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Costa Rica, San Jose
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English is the primary language of instruction. Spanish is taught as a second language, with Advanced Spanish offered in Elementary. In Middle School and High School, required courses from the Costa Rican Ministry of Education are taught in Spanish (Estudios Sociales and Civica). A language pathway includes Pre-AP Spanish Language & Culture, AP Spanish Language & Culture, and AP Spanish Literature.
The school offers bilingual education with English as the primary language of instruction and Spanish language study integrated across grade levels. Elementary includes Advanced Spanish three times per week; Middle School and High School include Spanish-taught courses aligned to the Costa Rican Ministry of Education and offer foreign language coursework.
Berkeley Academy Costa Rica is a private K–12 international school in Santa Ana, established in 2013. It delivers a U.S.-based high school program alongside the Costa Rican National Baccalaureate, awarding diplomas for each track. Instruction is English for U.S. required courses and Spanish for Costa Rican requirements, following a North American two-semester calendar. The curriculum includes the U.S. High School program grounded in UC/CSU A-G Requirements and more than 25 AP courses plus 20 Honors courses, with exams such as AP, PSAT variants, and the SAT. The school promotes bilingualism and multicultural perspectives, supported by comprehensive college counseling. A forthcoming state-of-the-art campus will feature a fully-equipped gym, a regulation soccer pitch, a semi-Olympic pool, an amphitheater, multiple auditoria, four student-research laboratories, four library centers, an art studio, and 60 classrooms. A Senior Thesis in Grade 12 (15 pages, 20 pages for honors) is required, defended under faculty supervision, along with internships and a Global Service program.
