Preparing young adults to fearlessly pursue their passions as empathetic, informed lifelong learners.
Vision
The La Paz Casa Chirripó experience is the culmination of the student’s’ path to discovery of their self, family, and community in the greater context of the world. Graduating La Paz students will have internalized the La Paz Peace Practices and be able to apply them to their future endeavors to generate thoughtful, progressive change in an increasingly complex, diverse, and dynamic global community. The International Baccalaureate Learner Profile is a fundamental part of each student’s curriculum and learning process.
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The freedom of learning everywhere on campus, how we connect everything in class to other classes and the outside environment.
– Fausto, Grade 11th
Preparation for Multiple Life Paths
La Paz graduates are well-prepared for continued studies at universities in Costa Rica and abroad. Having developed the skills to be critical thinkers, effective communicators and compassionate life-long learners in two languages, La Paz students are prepared to actively participate in post-secondary life whether in a Costa Rican university, foreign university, or the local/foreign volunteer/workforce.
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Academics
The La Paz secondary school experience offers a balance between academically rigorous hands-on classroom instruction in core/co-curricular subjects as well as complementary projects, service learning, and excursions that enrich and authenticate the academic experience through place-based and project-based learning. The IB curriculum provides the academic structure necessary for students to graduate with the skills necessary to effectively explore and actively participate in their postsecondary world.
Socioemotional Learning
Advisory consists of a meeting with 12-13 students of mixed grade levels (9th-12th), twice per week for 35 minutes, and a staff adviser who provides academic and personal support and helps foster communication skills, cultural empathy, wellness, team building, trust, and individual self-esteem. The Advisory Program is the result of La Paz’s conscious and deliberate decision to ensure that each child in our school has an adult advocate and companions of different ages to talk to.
As a complement to Advisory, students meet twice per week for 35 minutes in a circle for Morning Meeting which provides an opportunity for both academic and non-academic discourse in an organic and respectful environment.
Begin your story at La Paz
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La Paz Admissions Process
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