Freedom with structure.
Personalized – Innovative – Bilingual
Welcome!
We are a bilingual private school (DE+EN) in the heart of Zurich and offer Kindergarten and Primary. Our family-friendly structure offers full day care Mon-Thu from 8am-6pm (plus optional Fridays), flexible start and end times and even holiday can be freely chosen.
Our method is based on personalized and project-based learning with a focus on developing the 12 core competencies.
We offer a modern, sustainable and child- and family-friendly alternative to the traditional school system, which not only transmits knowledge, but also promotes intrinsic motivation, strengthens innate curiosity and develops one's own personality and character. Instead of just teaching, we promote learning.
Overview
The root lies in philosophy, digital literacy, the arts, as well as science and languages. With the help of modern technology, the aim is to encourage children in their natural self-driven, curiosity with a practical, real-life approach, through experience and experimentation.
We help children to acquire knowledge themselves - without unnecessary pressure and stress. Thus, not only the natural interest and the fun factor, but also the learning speed and memory are massively and sustainably increased.
We follow the curriculum of the Swiss "Lehrplan21" and can thus ensure the transition into local public schools, if desired. Our own curriculum, however, goes far beyond the basic requirements. All this is achieved without the need of exams, grades or homework, though we do work with individual goals, progress tracking and self-assessments.
Our revolutionary method promotes not only fun and curiosity, but also a strong development of the individual personality, thanks to personalized, project-based learning, as well as a curriculum tailored to each child. In addition, we place great emphasis on social and interpersonal skills: Co-creation as the basis for the future.
As an innovative and future-oriented school, we are constantly questioning our concept, our method and ourselves. We are not afraid to break the status quo, to go new ways and to do certain things differently.
School of Tomorrow adapts to the child and keeps evolving. No day is like the other. All of the content, topics and projects - as well as the teachers themselves - are in constant development. This directly benefits both the children and their families.
Why a new school?
Diego De Nicola, founder of School of Tomorrow, on the origin of the idea, thoughts on the philosophy and method, as well as the goals and vision of this new school.
"Children should not merely understand what is, or recall what once was... they should create what is yet to come.”
Our Mission.
Our mission is to innovate how education meets the future. We nurture intrinsic motivation and the development of one‘s own personality. By creating personalized learning pathways that connect with the local and global community, we foster both co-creation and lifelong learning.
The Power of Our Community.
A school should not be a theoretical bubble, detached from the real world. Quite the opposite! We strive to break the boundaries between theory and practice and to move as much as possible into the real world, learning directly "in" it, rather than just "for" it. To make this possible, we need a flexible and dynamic structure as well as a highly competent and motivated team.
For this reason, we are particularly proud and grateful to be able to count on such a strong, diverse and generous community - which serves as an extended arm of the School of Tomorrow. This community consists of scientists, artists, athletes, researchers, experts, leaders and personalities from a vast vierty of fields. This way, our children learn directly from the experts in each respective field, with all their experience and hands-on wisdom.
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*Reserving your spot is free and non-binding. Spots are limited and on a first come, first served basis. Once full, there will be a waiting list.
Personalized.
No one-size-fits-all.
Every child is different. Every child deserves a personalized, suitable and child-centered education. School of Tomorrow celebrates individual abilities and encourages personal responsibility and self-motivation. For this reason, there is no standardized curriculum for all to follow. Each child - in collaboration with our teachers, mentors and other studends - develops his or her own curriculum, which takes into account the guidelines of the Swiss Lehrplan21 but goes far beyond it.
Innovative.
Creative, different and future-oriented.
Our world is in constant transformation and the speed at which everything changes is rapidly increasing. For this reason, a modern and future-oriented school must be able to continuously question, adapt and reinvent itself. The same holds true for the future of our children. This is why the School of Tomorrow emphasizes the importance of innovation, creativity and "thinking differently".
Bilingual.
Local and International.
A language is much more than just a form of communication. It is culture, understanding, logic, history... An ideal basis to develop analytical thinking skills, as well as learning to express oneself creatively. The School of Tomorrow is bilingual, English and German/Swiss-German - other languages can be learned based on interest and possibility. Furthermore, other types of "languages" are also part of the journey, such as the languages of programming, music or philosophy.
"Children who don't like going to school often become adults who don't like going to work. Therefore, our goal is to create a school where children look forward to the end of the holidays more than the beginning!
-Diego De Nicola