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Our Boarding House: A Home Away From Home
AMADEUS Boarding not only provides students with a home away from home, but it works to offer a supportive environment that is an integral part of the learning experience at AMADEUS Vienna. There is a focus on positive decision-making, independence, academic success, and emotional well-being. Boarding Staff and students live and work together in order to achieve these goals and are supported by the Housekeeping and Facilities Teams, as well as Chefs and Teachers.
It is the primary aim of all members of the Boarding Community to provide first-class support, and to do so, it is important to know the students well and build positive, close, yet professional relationships with students. Boarding Staff share meals with students, care for them when they are ill, support them in their everyday needs, organize and experience family activities, monitor and support their academics, as well as their well-being, and interact with them on an ongoing basis.
With the help of the House Parents and the Head of House, the physical and emotional well-being and academic progress of all boarders are monitored and supported.
We are proud of the supportive and caring environment we have cultivated. Our Boarding House is a place where students can be happy, safe and become their best selves.
As an IB World School, it is also important to take initiative and be independent learners, and we need to ensure the correct balance of support. We, therefore, need to provide students with the opportunity to make independent decisions, learn from making mistakes in a safe environment, take ownership of their assessment and progression, and take agency over their learning journeys.
Officially registered as a COVID-Safe Boarding School by the Boarding School’s Association
Come and Visit Us
We offer interested students a trial stay in the Boarding House. Students are welcome to visit and experience a typical day and night at our Boarding House.
AMADEUS Vienna may offer weekly boarding for students coming from nearby locations, although it is recommended that students become fully immersed and a part of our weekend Boarding programme. Our weekly boarders may reside Sunday to Friday on campus and return to their families over the weekend.
Click here to read more about a typical weekday and weekend in Boarding.
AMADEUS Boarding: A Happy School
Our Boarding Programme is built on the four pillars of UNESCO’s Happy School’s Framework, plus one additional pillar, which raises the programme up to our vision of ‘Distinction in Boarding’ and supports our boarders to lead ‘flourishing lives’.
AMADEUS International School Vienna has long embodied the value of Happiness within its guiding statements, though we believe we are the very first International Boarding School to operate our Boarding Programme under the UNESCO Happy School’s Framework.
A publication released this year by UNESCO highlights the particular importance of the value of happiness. In the report, titled “Why the World Needs Happy Schools: Global Report on Happiness in and for Learning”, they make the case for “placing happiness at the core of the transformation of education”. This is something we have been doing successfully at AMADEUS Vienna since 2012, and happiness is the central concern of our Boarding Programme.
There are several reasons why this is the most important element of any international boarding provision. We only need to survey the alarming truths about adolescent mental health and education worldwide to illuminate the double crisis in learning and well-being.
Sadly, based on WHO and UNICEF statistics, it is reported:
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- Secondary-aged students experience unprecedented levels of unhappiness and anxiety, rates of which have seen a 25 percent post-pandemic increase;
- One in every seven 10-19-year-olds will experience a mental disorder, accounting for 15% of the global disease burden;
- Every 11 minutes, a young person dies by suicide, which is the fourth leading cause of death in 15–29-year-olds.
Furthermore, based on UNESCO and World Bank data, it is reported:
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- 250 million students are out of school;
- 70% of 10-year-olds in low and middle-income countries cannot read a basic text;
- School learning outcomes have been progressively falling in most parts of the world.
Beyond this, however, there is an even stronger case for placing happiness alongside learning as the educational goal; and this is a simple fact that cannot be separated. We know, beyond doubt, that happy learners learn more, and learners who learn more are happier. Policymakers who attempt to compartmentalise these outcomes and apply unreflective structure and processes to one without consideration of the other ultimately fail, if not, make matters far worse.
A Happy School with Five Pillars
Five pillars are articulated below as our core commitments to our Boarding students and their families. We have taken the pillars outlined in the Happy Schools Framework (People, Process, Place, and Principles) and their descriptors and adapted them to our statements of practice. We also added an additional pillar that is unique to our vision of Educational Distinction (Performance). Through this progressive and forward-thinking approach to boarding, we leverage the UNESCO Happy School’s Framework and pioneer their work in Happy Boarding Programmes!
What Our Students Say
Isabela GRISOTTI (G12)
“What I love about boarding is the friendships and that we are represented through so many nationalities.”
Watch Isabela talk about her Boarding experience HERE!
Zirui (Don) HUANG (G10)
“I have a reason to come here because of how I like boarding and also how AMADEUS can provide excellent practice rooms.”
Watch Don talk about his Boarding experience HERE!
Hanieh BOOALI (G10)
“I love that whenever I feel like painting, I can just come to the open arts studio, and the teachers can always help and guide me.”
Watch Hanieh talk about her Boarding experience HERE!
Arno OGANEZOV (G9)
“I asked my boarding parents about judo practice and they said it’s totally alright and helped me to find a judo club.”
We welcome the opportunity for prospective students and their families to visit AMADEUS Vienna and learn more about our unique programme and inspiring school environment. Contact our Admissions team to ask your questions or schedule a tour.