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Brazil, Rio De Janeiro
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The CIEI is an IB World School offering full-time education. It sits on about 10,000 square meters of grounds in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by nature. Learning takes place both inside and outside the classroom, with a full-day schedule that blends curricular subjects with sports and arts activities, meals, and breaks. The modular buildings resemble Swiss chalets and house air-conditioned classrooms with wide verandas. External areas include playgrounds, a covered sports court, a barbecue area, a synthetic grass field, a sand field, a pool, and green spaces, along with a fish pond, ponies, goats, a turtle, and a garden. The school is committed to environmental sustainability, including a Mini Wastewater Treatment Plant that treats water for reuse in watering plants and the garden.
The school has a covered sports court for indoor/outdoor activities. The outdoor area includes playgrounds with wooden equipment, a barbecue square, a synthetic grass field, a sand field, a swimming pool, and open spaces for sports and leisure. There are dedicated spaces for ballet and judo. These facilities support a broad physical education and extracurricular program.
The modular buildings house air-conditioned classrooms with broad verandas. There is a culinary/experimental kitchen for older students. There is a computer room, a library with a study area, and laboratories for physics, chemistry and natural sciences. There are rooms for manual work and for activities and workshops, as well as support rooms, a ballet studio, a judo room, changing rooms, and an industrial kitchen with a large dining hall/auditorium that includes a stage for events and graduations.
The school offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities. The day runs from 8:00 to 16:45, combining curricular classes with extracurricular activities. Spaces for ballet and judo are provided on campus. There are dedicated rooms for activities and workshops. Outdoor spaces and athletic facilities support the extracurricular program.
CIEI is an IB World School in Rio de Janeiro offering the Primary Years Programme and the Diploma Programme for students aged 4 to 18. The school day runs from 8:00 to 16:45 and incorporates learning in Portuguese, English, German, and Spanish, with English-language instruction used for Diploma subjects in the High School. The campus sits on about 10,000 square meters in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, surrounded by nature, and features modular buildings in Swiss chalet style, air conditioned classrooms, and verandas. Facilities include science labs, a computer room, a library, a culinary/experimental kitchen, a dance studio, a judo room, a stage, a pool, and multiple outdoor spaces. CIEI emphasizes inquiry, intercultural understanding, and sustainable attitudes through an integrated schedule that blends academics, sports, and arts. The school is certified as a Cambridge Exam Preparation Centre, and the Exhibition PYP project anchors its inquiry in the final year of primary school.
