Over the past 30 years, Colegio Hacienda Los Alcaparros has developed a bespoke curriculum dedicated to developing the human potential of each student. We offer an education where students learn in context through project-based and active learning methodologies at every grade level. The curriculum seeks to balance academic rigor with personal development, providing students with opportunities to truly discover who they are and how they can contribute as global citizens. The curriculum is ever evolving and thus we continuously review how to best prepare our students for success in their future. Our curriculum is one of our defining characteristics.
While we recognize that the International Baccalaureate (IB) program offers benefits to many schools, it is a different and prescribed curriculum. Adopting this program would mean changing our DNA. At our core there are many things that we share with the IB curriculum such as a commitment to developing global citizens and critical thinkers, but retaining our own unique identity gives us the flexibility to make decisions that work best for our students and in our context. Not having the IB has not compromised our academic standards, nor has it been a hindrance for our graduates in gaining admission to the universities of their choice.
American universities do not require a diploma or an IB certificate. Because we are a COGNIA accredited school, university admission processes with U.S. and some other international universities are simplified since our curriculum is generally accepted as a “U.S. Curriculum”.
Some European universities require the IB diploma for undergraduate studies, and the applicant’s results must be in the “very superior” range to gain admission.