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TASIS Teens Summer Programs — Switzerland
by TASIS The American School in Switzerland
Lugano, SwitzerlandShow on map
Ages11–17 yrs
FocusAcademic
Language lessonsEnglish & French & Italian
SeasonJun – Aug
TASIS The American School in Switzerland runs this residential academic camp in Lugano, Switzerland. The camp welcomes children aged 11–17, with sports, languages, and adventure on the programme. Typically open June to August — new dates coming soon. Activities run in English, French, and Italian.
Residential academic camp in Lugano, Switzerland
TASIS — The American School in Switzerland runs its teen summer programs on the hillside campus above Lake Lugano, a 25-building global village stretching from the 17th-century Villa De Nobili to the modern Campo Science Center. Students aged roughly 11–17 from more than 50 nations combine intensive academic courses, advanced sports training and an extensive outdoor-adventure menu — whitewater rafting, canyoning, kayaking, waterskiing and more — with cultural excursions across Switzerland and Italy, from Zermatt and Zurich to Florence, Rome and Venice. Boarding and day options are available through the summer sessions.
What's Included
One primary course of the student's choice, studied for several hours each day
Sports programme chosen upon arrival at registration
Music and arts activities
Afternoon and evening activities
Weekend day trips and cultural excursions
Airport pickup by a TASIS staff member for students arriving alone at Lugano Airport
Optional — available at extra cost
Optional overnight trips (added at extra cost)
Optional sports clubs such as tennis, golf, Milan Academy Scuola Calcio soccer, sailing, waterskiing and wakeboarding (added at extra cost)
Not provided
Own DSLR camera, required for the Digital Photography courses · Own tennis racquet for Tennis Club · Additional field trip fee for the Architecture & Design course weekend trip to Basel and Weil-am-Rhein
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Special focus
Academic · Academic
The programme is built around one clear commitment: each student selects a single primary course and studies it for several hours every day, whether that is a language, a performing or visual arts track, academic writing, IB preparation, STEAM or a business subject. Everything else, the sports, music, arts, activities and weekend day trips included in tuition, is chosen on arrival during registration, so the afternoons and weekends are shaped by the students actually in the session rather than fixed months in advance. Middle School students (11-13) and High School students (14-17) follow their own course lists and age-appropriate activity mixes while sharing the same campus above Lugano. Families who want a deeper specialism can add sports clubs, from Milan Academy soccer to sailing and golf, or optional overnight trips, at extra cost. The session builds towards the Summer Arts Festival, where musical theatre performances, films, STEAM projects, architecture models and photography are shared with the whole community.
Other included activities
Excursions & trips
Included in the programme
travel
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Accommodation & campus
Where your child sleeps
Per bedroom
4 campers
Bedrooms
Shared bedrooms
Bathrooms
Ensuite bathrooms & Bathrooms shared between rooms
Campus facilities
Dining Room
Classrooms
Soccer Court
Laundry
Library
Arts room
Basketball Court
Music room
Theater
Science room
Fireplace
Location & getting there
TASIS The American School In Switzerland, Via Collina d'Oro 15, 6926 Montagnola, Switzerland
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Getting your child there
Airport
Lugano Airport
Pickup service · If a student is arriving alone (without a parent or other responsible adult) he or she will be picked up at the airport by a TASIS staff member.
By car
IncludedDriving to campus
Families driving take the A2 motorway and leave at the Lugano-Sud exit, turning left at the first lights towards Ponte Tresa, then left onto Via Paradiso and up the winding hill; after the Tamoil gas station turn left, then left again onto Via Collina d'Oro towards Montagnola/Agra. Follow the road through Gentilino, pass the Sant'Abbondio church and take the sharp switchback right, where the white wall reading The American School in Switzerland appears on your left. Park in the School's own lot immediately after the main gate, or in the public blue-zone spaces opposite, which allow one hour with a parking disc. Note that a Swiss motorway toll sticker is required to drive on Swiss highways. · TASIS The American School In Switzerland, Via Collina d'Oro 15, 6926 Montagnola, Switzerland
Airport
Milan Malpensa Airport
Malpensa is the nearest major international airport for families arriving from further afield, and TILO train connections run from the airport through to Lugano train station, from where the campus is a short taxi or Posta Bus ride away.
Airport
Zurich Airport
Zurich Airport is the alternative Swiss gateway, and an Airtrain rail connection to Lugano train station can be booked together with the flight; the onward journey from Zurich to Lugano takes roughly two hours by direct IC train.
Train station
Lugano train station
Lugano is easy to reach by rail: the fast Inter City from Milan takes about an hour (regional trains from Milano Centrale or Porta Garibaldi up to 110 minutes and may involve a change), while direct IC trains from Zurich run roughly every hour and take approximately two hours. Lugano town sits about fifteen minutes from campus.
Shuttle
436 Posta Bus to Certenago Paese
From Lugano train station or the Autosilo Balestra stop, the 436 Posta Bus climbs to the Collina d'Oro roughly every 30 minutes between 06:00 and 23:00. The stop for TASIS is called Certenago Paese, a short walk from the campus gate.
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Since 1956
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