Italy, Milan
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The Milano campus will open in the 2026/27 school year in a newly renovated facility. It offers preschool through Grade 8 and uses International Baccalaureate Primary Years and Middle Years Programmes with English/Italian language immersion. The Milano campus will apply for IB candidacy prior to opening, while other campuses are fully accredited. The language immersion model follows the Montreal Language Immersion Model with grade-by-grade distributions: PreK 10% Italian / 90% English; K–1st 20% Italian / 80% English; 2nd 30% Italian / 70% English; 3rd–5th 50% Italian / 50% English; 6th–8th 50% Italian / 50% English. The campus is located at Via Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis 8, 20155 Milano, Italy.
Physical Education & Athletics is one of the Ateliers in La Scuola's Reggio Emilia-inspired program.
Ateliers include Art, Environmental Science/Garden, Music, Physical Education & Athletics, Languages, and Design & Technology. The Music program includes the Ambassador Ensemble and two all-school concerts per year. The Garden & Environmental Studies Atelier provides hands-on ecology learning.
Ambassador Ensemble is a plucked string orchestra that rehearses and performs at events; all-school concerts occur twice yearly. The Garden program provides outdoor environmental learning opportunities as part of La Scuola's Ateliers.
La Scuola International School offers an international, language-rich education for children aged 2 to 14. The Milano campus will blend the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme with a Reggio Emilia-inspired learning approach and English/Italian language immersion. While Milano applies for IB candidacy before opening, other campuses are fully accredited. In line with the Montreal Language Immersion Model, instruction uses English and Italian with grade-appropriate distributions, beginning with 90/10 English/Italian in PreK and moving toward balanced bilingual learning from primary through middle grades. The school also draws on a bespoke curriculum that complements IB with hands-on projects and multilingual inquiry. Facilities features include Ateliers such as Art, Environmental Science/Garden, Music, Languages, and Design & Technology, plus Physical Education & Athletics. The Ambassador Ensemble and two yearly concerts showcase student creativity; the Garden & Environmental Studies Atelier provides ecological learning. Languages are embedded across learning, supporting culturally engaged learners.