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Mexico, Monterrey
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Active learning and life-skills development are central. Critical thinking and problem solving are prioritized. Students are the protagonists of their learning, and teaching adapts to their abilities. Teachers guide and accompany students, using feedback and dialogue to strengthen their aptitudes. The school aims to form individuals with integrity who think critically, act autonomously, and strive to improve themselves, learning to think intelligently, seek truth, aspire with will, and love wholeheartedly.
The school has a psychopedagogical support area that coordinates with safeguarding leadership to support students' developmental and learning needs.
The Safeguarding Environments policy provides a 360-degree model to protect students' physical, moral, and psychological well-being. An annual program educates students in self-care to recognize and prevent abuse, with parental consent. The school assigns an Encargado de Ambientes Seguros (EAS) to oversee implementation, coordinating with the psychopedagogical area. Staff receive ongoing safeguarding training at least every three years. The policy includes procedures for identifying risk indicators and reporting them to the EAS and school leadership to address potential harm promptly.
The policy rests on international and Mexican law foundations to protect children and adolescents. It defines abuse and presents an integrated safeguarding model covering prevention, detection, and response. It includes a Code of Conduct and detailed procedures for staff and service providers, admission health checks, and ongoing safety monitoring. It requires parental consent for activities and for certain communications and medical care. It outlines identification and reporting of risk indicators to the EAS and director, with written records. It prescribes a step-by-step response to incidents, including contacting authorities when needed and providing ongoing support to the student.
Irish Monterrey is an international Catholic bilingual school in Monterrey, Mexico, serving students aged 3 to 15. The school offers bilingual instruction in English and Spanish and combines the Mexican curriculum with Advanced Placement options for eligible levels, within a Catholic education framework. The program emphasizes language development, information technologies, solid science and technology education, and cultural understanding. A teacher acts as a coach to develop critical thinking and emotional intelligence through a relationship among student, teacher and context, with differentiated instruction by maturation. The Semper Altius School Network coordinates two campuses: Irish First School (Alfonso Reyes 400 Ote., San Patricio) and Irish Middle School (Batallón de San Patricio 110, San Agustín). Facilities include a Makerspace, library, chapels, auditoriums, gym, athletic fields, music and art rooms, a cafeteria, and green spaces. Extracurriculars feature STEAM, robotics (Dronemakers and Mecakids), chess, music, and leadership activities such as Irish Tank. ISTE 2025 participation.
