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The school offers a bilingual program designed to develop linguistic skills and intercultural understanding. English-taught courses include Language Arts, Numeracy, Integrated Science, Social Studies, Music, Visual Art, IT, and the Extended Essay, with a Reading Plan across Elementary, Middle, and High School. Since 1998, students prepare for Cambridge English examinations, and since 2011 for the English B certificate of the International Baccalaureate. A portion of the staff are native English speakers and there are intercultural exchange opportunities with English-speaking countries.
The school provides a solid artistic foundation across visual arts, drama, music, and dance. From early grades, art is used to develop personal and community identity through reflective analysis. Art courses encourage curiosity and openness to both familiar and unfamiliar artistic worlds, and help students recognize relationships, patterns, and structures.
The bilingual program develops linguistic skills and intercultural understanding to communicate in English. The staff includes 50% native English speakers to support immersion and cultural exchange. Courses taught in English include Language Arts, Numeracy, Integrated Science, Social Studies, Music, Visual Art, IT, and Extended Essay, developing linguistic competencies alongside an English Reading Plan. Since 1998, students prepare for Cambridge English exams; since 2011, for the English B certificate from IB. Exchange trips with English-speaking countries such as Ireland and the United States are promoted.
Extracurricular activities include debate and Model United Nations; Alpamayo has participated in MMUN Hangzhou and other debater events. The Argumentes national school debate tournament is hosted, bringing together multiple institutions. The school also hosts concerts and performances that involve student musicians and dancers.
Leadership development is fostered through school competitions such as Copa Cumbre, launched in 2005 to promote broad participation and values like solidarity, integration, teamwork, and identification with the school. Over the years Alpamayo has pursued and achieved international tournament experiences and recognitions in sports, supporting students to grow as responsible leaders. The emphasis on teamwork, competition, and public representation is evident in the school's athletic and interschool activities.
Education Física - Deportes emphasizes that all students participate in sport because the aim is educational rather than purely competitive. The program builds character, leadership, and teamwork while promoting health and well-being. Extracurricular sports academies run after school from 3:45 to 5:00 pm in swimming, football, basketball, athletics, chess, and ping pong, with ongoing participation in national and international tournaments.
Colégio Alpamayo is a male-only Catholic school in Lima, Peru, offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (DP) for grades 10 and 11, with a bilingual option including at least two English-taught Higher Level subjects such as History. The DP is taught within a six-subject IB framework spanning Language and Literature, Languages, Individuals and Societies, Sciences, Mathematics, and Arts or Electives, with core elements Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge, and Creativity, Activity and Service. The school operates on two campuses in Lima: the main campus at Bucaramanga 145 Mayorazgo and a PreSchool campus in Surco, with facilities including a modern chapel, a Psychopedagogical Department, language and arts spaces, and a range of after-school programs. Alpamayo emphasizes sport, arts, and language learning, with a history of internationalization and student mobility since 2011, a bilingual curriculum, and extensive exchange opportunities, including Cambridge English preparation and the IB English B certificate, and international exchanges.
