High School

The school year is chosen by the following criteria: validation/co validation requirements; age; prior school history; availability of places in schools; programme duration; student objectives. Where there is a specific requirement for a particular academic year, it is the responsibility of the candidate to advise CI  in advance.
Usually the student chooses upon arrival the range of subjects.

The Brazilian secondary private school system caters for students aged 15 to 18 years of age. It is divided into three years.

The curriculum is a general secondary curriculum and is academically non-specialised – that is, students generally take between 9 and 11 subjects from the official recognised list of subjects.  When completing the last year of the secondary curriculum, the student is able to take the tests to entry University.

The school year runs from January/February to November/December. The two main holiday periods are the months of July and January and February (Summer).

The school week is normally Monday to Friday. The most common school day is from 07.00 to 13.00 but there are exceptions.

The While Brazilian Private schools differ from each other in many respects all of them offer a number of common features - primarily a high academic standard. In all Brazilian Private schools the majority of school graduates go on to Higher education.

Most schools offer a range of individual and team sports, either on campus or in the local community. They also offer a range of leisure and vocational activities outside the school - photography, theatre/drama, music, etc. Standard non-classroom facilities are science laboratories, subject rooms, language laboratories, libraries and study rooms.

Take a look at the Brazilian schools that have already received an international student for High School.

Colégio Modelo in Curitiba, Paraná State: www.colegiomodelopr.com.br

Instituto de Ensino Paulo Freire in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul State: www.escolapaulofreire.com.br

Novo Anglo in Campinas in Campinas, São Paulo State: www.novoanglo.com. br

Colégio Átomo in Presidente Prudente, São Paulo State: www.colatomo.com.br

The Brazilian Private schools will issue the certificate of attendance with the respective grades achieved and can also give some evaluation on the student behaviour in general specially regarding the time of adaptation concerning the language ability.

The candidate/agency is responsible for advising CI of specific credit requirements.

CI issues a report every 03 months for each student and visits each school once per month to monitor progress and talk to teachers and other staff. These reports incorporate the reports issued by the schools.

All schools used for placement by CI are inspected by, and registered with the Brazilian Department of Education and are in receipt of grants from the Department.

A private day school in Brazil is a school which is owned and operated by a non-state/non-government organisation (such as a religious order) or individual but which is inspected and recognised by the Department of Education. All of these schools offer the official programme of the Department.

Most schools are located outside big cities such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Our experience confirms that students perform better in smaller cities – not only at school and examinations but also at personal side: they make friends more quickly, they adapt to family life better, they learn better Portuguese – and the satisfaction rating with this type of location is infinitely better.

It is important for our students that they are not dependent on the host family for their social life. In small town environment, students are more likely to live within a walk of the school, to have neighbours who attend the same school and to have a social life that is based within the locality.

All host families are carefully visited and inspected by CI before any placement is considered. We do not advertise for host families for this programme – we are introduced to potential host families by schools initially and thereafter to new families by existing successful host families.

Accommodation is always in single rooms with normal facilities – bed, wardrobe, study area, dresser. In a small number of families the study area may not be in the bedroom. CI will not normally place another foreign student in the same family (unless requested to do so) and if a host family accepts another foreign student from another organisation and there is an objection from the CI student, our policy is first to request the removal of the other foreign student and if not successful, to move the CI student to another host family.

Host family accommodation is on a full-board basis - breakfast, evening meal and packed lunch Monday to Friday, breakfast, lunch and evening meal on Saturday and Sunday. (If the school offers a cooked lunch and the student avails of this, the extra cost must be met by the student).

Host family accommodation includes normal facilities – showers/baths, laundry (normal family laundry), use of telephone (pay-as-you-use basis), access to common living areas, etc.

All host families receive a thorough briefing from CI on their obligations to the student, the student’s obligations to the family and the relationships between CI, the student and the family.

Students from all over the world.  The minimum requirements for all students:

• Be aged between 15 and 18 years old.
• Be an average or better student. This normally translates into a school average of C in the most recent examinations.
• Basic knowledge of Portuguese will help adjustment.
• Have an acceptable school history.
• Be in good health.
• Be positive about participating in the programme. We do not want “parental vocations” (where the parent wants to send a son/daughter and the son/daughter does not want to enrol) on the programme.