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Uruguay, Montevideo
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Social-Emotional Learning is included in Early Childhood and Elementary as a dedicated specialist class. The curriculum emphasizes holistic development, including cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth. The UAS Learner Profile includes Globally Aware, Creative, and Emotionally Intelligent attributes that guide learning and interaction. Learning units are organized around six transdisciplinary themes that address personal and social health, relationships, and well-being. SEL is reinforced through the Social-Emotional Learning class and related activities across the EC-ES program.
UAS provides a Student Support Team (SST), a Counselor, and a Learning Specialist to support students with diverse needs. An English Language Learner (ELL) program provides English language acquisition support for non-English-speaking students. MAP Growth assessments (Grades 2–5) and SEA assessments monitor progress and help teachers tailor instruction. The Uruguayan Program (UP) classes are taught in Spanish. The school operates in a bilingual environment with English and Spanish as the two main languages, and many students study Portuguese.
An English Language Learner (ELL) program provides English language acquisition support. The language of instruction is English in most classes; the Uruguayan Program classes are taught in Spanish. All students study English for four years and a second language for at least three years to earn the American Diploma.
Social-Emotional Learning is integrated across EC-ES to support emotional and social development. The school provides a Counselor, a Learning Specialist, and a Student Support Team (SST) to support mental wellbeing and learning needs. Ability Awareness, organized by the counselor and the Middle School Student Council, fosters empathy and understanding of people with sensory deficits, developmental disabilities, and chronic conditions. The UAS Learner Profile includes Emotionally Intelligent as an attribute guiding interactions.
UAS Code of Conduct sets standards of acceptable behavior and protects the rights of students; violations can lead to disciplinary action, including detention, internal or external suspension, or behavioral contracts. There is an Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures. The School Nurse and other school specialists (Counselor, Learning Specialist, SST) support student health and safety as part of safeguarding.
Uruguayan American School (UAS) is a private, college-preparatory day school in Montevideo, founded in 1958 to promote intercultural understanding through a U.S.-style education in Uruguay. The curriculum blends the American Education Reaches Out (AERO) standards with the U.S. Common Core, delivered in English in Early Childhood and Elementary, while Spanish Language and Social Studies follow the Uruguayan ANEP-DGEIP framework. An optional Uruguayan Program (UP) through Grade 6 provides an integrated, inquiry-based track in Spanish that yields both U.S. and Uruguayan diplomas and Mercosur transcript recognition. In Secondary, Grades 9–10 use a U.S. curriculum, and Grades 11–12 offer the International Baccalaureate, with three diplomas available: U.S. High School Diploma, Uruguayan Diploma, and IB Diploma. UAS is NEASC-accredited in the United States and ANEP-accredited in Uruguay, and the IB Diploma Program is offered. The three-hectare Carrasco campus houses a large library with more than 19,000 books, four science laboratories, a Design Lab, multiple computer labs, two gymnasiums, a fitness center, outdoor fields, an auditorium, and airy, air-conditioned classrooms. The school serves a diverse, 35+ nationalities with strong language offerings including German and French.
