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SEL is provided to all students and their parents. The Elementary School Counseling Program uses a three-tiered approach to social-emotional learning. It develops five social and emotional competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Through bi-monthly storybook-based mini-lessons for 1st–4th grade, students learn developmentally appropriate social-emotional skills such as making and keeping friends, empathy, compassion, and self-regulation. Some students participate in focused groups (e.g., new students, Girls in Real Life Situations) and peer mediation meetings, and Escuela Para Padres meetings provide tools to help parents support their children. Balboa Academy high school counselors work with students to support college-bound planning and personal development, and counselors are active members of professional associations related to college admissions.
Honor and support classes are offered.
Full English Immersion: Balboa Academy provides a comprehensive English language immersion experience starting from preschool.
Balboa Academy offers Social and Emotional Learning for all students and parents. Counseling programs across elementary, middle, and high school include classroom guidance, small group and individual counseling, student observations, parent conferences, mediation, referrals to services, and ongoing professional development for teachers. High School counselors work with students diagnosed with medical, psychological, behavioral, and/or social issues and promote family/parenting education and college counseling to support student wellbeing and success.
Counselors promote mediation among students, parents, and teachers; they lead family/parenting education at school and maintain a list of community resources to refer students to when needed. This collaborative approach supports safeguarding and student welfare.
Balboa Academy is a private day, college-preparatory school in Panama City, located in Ciudad del Saber, Clayton. It offers a U.S. standards-based curriculum with English as the language of instruction and issues dual Panamanian and U.S. diplomas. The program serves PK3–12 with a 180-day, two-semester calendar. The middle and high schools provide English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Sciences, Modern Languages, Computer Science, and an Encore curriculum, with accelerated options and Spanish-language courses required by Panama. The high school offers 19 AP courses plus 4 Pre-AP courses; AP Capstone is available after completing at least four APs plus AP Seminar and AP Research. Balboa Academy operates on the Ciudad del Saber campus with three academic buildings, an Athletics Building, and access to a sports complex. A Costa Sur campus opens in 2027. The school joined Inspired Education Group, supporting Exchange Programs and Global Camps with participants from over 40 nationalities across continents.
