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Spain, Barcelona
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The school uses a competency-based academic program that blends U.S. Common Core standards with the basic competencies of Catalonia and Spain. It emphasizes continuous formative assessment and active pedagogy, including cross-subject projects and STEAM activities, with teacher-guided instruction and access to self-paced online platforms. The curriculum integrates technology as a learning tool and aims to develop critical and creative thinking within a Biblical worldview. Class sizes are small, with reduced groups (maximum 15 students) and combined grades when appropriate.
There is an emphasis on musical, visual and performing arts, integrated as part of the overall learning experience. The pedagogy supports collaboration and varied teaching styles to foster artistic expression.
The school uses English, Spanish and Catalan in trilingual immersion with flexible groups and translanguaging. Reading and narrating back is used as a learning method through living books.
The school offers after school activities. Reduced groups and a collaborative, family-oriented atmosphere support social development.
Director - Head of School leads the school; an Assistant Director is on the leadership team. The staff includes a professional school counselor and Bible teachers.
Attending to spiritual needs and moral development is central. The school operates from a Biblical worldview that informs all academic study and school life. Moral training includes emotional education and values such as love, empathy, truth, and respect, with relational education and restorative discipline. The school emphasizes a family atmosphere and supports social and personal development through small class sizes and collaborative teaching.
Synergy International Christian School is a private, North American–style, trilingual international school located in Bellaterra, in the Cerdanyola del Vallès area near Barcelona. It serves students from ages 3 to 18 in preschool through secondary education and operates as a non‑profit Christian community aligned with Protestant values. The school offers an American curriculum that blends U.S. Common Core standards with the basic competencies of Catalonia and Spain, taught through English, Spanish and Catalan in flexible, translanguaged groups. Reading and narrating with Living Books is a core learning method, and instruction follows a Biblical worldview informed by the Charlotte Mason approach, using teacher-guided projects, cross‑subject projects, self-paced online platforms, STEAM activities and outdoor learning. Class sizes are small, with a maximum of 15 students per class and one class per grade. The school is accredited by ACSI (K‑12) and MSA (K‑12) and maintains after‑school activities, technology integration, and a family‑oriented atmosphere.
