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Costa Rica, Guanacaste
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La Paz Community School was founded in 2007 by a group of educators, parents, guardians, and community members who shared a dream to offer an innovative, hands-on, bilingual education in Guanacaste. Operations began with 50 students from Kindergarten to 7th grade, including eight scholarship students, and the first two classrooms were built in loaned facilities in Flamingo, Guanacaste. In 2011, a film crew captured the La Paz campus and local community learning experiences. Today, approximately 750 students from preschool through 12th grade attend on two campuses, representing diverse communities in Costa Rica and around the world. Anchor Projects on the Cabo Velas campus connect students with the environment through year-long, hands-on work such as managing a chicken coop, greenhouses, and gardens.
The Cabo Velas Events and Sports Center provides top-tier facilities, including an arena and a semi-Olympic pool, for students and the community to share sports and cultural experiences. Anchor Projects connect students with the local community, promoting sustainability and 21st-century skills through year-long projects. The Visiting Educator Program and volunteering opportunities invite university and other volunteers to work with La Paz students and teachers. Families participate through the Cooperative Hours program, contributing 18 hours of service annually to support the school.
La Paz Community School is a PreK–12, non-profit, dual-immersion school in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, operating on two campuses: Cabo Velas and Tempisque, plus an Events and Sports Center on the Cabo Velas campus. The school teaches in English and Spanish and offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for 11th and 12th grades, with a bilingual PreK–12 education that immerses students in two languages and two cultures. Its experiential learning approach brings hands-on, real-world connections to every subject, from science labs and gardens to anchor projects such as managing a chicken coop, greenhouses, and composting. Facilities include air-conditioned classrooms, libraries, science labs, art and music spaces, a stage, and a semi-Olympic pool and arena for sports and performances. The Extracurricular Program spans sports, arts, recreation and culture, and anchor projects feed opportunities for leadership, service, and community impact across grades. Our teachers collaborate with families to support each student's growth everyday.
