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  • Welcome to Country Day School

    An American School serving an international population of Global Citizens

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  • Encouraging Development in a Safe Environment

    We celebrate success and encourage growth, all within a safe and supportive environment where well-being comes first

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  • Inspiring Every Child

    We attract talented, experienced and world class faculty and staff

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  • Encouraging Success

    Students are part of a global learning community that includes peers and teachers from around the world.

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  • The Panthers Teams

    We promote team effort, dedication and pride to achieve focused goals

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  • Inspiring Creativity

    We inspire and celebrate the arts as a channel for growth and education

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Welcome to Country Day School

Country Day School, Costa Rica inspires a passion for learning and provides children with the skills, values, and courage to become responsible leaders in their communities and the world.

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    Our Global Campus

    The Global Campus extends learning beyond the classroom through unique challenges and activities. It connects our students around the world to learn together every day, broadening their knowledge and nurturing transferable skills to support their success in school and later in life.

    Global Campus
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    Our Collaboration with The Juilliard School

    As part of our commitment to inspire your child, we will collaborate with one of the world's leading performing arts conservatory, The Juilliard School. Through this exclusive curriculum, we unlock your child's love for learning and give them transferable skills for future success.

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    Our M.I.T Collaboration

    We take an innovative hands-on, cross-functional approach to teaching science and technology. Our STEAM curriculum is an interdisciplinary program that will allow your child to develop transferable skills needed for the 21st century.

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What makes our school special?

Country Day School is an American School serving an international population from Early Childhood through to High School. Our individualized approach to learning combined with international opportunities inspires ambition in every child's learning journey.

Key facts about our school

Languages Taught

  • English
  • Spanish

Nationalities

35

Nationalities

Languages of Instruction

  • English

Curriculum

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Maximum Students

1000

School Type

Day School

Age Range

2 - 18

Facilities Highlights

Student to Teacher Ratio

22:1

Average Class Size

Elementary, Middle and High School

18

Early Childhood

16

Our Family

Parents choose a Nord Anglia education because we offer academic, social and personal success for every student. Through opportunities to learn from the best, experiences beyond the ordinary, and the encouragement to achieve more than what they thought possible, we help our students succeed anywhere through our unique global educational offer. We do all this by investing in our people, our schools, and above all, our students.

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We encourage every child to reach for their dreams and be ambitious!

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Global Campus

Global Campus prepares your child for a globalized world

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Prepare your child for the world stage with Juilliard

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Help your child create the future with our MIT collaboration

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Stay up to date with news and events

News & Events Calendar

Friday 12 August

Orientation Day for new students and families

Monday 15 August

Holiday Mother’s Day (CR) – School closed

Tuesday 16 August

Opening Day (all students)

Monday 19 September

Holiday Independence Day (CR) – School closed

View our events on our calendar page.

View our events on our calendar page.

View our events on our calendar page.

View our events on our calendar page.

Our Location

Country Day School

San Rafael de Alajuela, Costa Rica, Central America
- Km 17.5 of the Route 27 (San José - Caldera)

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