Brazil, Campinas
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Founded by a small group of parents in 1956 and currently sponsored by six multinational companies (3M, Goodyear, Hyundai, Caterpillar, Sylvamo, and CPFL). Each sponsor company appoints an employee to serve on the EAC Board of Trustees, which guides the school's strategic direction and monitors its financial health.
Escola Americana de Campinas (EAC) is an independent, not-for-profit, co-educational international school on a 15-acre campus in Campinas, Brazil, about one hour from São Paulo. The school serves around 850 students aged 2 to 19 and is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The curriculum combines Montessori foundations in Preschool with a standards-based American and Brazilian program in Grades 1–12, and offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme in Grades 1–5 and the IB Diploma Programme in Grades 11–12. It operates as a dual-language environment (English/Portuguese) with Portuguese language instruction for 4- and 5-year-olds as part of the Brazilian program. The campus emphasizes STEAM across the curriculum; a 1:7 student-to-teacher ratio; and a developing Arts Center featuring a 500+ seat theater. After-school activities include Athletics, Creative Arts, Academics, Technology, Wellness, and Global Citizenship, with more than 40 offerings.