We are a cooperative, we are a community

Our cooperative principles drive us to share our project with the entire school community and to work towards building a better world.

With over 10 years of experience

A diverse education

We believe that diversity is a fundamental tool for understanding the world around us. Our students are and will be whoever they choose to be.

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Using our own materials

We work with our own materials, adapting curricular content to the world around us and to each student’s pace of learning.

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We are technology

We recognize that we are in a new era that offers many new tools. Therefore, we teach students to use these technologies in a responsible and useful manner, never as a substitute for hands-on experiences.

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Supporting every stage

Completing a stage at Som Escola means being prepared for what lies ahead—not only in terms of knowledge, but also in values and a vision for the future.

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How was Som Escola born?

Som Escola was born as an expression of the teaching staff’s desire to offer a different kind of education, questioning the existing relationships between all members of the educational community within the teaching-learning process. We aspire to an educational model where our students can receive a comprehensive education, with critical thinking skills, respect for the environment, and involvement in the society of which they must be an active part.

Som Escola Teaching Staff

Educational philosophy

We are committed to students being the protagonists of their own learning process, accompanying them in their development based on the concepts of love, humor, freedom, diversity, equality, participation, collaboration, cooperation, respect, and humanism.

Love is the foundation of an atmosphere of safety and trust where children and adolescents will develop as individuals. Showing affection toward students contributes to improving their self-esteem and, consequently, their learning.

Humor must be present in the classroom, as it facilitates a positive atmosphere, increases motivation, and stimulates divergent thinking and imagination. When children and adolescents enjoy an environment of constant freedom freedom freedom, they know what they want and understand their real needs. At a school level, this translates into the freedom to move, investigate, explore, grow, learn, express opinions, make decisions, and influence the methodology.

We are proud of who we are, as our school is a space for everyone, where we care about respecting each individual’s learning pace and understand cultural and individual diversity diversity diversity as something that enriches us.

Our center promotes teamwork and cooperative work, as this contributes to establishing better relationships among our students, who learn to work together by contributing their experiences and skills to achieve a common goal, increasing motivation and interest in learning and allowing for the acquisition of social skills.

The purpose is to ensure that students do not base their learning on competition, but rather on collaboration, helping each other to achieve their goals.

We understand respect as an essential condition for human relationships. Respect must be bidirectional between teachers and students. We reject authoritarianism as a tool for achieving academic goals.

We believe that new technologies, which provide an innovative and interesting way to handle content, must always be at the service of human beings and should not be used as a substitute for what students can learn through hands-on experience.

Finally, with the involvement of teachers, students, and families, we propose an open and sincere debate to continue improving our learning space so that it can change, adapt, and improve continuously.

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