School Spotlight on - Nosara’s Del Mar Academy - Costa Rica Insiders

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2. One of the biggest questions young families have when moving to Costa Rica: What school should you choose? It’s obviously a very complicated decision with many factors to consider: How fluent are your kids in Spanish? What are your educational goals? Do your kids have any special requirements, either educationally or extra curricularly? Where will you live? And many, many more questions. So, instead of attempting to answer the question for you, we thought we’d highlight several top schools in Costa Rica. Beginning with Del Mar Academy, in coastal Nosara, on the Nicoya Peninsula in Guanacaste. http://www.costaricainsiders.com/school-spotlight-on-nosaras-del-mar-academy/

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4. About Del Mar Academy Del Mar Academy is a bilingual, Montessori school that offers a preschool through high school education. Additionally, this is one of an elite handful of private schools in Costa Rica to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate® (IB) degree, which works to develop engaged, caring and multi-cultural students. Students who complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), the most recognized global pre-university program, often go on to universities around the world. But, it’s more than just an IB Diploma at Del Mar Academy: The school offers a fully bilingual education – plus its Splash Spanish Tutoring Program, for visiting students and new arrivals who aren’t yet fluent – as well as a wonderful interdisciplinary program: plenty of field trips, environmental education, nutrition education, and a full schedule of enrichment classes, from the arts and music, to physical education and ecology & conservation in Costa Rica. http://www.costaricainsiders.com/school-spotlight-on-nosaras-del-mar-academy/

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6. In 2018, 10 years after gaining official certification in Costa Rica, Del Mar Academy graduated its first 12th Grade and IB graduate. Additionally, the school also works within Costa Rica’s educational system, which runs from kindergarten through 11th grade. To comply with local standards and give students a leg up in Costa Rica’s system, Del Mar Academy has also begun administering national MEP exams – a requirement to graduate with Costa Rica’s high school bachillerato degree. Del Mar Academy: The Costs (& Other Hard Facts) Del Mar Academy is located on the southern end of Nosara proper (note: north of Playa Guiones and the Nosara beach area), just a few blocks from the gas station (ServicentroNosara). For elementary and beyond, the school day runs 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. To enter a grade, your child must be age+3 months by June 15; for example, to enter First Grade, your child must be age 6+3 months by June 15 (= age 6 by March 15). http://www.costaricainsiders.com/school-spotlight-on-nosaras-del-mar-academy/

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