Brazil, Sao Paulo
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The school promotes complete development of the student's personality. It fosters respect for rights and fundamental freedoms and the exercise of tolerance and freedom within the democratic principles of coexistence. It promotes the acquisition of intellectual habits and working techniques, as well as knowledge across scientific, technical, humanistic, historical, and aesthetic fields. It prepares students to actively participate in social and cultural life. It promotes peace, cooperation, and solidarity among peoples and the study of Spanish and Portuguese languages, fostering sociocultural understanding between Spain and Brazil.
Students develop broad formative objectives and experience adolescence. They plan life projects, build new relationships, and face physical and emotional changes.
Colégio Miguel de Cervantes is a bilingual, multicultural school in São Paulo delivering the IB Diploma Programme to students from 3 to 18. Founded in 1978 by Spanish residents, the school blends Spanish-Brazilian private education and aims to promote Spanish language and culture. The three-level structure is Educación Infantil, Ensino Fundamental, and Enseñanza Media, with personalized teaching and development of the whole person. The campus in Morumbi covers 57,000 m2, including 17,854 m2 of green space and 107 learning environments. Facilities include a library expanded to three floors (over 45,000 reference works), a Documentation Center, STEAM space with 3D printers and a laser cutter, laboratories, a theater, music rooms, pools, and sports areas. The school offers exam preparation for Cambridge and DELE, and diplomas are valid in Brazil and Spain; a dual qualification is available. The Cervantes Solidário program supports sociocultural initiatives in the community, and students have access to European universities through the IB and dual diploma pathways.