CCI The Renaissance School, which at its founding was Canada's first high school in Italy, has become a unique source of highest-quality English-language education, preparing students for university entrance in the U.S.A., U.K., Canada and Europe.

It has become one of the pre-eminent high school boarding schools in Europe. Graduates from CCI's founding years earned acceptances, and a variety of scholarships, at Queen's, McGill, Toronto, Victoria, Dalhousie, Alberta, Illinois, Southern California, Bond (Australia), among other universities.

Education for the 21st Century

Our school delivers an academically rigorous curriculum in a structured environment in which all students live in residence. Parents seeking quality high school boarding schools in Europe need look no further than CCI-Lanciano, a leading private high school. Boarding schools in Europe offer unique incentives and opportunities; at CCI, a semestered and co-educational high school, learning and living unfolds in Italy, home of the Renaissance and the starting point of today's knowledge-based civilization.

Students directly experience antiquity, the middle ages, the Renaissance and modern Europe, both formally, through regular organized trips with the school, and informally, through daily life in a modern town sensitively aware and conserving of its more than 3,000-year history. Entering students take introductory Italian, which they early recognize makes town life feasible, and soon, for many, pleasant and friendly.

High school boarding schools in Europe also offer educational advantages; CCI students follow a challenging university-preparation academic curriculum, including Mathematics, Computers, Classical Civilization, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Social Science, English, Art and Drama. All courses are taught in English, except for Italian and French languages. The School offers grades 10 through high school graduation, and students may enroll for a single semester or for up to three academic years (two semesters per year). CCI is inspected by the province of Ontario, Canada, whose requirements parallel or exceed most other North American jurisdictions, and is a member of ECIS, the European Council of International Schools. Our standards meet or excel the standards of other high school boarding schools in Europe.

Since the school began, student awareness of and response to this professional interest and personal dedication has been very evident, and rewardingly expressed in sustained, and occasionally totally re-born, student commitment to studies and academic excellence. The overall teacher-to-student ratio of one-to-twelve ensures extensive individual attention is available for every student.