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Brazil, Santana De Parnaiba
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The school is located at Al. Castanheiras, 250, Tamboré, Santana de Parnaíba, SP, Brazil. It is in Alphaville/Tamboré, a suburban area of Santana de Parnaíba. The contact number is (11) 4152-4600 and the email is castanheiras@escolacastanheiras.com.br. A map is available via Google Maps.
Cycle 1 – 1st to 3rd year; Cycle 2 – 4th to 7th year; Cycle 3 – 8th to 3rd year of Ensino Médio. The school offers Primary, Middle, and High School levels, with expanded English instruction, Spanish language study, and IB Diploma Programme as a possibility.
Private day school
Pedagogical support and recovery are provided. Differentiated activities in small groups support learning, and GOA (Gestão e Organização da Aprendizagem) develops learning-to-learn skills.
Brazil
Class schedule: 1st–5th years run from 8:00 to 15:10, Monday to Thursday; on Fridays, 8:00 to 12:30. Lunches are provided by Bedin and eaten in the school cafeteria; families may eat in the cafeteria only on Fridays. For younger grades, lunch options include bringing lunch from home or using the Lancheira Castanheiras; the school uses a biometric/cracha system for entry and lunch purchases.
Bus service is not provided by the school. Transport is arranged by families, who must inform the Secretariat of the transport details and changes in writing.
Application fees
- No publicly posted value for an application, reservation, pre‑matrícula, or matrícula fee was found on the school's public admissions materials. Admissions are handled through the school's online inquiry/matrícula form and admissions portal, but no specific fee amounts are displayed.
Tuition fees by year group (per term / per year)
- The school does not publish a public schedule of tuition amounts by year group, nor per‑term or per‑year breakdowns for the 2026/27 or 2025/26 academic years in its publicly accessible pages. No specific tuition figures for any grade (Infantil, Fundamental I, Fundamental II, Ensino Médio) were available on the school's public pages.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- There is no publicly posted table of billing schedules, number of installments, due dates, or contractual payment terms available on the school's public pages. The school references a family/administration area and a rematrícula system (Sistema GDS) and a student/parent portal where administrative items are managed, which indicates billing and re‑enrollment processes are handled through those systems, but specific billing calendars and payment term details are not published publicly.
Boarding fees (if applicable)
- The school operates as a day school at its Alphaville (Tamboré) address; there is no indication of boarding or residential accommodation and therefore no boarding fees are published.
Other costs or fees (uniforms, meals, activities, materials, transport)
- No publicly posted price list for uniforms, meal plans, extracurricular activities, mandatory materials, or transport was found on the school's publicly accessible pages. The school provides menus and references services for families, but no fixed fee amounts for these items are published publicly.
Refund information
- There is no publicly available, detailed refund or cancellation policy (for application fees, matrícula, or tuition) on the school's public pages. General consumer protection rules applicable in Brazil require that pre‑payments integrated into the annual tuition be treated according to consumer law, but no school‑specific refund terms were published.
Fee payment options (credit card, bank transfer, boleto, etc.)
- The school's public pages list administrative systems (Portal do aluno, Sistema GDS) and contact channels but do not publish accepted payment methods or banking details on publicly accessible pages. No explicit list of payment options (credit card, bank transfer, boleto bancário, PIX, etc.) was posted publicly.
Summary statement for parents
- As of March 18, 2026, the school's publicly accessible pages do not include a fee schedule or numeric values for application, tuition, uniform, boarding (not applicable), meal, activity, refund, or payment‑method details. Administrative and billing functions are referenced as handled through the school's parent/student systems and rematrícula processes, but no itemized fee amounts or formal billing calendar are available on those public pages.
Escola Castanheiras is a private day school in Alphaville–Tamboré, Santana de Parnaíba, SP, Brazil, offering the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the IB Diploma Programme (DP). The school combines an inquiry-based PYP for the younger years with a BNCC-aligned Fundamental II (grades 6–8) and English taught weekly, plus Spanish, supported by the GOA framework to foster self-directed learning. In Ensino Médio, the IB Diploma Programme is available as an option, in a trilingual Portuguese/English/Spanish setting, reinforcing knowledge handling and critical thinking. Castanheiras emphasizes internationalization through expanded English instruction, language study, and global-minded curricula. Facilities include 32 technology-equipped classrooms, a library, multi-purpose laboratories, maker spaces, and open, airy learning spaces guided by knowledge scenography. Sports and arts facilities feature an arena, gym, climbing wall, theatre and dance rooms, and a maker space. The school is a Google Reference School since 2022 and hosts diverse arts, culture, and technology activities globally.
