San Rafael de Alajuela, 400 m oeste del cruce Belén–Lindora, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Costa Rica.
San Rafael de Alajuela, 400 m oeste del cruce Belén–Lindora, Alajuela, Costa Rica.
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Saint Paul College is a private bilingual school in San Rafael de Alajuela, Costa Rica, founded in 1982 by Dr. Celedonio RamĂrez RamĂrez and Rodell Sneeringer Nash as the first private bilingual institution in the western part of the Greater Metropolitan Area. It opened with just over 100 students and now covers the full range from its Comprehensive Care Centre, which takes babies from three months of age, through to 11th grade, with 44 years of history and 39 graduating cohorts. Since 2025 the school has been accredited by Cognia, and it also holds the Cognia Early Learning accreditation for its early-years programme. Its educational approach is summed up in two mottos — "every child is an exception" and "whoever does not live to serve is not fit to live" — which underpin a wide programme of social projects across the whole student body.
Educational System of Saint Paul College
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Pedagogical method general Curriculum
School values
The school's declared vision treats every student as a unique person entitled to grow in every dimension — physical, cognitive, emotional and spiritual — with the institution and the family together providing the conditions to develop that potential, encourage democratic habits and uphold high ethical standards within a culturally diverse society. Its values statement sets out to form men and women grounded in the ideals of Western and Christian civilisation, oriented towards God, truth and goodness, justice, solidarity, responsibility and country. The mission adds a commitment to spiritual formation through the principles and values of the Catholic religion.
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Attention to Diversity at Saint Paul College
Educational Psychologist
Educational Stages of Saint Paul College
Nursery
Preschool
Primary
Middle School
High School
Vocational Training
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Languages and International Programs at Saint Paul College
Spanish (Instructional)
English (High)
Information about languages of the Saint Paul College
Saint Paul College was founded as the first private bilingual school in the western Greater Metropolitan Area, and its mission explicitly commits to competence in both Spanish and English. Spanish is the language of the national curriculum and is taken as Language and Literature at higher level in the IB Diploma; English is studied as English B at higher level and is the medium for Communication Skills and US History, and the school stages an annual English Musical guided by its English department.
IB (International Baccalaureate)
Information about international degrees and programmes of the Saint Paul College
Saint Paul College offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in 10th and 11th grade, five years after adding it to the curriculum and with three cohorts already graduated. Students take Theory of Knowledge, CAS and the Extended Essay alongside Biology (SL), Chemistry (SL), English B (HL), Spanish Language and Literature (HL), Business Management (SL) and Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation (SL), while continuing with national-curriculum subjects including Physics, guidance, human formation, physical education, Communication Skills and US History. The school also runs international programmes and exchanges: CODED, a coding and STEAM skills programme for 5th and 6th grade that brings together students from around the world; the ACE Programme, a London-based international English programme structured around three modules of debate, film and creative work in which students' English level is decisive; and student exchanges of around fifteen days.
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Extracurricular Activities at Saint Paul College
Sports activities
Athletics
Football
Basketball
Swimming
Volleyball
Information about extracurricular activities of the Saint Paul College
The A.S.A.P. After School Activities Program runs Monday to Thursday until 15:00 for preschool, primary and secondary students, with a wide range of sporting, artistic and educational activities published each semester. Sport is a declared pillar of the school, with representative teams in football, basketball, swimming, athletics and volleyball competing in school championships, tournaments and festivals; the SP Sports Academy adds academies for children aged 5 to 13 on the primary campus. Cultural and artistic programmes include a secondary Cultural Week in which each group stages the culture, traditions and dances of a chosen country, a United Nations celebration in primary, the Saint Paul Model United Nations simulation, and an annual English Musical directed by 11th-grade students. The Challenger Program supports talented students through national olympiads in mathematics, science and philosophy, and offers advanced university courses: two Universidad de Costa Rica mathematics courses and a Universidad Nacional General Chemistry course, prepared at school and examined at the university.
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Services and Facilities of Saint Paul College
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Extended hours of Mornings
School nurse
Exchanges
Facilities
Swimming pool
Gym
Running track
Football pitch
Facilities
Laboratory
Cooking workshop
Library
Computer lab
Other facilities
Vegetable garden
Information about the facilities of the Saint Paul College
Saint Paul College has two campuses, one for preschool and primary and one for secondary, both with ample parking. The preschool and primary campus has three computer laboratories, a science laboratory, a swimming pool and a gymnasium, an athletics track and three football pitches, two libraries, a vegetable garden and greenhouse where children learn about sustainability and growing food, and a cafeteria offering healthy options. The secondary campus has a cafeteria and a library, three fully equipped science laboratories, a teaching kitchen that supports extracurricular cookery programmes, a computer laboratory and technology-equipped classrooms, a gymnasium and athletics track, and a football pitch together with an indoor futsal hall.
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