School of the Nations (Baháʼí – Brazil)

The School of the Nations, "Escola das Nações", is a bilingual (English- Portuguese) internationalist Baháʼí school in Lago Sul, in the Federal District, Brazil.

History

The school was founded in 1980 by two North American families of educators who envisioned building a school around a new model of international education. The basis of this model was the Baháʼí teaching of "unity in diversity".^{[citation needed]}

During the 1990 International Literacy Year the school cooperated with several communities on projects, one of which included sponsorship by the Secretary of Education of the Federal District.^[1]

During a special session of the Brazilian Federal Chamber of Deputies honoring the 1996 visit of Madame Mary Rabbání, a Deputy of the Social Democratic Party (Brazil) noted the school as an example of the contributions of the Baháʼí faith in "the economic and educational fields".^[2]

Facility

In 2007 the school had 610 students enrolled on the two campuses: one for the Early Childhood program for students from ages 3 to 6 and the other for Elementary, Middle and High School. The school community is made up of Brazilian families, many of whom are part of diplomatic corps, as well as international families, (representing approximately 40 different countries), who are connected with various embassies, multi-national companies or non-governmental organizations such as UNICEF, the World Bank and the United Nations. There are 90 teachers on the staff including assistants.

References

^ Activities in Support of International Literacy Year - 1990 Archived 2001-11-25 at the Wayback Machine Baha'i International Community, Organizational Report to the seventh meeting of the International Task Force on Literacy, Bonn, Germany, 4–8 February 1991, Annex I - List of Activities Reported by National Affiliates
^ Brazilian parliament honors leading Baháʼí dignitary, OneCountry, Volume 8, Issue 2 July–September 1996

[1] Activities in Support of International Literacy Year - 1990 Archived 2001-11-25 at the Wayback Machine Baha'i International Community, Organizational Report to the seventh meeting of the International Task Force on Literacy, Bonn, Germany, 4–8 February 1991, Annex I - List of Activities Reported by National Affiliates

[2] Brazilian parliament honors leading Baháʼí dignitary, OneCountry, Volume 8, Issue 2 July–September 1996

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