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Peru, Lima
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The school has a cafeteria. The Green Committee notes a compost station to reduce food waste for cafeteria residue.
Four houses — Churchill (blue), Dickens (yellow), Shakespeare (green) and Eckford (red) — provide student leadership through four house captains and four vice-captains. Captains start in August of Grade 10 and finish in July of Grade 11; the system fosters leadership and opportunities to lead sporting, cultural and academic events, including Get Together Day and Sports Day.
Association HOPE is the owner of Hiram Bingham. HOPE was established in 1980 to found the school and remains the owner.
Hiram Bingham is an international school in Peru offering the International Baccalaureate continuum (PYP, MYP, DP) for ages 3 to 16. Founded in 1980, it is Peru's first school authorised for all three IB programmes (2003) and in 2022 underwent a continuum evaluation by IB. The campus in Santiago de Surco features classrooms with German furniture and air‑conditioning, four secondary science laboratories, a Primary multi‑purpose room, and libraries for each section. Students benefit from extensive arts and performance facilities, including two art rooms, a pottery kiln, a dance room, music and drama spaces, and a theatre seating 358. The school offers a broad extracurricular program across sport, arts and service, with facilities for basketball, swimming, football and more. With 700 students and cohort limits of 50, Hiram Bingham emphasizes personalised education in a close community. English, Spanish and French are taught, with Cambridge and Alliance Française examinations and IB university access.
