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Portugal, Braga
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The Academy integrates extracurricular experiences as an essential part of students' holistic development. It plans, organizes, and oversees the College's extracurricular dynamics to ensure activities across cultural, artistic, athletic, wellness, and personal development contribute to growth. It is structured into six Schools—School of Being, School of Care, School of Sports, School of Arts, School of Knowledge, and School for Parents and Grandparents—providing a unified path where students discover talents and deepen skills.
The School of Arts coordinates all artistic extracurricular activities: music, theatre, dance, ballet, painting, pottery, and more. Through these experiences, students develop aesthetic sensitivity, creativity, discipline, and the ability to express emotions and ideas. The program emphasizes creative exploration and personal expression.
The School of Being embodies civic education, group dynamics, and faith experiences. Volunteering plays a central role, with a progressive program rooted in the College's community that fosters compassion, resilience, and a sense of service.
The School of Sports drives sports-related extracurricular initiatives, and the CJPII Sports Club hosts competitive disciplines such as volleyball, karate, and ropeskipping. Sports are a space for excellence that builds healthy habits, teamwork, discipline, resilience, mutual respect, and belonging.
Volunteering is central to the School of Being, offering service projects and activities with strong community roots. These initiatives promote compassion, social responsibility, and engagement with the wider community.
The Academy plans, organizes, and oversees the College's extracurricular dynamics, guiding talent discovery and skill development across the School of Being, Care, Sports, Arts, Knowledge, and the School for Parents and Grandparents.
The School of Care coordinates psychology, therapy (speech, occupational), nutrition, and school medicine to support student well-being. After-school care runs from 7:30 am to 8 pm, and camps operate during school breaks; sports and arts programs promote balanced physical and personal development.
Colégio João Paulo II in Portugal is a private, Catholic-inspired school that blends tradition with innovation to shape autonomous, ethical young people. Since its founding in 2006, the school emphasizes academic, human, social, and spiritual development within a Christian framework. The International School on the Dume Campus delivers Cambridge IGCSE in grades 9-10 and the IB Diploma Programme in grades 11-12, with all courses taught in English in a facilities area. At the end of grade 8, students choose between the Official Portuguese Curriculum and the international pathway. The international track offers language immersion and access to laboratories, art rooms, a multi-sport court, and a cafeteria. The program is a Cambridge IGCSE–IB continuum, and the school is a Candidate IB World School pursuing authorization. In addition to academics, it provides exchanges, internships, volunteering, and a holistic extracurricular program organized around six Schools for Being, Care, Sports, Arts, Knowledge, and Family.
