INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Early Childhood Education
INTERNATIONALITY LETTER
Our school is bigger than the world.
All children possess the right to live childhood at its fullest.
Full of time, opportunities, discoveries, significant learning experiences, and powerful relationships.
Early Childhood Education must be seen as an indispensable and unique academic phase, where care and base education are entangled actions. It’s of our knowledge that such values are integrated with all activities inside the school, may they be simple or of great amplitude. To play among them is a powerful communication language between children and the world. Inspired by Reggio Emilia, our structure offers an environment where kids can have fun, discover, and create.
Such space craves challenging, exciting, and stimulating characteristics, capable of relating academic and lucid necessities so that children can encounter the challenge and pleasure present in learning, knowing how to benefit from the world’s positive offers with dominance. When playing, they can imagine, explore, and learn, build their identity and autonomy.
In this sense, there is an extra dedication placed when welcoming children inside our academic environment.
In Early Childhood Education, pedagogical documentation is regularly presented to families, allowing them to meet and understand activities realized inside the classroom. Pedagogical documentation is present in students’ routines with the mission of registering the process and results obtained from their academic work.
Courses and Periods
| Program | ECE |
| Early Childhood Education K3 to K5 |
ECEs: 7:30 AM - 3:15 PM |
Thinking of you, your family, and your day, Sant'Anna created outlets to assist your child during this period:
Sant'Anna Plus
Sant'Anna Mais (integral) now has a new name and it is Sant'Anna Plus. At Sant'Anna Plus children stay with us in the full period and the pedagogical part is worked in the morning period. In other words, in the afternoon, we'll have differentiated projects and other activities oriented for your son.
The Plus follows the following times:
| Entrance | Departure |
| 7:30 AM | 6 PM |
Break and lunch may be sent from home or hired at school, which is a highly nutritious menu, specially created by our nutritionist.
*Available up to the first semester of 1st grade (Elementary School).
Sant'Anna Daily
Did you like the full period, but can't let your child every day? There is no problem, you may choose to let him or her with us from 1 to 4 fixed days per week, being offered exclusively for students during the morning period.
The time is the following:
| Entrance | Departure |
| 7:30 AM | 6 PM |
If this option is the best one for your family, you can hire the school lunch, a healthy and delicious meal developed by our nutritionist, for the days that youwould like your child to have lunch with us. Oh, and there is also nap time, if your child gets tired and wants to rest before the games.
*Available up to the first semester of 1st grade (Elementary School).
Sant'Anna Care
Has a last minute appointment come up? Do you need us to look after your child for a few more hours?There’s no one to take care of your child until your work meeting is over? We understand your routine is not easy, and because of that we created Sant'Anna Care. It works by hiring a few extra hours for us to take care of your child, after the end of the class period (12:10), so , this option is exclusive for those who are enrolled in the morning period. Everything will be set by us, including a meal plan that includes all meals so you won’t have to worry about anything.
Departure time limit
| Departure time limit | 6 PM |
It works like this: the service order deadline is 9:00 AM daily. To order, you must log into the school's app or website and book the number of extra hours your child will stay at school. For students of the Brazilian Program, the 1st hour starts at 12:10 PM and lunch is included. From the 2nd hour on, the afternoon snack is also included. For students of the International Program, the 1st hour starts at 3:15 PM.
Payment is due in the following month, through a payment slip, which will be sent to the financial officer.
*Available up to the first semester of 1st grade (Elementary School).
If you have any doubts, look for the Admission department and we will be ready to answer! We thank you for your partnership and trust as always.
Elementary School
Elementary School is aimed at kids from 6 to 10 years old.
The curriculum and planning link both international and Brazilian ways to provide a basis for knowledge and skills. This development progresses throughout the years, enhanced by student interaction. Every year, students are motivated to become more independent their thoughts and their work.
Students’ time and space in school are managed in a way that favors constant dialogue, the pursuit for comprehension of information, inquiries, and research of topics present in class. Teamwork is an important part of our motive and it brings a wider look to diversity.Students’ time and space in school are managed in a way that favors constant dialogue, the pursuit for comprehension of information, inquiries, and research of topics present in class. Teamwork is an important part of our motive and it brings a wider look to diversity.
To help them in their improvement and manage the academic process, students participate in the MAP test twice a year and the WrAP test in 3rd and 5th grade. The MAP test measures progress in Reading, Language Usage, Science and Math, while the WrAP test focuses on Writing.
Courses and Periods
| Programa | Elementary School |
| Elementary School 1st to 5th Grade |
7:30 AM - 3:15 PM |
Middle School
The Middle School curriculum covers 6th grade through 8th grade, it’s rigorous and demands international and Brazilian prerequisites for graduation.
Students take part in subjects based on English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Disciplines such as music, arts, electives, life projects, and physical education provide full formation, which values the development of individual, social, and cognitive aspects.
Through the sports program, in which the student’s participation is also based on their academic performance, kids have the chance to develop their motor skills and learn team spirit and teamwork, as well as using the school’s values.
The “House Program”, or in Portuguese, “Programa das Casas”, has as its objective to motivate collaborative work through activities aiming to connect Early Childhood Education, Elementary, Middle e High School students.
At the same time social skills are required in groups that have both girls and boys of different ages, the activities presented develop academic skills, because students are exposed to logic challenges that involve interpretation to problem-solving.
Furthermore, the program has as its objective to teach kids, in a playful way, the importance of respect, leadership, and teamwork.
Courses and Periods
| Programa | Middle School |
| Middle School 6th to 8th Grade |
7:20 AM - 3:30 PM |
K12 International Academy e PLL
International students that don’t take part in Portuguese classes are enrolled in-depth through the K12 International Academy.
In addition, they also attend Portuguese Language Learning (PLL) classes. Just like our school, K12 International Academy is also accredited by Cognia.
Teacher-Tutor Program & Advisory Program
Middle School students participate in counseling meetings, guided through the teacher-tutor. Preparing students to make decisions at this important time of life, the teacher-tutor is the one who knows his students well and can talk to them in groups or individually to manage social and academic development.
The teacher-tutor is a defender for the student, providing constant support for each student by creating this support relationship between teacher and student and by listening and answering to students’ problems. Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking and the ability to solve problems creatively.
High School
High School has its beginning in 9th grade and its end in 12th grade, following the American system of education.
The planning in the course reflects what Sant’Anna considers essential for determined, critical, respectful, students fully formed and ready to continue their studies in the best Brazilian and international universities.
To help students adapt to this course, during 9th grade, students take part in a variety of transition classes. From 10th grade on, SAT (PSAT) preliminary tests and tests for the most popular vestibulares in Brazil demand student planning.
Students from all grades can participate in extracurricular activities, such as Sports, National Honor Society, Student Council, MUN (Model of United Nations), that help in the development of leadership skills.
Complementing regular classes, students take part in elective classes that focus on enhancing different skills in a process that values protagonism and autonomy of the student in the search for personal and professional development.
K12 International Academy e PLL
International students that don’t take part in Portuguese classes are enrolled in-depth through the K12 International Academy. Besides, theses students also take part in Aprendizagem da Língua Portuguesa (PLL) classes.
K12’s platform is also available for High School students who wish to take Honors and Advanced Placement classes. As well as our school, K12 International Academy is also recognized by Cognia.
At the end of High School and the International Program, students are given a double certificate, including the conclusion of the Ensino Médio Brasileiro and the international diploma.
For more information about the academic program and data regarding student approval in Brazilian and international universities, access our School Profile.
After School
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