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Costa Rica, Guanacaste
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Academia Teocali offers comprehensive education from preschool through the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, paired with a bilingual modality. The school emphasizes the development of thinking skills, including critical thinking, analytical thinking, and global thinking, as well as problem solving and decision making. It also fosters self-regulation, independent and autonomous learning, communication, conflict resolution, and emotional education. This approach prepares students to become capable professionals who can participate effectively in a global community.
English and Spanish are taught in a bilingual modality in most classes, enabling students to develop proficiency in both languages. The school fosters intercultural understanding and a global outlook as part of its mission and IB program. The word Teocali comes from Náhuatl, meaning 'House of Wisdom'.
The Diploma Programme begins in eleventh grade after a selection process in the tenth grade, and graduates complete the twelfth year, allowing students to prioritize and deepen other topics that complement their formation. The Diploma Programme emphasizes inquiry, research, and teamwork, developing leadership, collaboration, and professional competencies. IB graduates are prepared for university studies and international opportunities within a rigorous, internationally recognized framework.
Life at Academia Teocali promotes life-long learning and a proactive, transformative mindset. Students become solidary, well-informed, and eager for knowledge, contributing to a better and more peaceful world within the framework of mutual respect and intercultural understanding. The school's core values include integrity, harmonious coexistence, honesty, solidarity, and social sensitivity.
Academia Teocali is a private educational institution in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, founded in 1982 as the first bilingual school. The campus delivers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in a bilingual English–Spanish environment, serving students from preschool through grade 12. The school is recognized by the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Education and accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization, enabling the IB Diploma and meeting national diploma requirements. The program emphasizes inquiry, research, teamwork, and the development of thinking skills, with a strong focus on critical and global thinking, problem solving, communication, and autonomous learning. Core values include integrity, harmonious coexistence, honesty, solidarity, and social sensitivity. English and Spanish are taught in most classes, fostering intercultural understanding and linguistic proficiency. In grade 11–12, students undertake the Diploma Programme after a selective process in grade 10. The school aims to prepare graduates for university study and international opportunities within a rigorous framework.
