Pan American School of Porto Alegre

Pan American is an IB World School authorised for the Primary Years Programme, used from preschool to Grade 5, and the Middle Years Programme from Grade 6 to Grade 10. In High School, students can choose from more than 15 College Board Advanced Placement courses, from AP Biology and AP Calculus to AP Spanish and AP 2-D Art, and take the AP Capstone Diploma through AP Seminar and AP Research. Graduates earn a US high school diploma, and the Brazilian Studies Programme allows most of them to also receive the Brazilian diploma.

Pan American covers Preschool, Elementary, Middle and High School. Preschool welcomes children aged 3 to 5 on the Paetzel campus with a play-based approach inspired by Reggio Emilia. Elementary School covers Grades 1 to 5 (ages 6 to 10) within the IB PYP. Middle School includes Grades 6 to 8 and High School Grades 9 to 12, with the IB MYP up to Grade 10 and Advanced Placement courses in the final years.

Pan American states that it inspires global, life-long learners to build their future, and its vision is to be an exemplary learning community that helps students face change with confidence. The core values are collaboration, determination, integrity, leadership and respect. The school uses the IB learner profile from the early years, focuses on the whole child and includes social-emotional learning and service learning, with 40 hours of community service required in High School.

The main campus on Avenida João Obino was expanded with laboratories, a collaborative space and a maker space, and a new building with nine classrooms opened in 2022. It has a main gym, a side court and a rooftop sports court, a cafeteria and kitchen, and a health unit. The preschool campus on Avenida João Paetzel has its own health unit and new classrooms. For some team training the school also uses sports facilities at PUCRS and the Grêmio Náutico União club.

Student Support Services include learning support teachers and assistants who prepare individual plans, enrichment for highly capable students, English and Portuguese language support, and a counselling team of qualified psychologists that also guides university applications. Each campus has a health unit staffed by nurses. An after-school programme offers sports and arts activities, and parents take part through the Parent Action Council.

The Huskies athletics programme runs from preschool to Grade 12. Younger pupils can join after-school sports such as futsal, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, cheerleading, karate, judo, skating, tennis and skateboarding. Secondary teams play soccer, futsal, volleyball and basketball in local leagues, in the ISSL tournament with other American schools in Brazil and in the Friendship Festival. Clubs include robotics, Model UN, debate, math, film, book, art, music and sustainability, and students perform in a school musical and a holiday concert.