International School of Querétaro

ISQ received authorisation from the International Baccalaureate in May 2025 to offer the IB Diploma Programme in High School, working under the IB framework from the 2025-2026 school year. The DP years include English Language & Literature, French B or French ab initio, History of the Americas, Biology, Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation, Theatre, Theory of Knowledge, CAS and the Extended Essay. The High School plan also includes semester-based national subjects and, in the final year, specialisation areas in physics-mathematics, chemistry-biology or social sciences and humanities. Students also prepare for language certifications such as Cambridge English (PET) and the French DELF.

ISQ's mission is to educate children and young people able to respond to what their circumstances demand, becoming academically and intellectually capable agents of change with a humanitarian and multicultural outlook. Its philosophy centres on harmony between cultures among students and teachers. Its educational principles include being secular, co-educational, trilingual and multicultural, with a focus on thinking skills, human development, and student-centred, cooperative and meaningful learning. A school coexistence programme promotes a culture of peace, supported by the psycho-pedagogical department.

The campus uses a Canadian construction system, with insulated, fully digitalised classrooms. Each section has its own green areas, and there are playgrounds for Preschool and Elementary, a library, an art workshop, a music room, a psychomotor room, an audiovisual room, two multipurpose rooms, IT rooms, a science laboratory, a teaching farm and a vegetable garden. Sports facilities include a covered, heated semi-Olympic pool plus a separate pool for Preschool, a gym, covered handball, volleyball and basketball courts, two soccer fields, an athletics track and stands. A cafeteria serves students who stay for afternoon activities.

ISQ's Afterschool programme runs from Preschool to High School. The sports programme is optional and included in tuition: swimming twice a week from Nursery, motor-skills sessions for K3, soccer, volleyball and cachibol from Pre-first, and basketball and athletics from Elementary, with representative teams competing in leagues and tournaments. High School students can join a strength-conditioning gym programme. The arts and technology programme has an extra cost and includes rhythmic gymnastics, theatre, dance, beginner guitar, advanced instrument (violin, guitar, cello, keyboard) and robotics. Middle School arts workshops culminate in an annual theatre production.