Brussels Unit School Celebrates Grand Opening with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)- Europe and Brussels community are celebrating the opening of the new elementary high school on Sept. 10 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside our partners USAG Benelux and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District.

Brussels Unit School welcomed new students at its new facility in August of this year. To commemorate this historic opening a ribbon-cutting ceremony with representatives from the Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard, Space Force, DoDEA Europe and Belgian community will be in attendance to mark this event. The ceremony will include remarks from the new Director of DoDEA, Beth Schiavino-Narvaez, and an elementary and middle school parade of nations, followed by the ribbon-cutting celebration on the Lincoln Patio. 

The building of the school began in 2019 and was completed in under five years. Brussels Unit School was built for a capacity of around 300 students costing approximately $37.5 million to build. Currently, the school has a combined population of over 270 students: elementary, middle, and high. Most of the students are American but the school also provides education for international students from more than 25 nations. The school has a total square footage of 72,500 transforming the traditional school to a global classroom concept in a two-story building. The school was designed to not only meet but achieve schools silver certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)