Chile, Santiago
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The holistic development of students is central to the CSS educational project, with curriculum learning conducted in a climate of respect, responsibility, and friendship. The Convivencia Escolar (coexistence) team coordinates school climate initiatives to support students, led by Natalia Yáñez as convivencia coordinator.
The Department of Apoyo Escolar (DAE) accompanies students emotionally and psycho-pedagogically at all levels, working closely with teachers, guardians and families. The psychopedagogue is Geraldine Ossandón and the psychologist is Karen Espinosa.
Students graduate with multilingual competencies; they can speak three to four languages and navigate diverse cultures. In secondary school, English is taught as a subject as part of the curriculum.
The Department of Apoyo Escolar provides emotional and psycho-pedagogical support to students at all levels. Convivencia Escolar coordinates efforts to maintain a climate of respect, responsibility and friendship.
The school maintains a Plan Integral de Seguridad Escolar (PISE) as part of the internal regulations to ensure safety. Protocols address bullying, abuse, incidents of violence, and emergencies. A Canal de denuncias (reporting channel) is available for complaints, which may be anonymous and with identity protections.
Schweizer Schule Santiago is a private, secular international school in Chile with formal ties to Switzerland. It offers a bespoke curriculum for students aged 4 to 18, from prekindergarten through the fourth year of secondary education. The Basel-Landschaft canton patronage supports the school, and it is recognized and subsidized by the Swiss government; it is the oldest Swiss-affiliated school in Latin America. The curriculum emphasizes cultural exchange, universal human values, and language instruction, with programs recognized in both Chile and Switzerland. The campus spans about 7,200 square meters of built space on a 17,600-square-meter site shared with the Swiss Club, adjacent to campus with access to a pool and tennis courts. Facilities include biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics laboratories, spaces for Arts, Music, Crafts, Cooking, Technology, and Informatics, libraries, gyms, and health and psycho-pedagogical services. TAEX extension workshops offer after-school activities in sport, arts, science, and languages, enriching student life beyond class hours.