The world is filled with knowledge and what each one knows is the result of a series of personal experiences. We know the world is changing fast, so it´difficult to forecast which kinds of knowledge are really essential to educate free, healthy and autonomous citizens. It´s also known that, besides learning how to read words, we need to learn how to read the world. That´s why the school´s focus has changed: it´s no longer about gathering knowledge, but about learning to learn, meaning that one is able to deal with knowledge, and use it, in a critical way.

Dealing with knowledge, knowing how to do research, recording what´s being learned regularly, extracting theory from practice and finding practice in theory are some of the school´s roles. However, relationships, self knowledge, fun time and arts can´t be put aside.

In order to enhance knowledge diversity at school, we’ve opened our doors to school partners: various educators and family members. Our goal is having the school trully opened to the city and, at the same time, using public and private areas as educational places.

Therefore we promote:
– different kinds of knowledge, offered by the school´s team: besides “research and projects”, which subjects are chosen by the students themselves, educators present a series of field trips, nutrition education, pottery, knitting, circus, music, English, painting, drawing, media, physical education, science, games and toys, among others.
– Workshops: any child in the city can attend; we receive, evaluate and select proposals from educators; we offer the selected ones to all children in town to register. We don´t charge for the use of school areas but the educators must have half of their subscriptions offered as scholarships, to ensure accessibility. We also offer free and “pay-what-you-can” workshops. In the evening and on weekends the school is used for adult activities, such as courses and sports, among others.
– The Resident Education Program: educators from around the world, and the country, are welcome to share their knowledge in workshops, in exchange for lodging.
– Family involvement: families voluntarily get involved in various activities. Some examples are: the market, workshops, work groups and school management.