him, the focus of his work. Adrian Bürgi graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich in environmental sciences and also trained there as a college teacher. For more than 15 years, he gained professional experience as a teacher at college level. He worked for six years in the school management of a private school and led it through the recognition procedure for the Fachmaturität (specialised baccalaureate). In his last job, he designed study programmes for an internationally active university, for which he also worked as a lecturer and tutor.

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Bret Simner

Head of Bilingual International College and IB Coordinator

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Bret Simner

Head of Bilingual International College and IB Coordinator

Bret Simner has been a part of the team at SIS Basel since 2016. In that time, he has taught throughout the school, first as a primary teacher and then, since 2019, as a college music teacher. Bret’s passion is that all students feel well and accepted the moment they enter the school. Once a child feels comfortable in their environment, then learning can begin. Bret Simner holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in double bass performance from the Juilliard School in New York and a doctorate from the Stony Brook University in New York. Before coming to SIS Basel, he lectured worldwide at institutions that include Yale University and Stanford University in the USA, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Bret joined the school management team of SIS Basel in the summer of 2023. 

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Cécile de Daniel

Head of Kindergarten and Primary School (German)

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Cécile de Daniel

Head of Kindergarten and Primary School (German)

Cécile de Daniel was born and grew up in Germany on the Swiss border. She completed her primary and secondary school studies with the 2nd state examination in Freiburg i. Br. She also obtained her diploma in adult education in 2007.
Cécile has been teaching primary school at SIS Basel since 2009. Her central concern is to recognise each child as an individual and to support them in their learning as a whole. In 2020, Cécile took part in the SIS internal leadership programme. She has been a member of the school management team since 2024. Cécile is interested in culture, dances ballet and does Pilates.

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Louise Parjol

Head of Kindergarten and Primary School (English)

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Louise Parjol

Head of Kindergarten and Primary School (English)

Louise Parjol grew up and studied in the United Kingdom. She completed her bachelor in primary education at the university of Wales, Bangor in 2000. Teaching has taken her to Tanzania, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and now Switzerland. Louise Parjol is a passionate lifelong learner and particularly enjoys focusing on the development of the child as a whole person. In 2021, she started at SIS Basel as a primary 4 teacher. She brings experience from various leadership roles and since January 2023 she has been a member of the school leadership team at SIS Basel.

The Team of SIS Basel

Our educators make our educational concept tangible, every single day. Our dedicated team is committed to the individual development of our students. To keep our educational work at a consistently high level, our team regularly takes part in internal and external further training.

Teaching and Supervision Hours

At our day school, students are supervised between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

 

The exact lesson and supervision times vary between the different year levels.

Holiday Calendar 24/25

The school adheres to the official school holiday calendar of the canton of Basel-Stadt.  

 

Start of academic year 12 August 2024  
Autumn break 30 September to 11 October 2024  
Christmas break 23 December 2024 to 3 January 2025  
Winter break 3 to 14 March 2025  
Spring break 14 to 25 April 2025  
Summer break 30 June to 8 August 2025  

 

You are invited! Have a look at our upcoming events.

13 November 2024

SIS Basel: Open House. Come by and visit!
Start: 09:00
End: 12:00

SIS Basel

SIS Swiss International School

Erlenstrasse 15
4058 Basel
Switzerland
 

Phone: +41 61 683 71 40
 

E-mail: info.basel@swissinternationalschool.ch

 

 

Office Opening Hours

Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (during school holidays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.)

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