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Peru, Huaraz
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El Pinar College promotes international understanding, environmental awareness, and active work toward global peace through the development of cultural understanding, tolerance, and respect, with the aim of forming knowledgeable and inquisitive students who celebrate difference and contribute to sustainable development in a peaceful world. The school opened a Research Center as part of the IB pathway, designed to support student inquiry and develop a global perspective. In 2024, the Interhouses system was inaugurated, uniting the El Pinar College family for a day of competitions, with the red Snake House winning the event. Tutor classes are now supported by school psychologists who participate in tutoring with counseling topics to support students' development.
Since 2010, the school has a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) that supports various activities for the institution at no cost. The PTA is referenced in the school's Frequently Asked Questions as a cost-free organization. Participation in PTA activities incurs no cost.
El Pinar College is an international school in Peru offering a continuum from Early Years through Senior School. The curriculum combines IEYC and IPC in the early years with Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma Programme in the upper school, anchored in International Baccalaureate framework. IB educators are IB-certified, and the program emphasizes developing global, critical, and engaged citizens. Instruction is multilingual: students study in their home language and learn Spanish as a second language; English is taught as a foreign language, with Cambridge KET, PET, and IGCSE available and IB French possible. The campus supports modern learning with technology-equipped classrooms, science and computing laboratories, libraries, auditorium, a creative arts room, and sports facilities including soccer, basketball, volleyball, and tennis courts. The school runs a four-house system (Griffin, Phoenix, Pegasus, Minotaur) with Interhouse competitions and parent involvement. Volunteering through VolunTeach Peru and Center of Investigation bolster inquiry, leadership, and service.
