Centro Educacional Leonardo da Vinci of

Vitoria

Centro Educacional Leonardo da Vinci is a private school in the Santa Lúcia district of Vitória, the capital of Espírito Santo, teaching children from the age of two up to the final year of secondary school. It was founded in 1990 by the educators Maria Helena and José Antônio Pignaton, later became part of Saber Educação and then Eleva Educação, and in May 2022 joined the Inspired international schools group. The school borrows its name and much of its outlook from the Renaissance polymath: curiosity, experimentation and the meeting of art and science run through its programmes. Its curriculum, which the school calls a 'cultural perspective', mixes traditional teaching with constructivist methods, projects, field trips and student productions such as musicals, exhibitions and forums. Families choose between morning, afternoon and full-day classes; Da Vinci was a pioneer of full-time schooling in the state, and every upper-secondary class is full day. Full-day children in the early years learn in Portuguese and English, and a long partnership with the University of Missouri adds American programmes in primary and lower secondary and a High School track that ends with both a Brazilian and a US diploma. The site spans two buildings with a school theatre opened in 2013, libraries, three dining halls, multi-sport courts, a heated pool for young swimmers and a music school. In the last year of Ensino Médio students prepare intensively for ENEM and university entrance, and the school highlights its strong showing in national rankings.