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Bilingual Middle School

Introduction
OUR VISION
The lower secondary school plays a pivotal role in the educational development of young people. It must accompany the transformation of children, who complete primary school, into prepared and self-aware adolescents.
These three years are ORIENTATION years, but they are part of a broader path that leads into high school. Students must be able to test themselves to discover their strengths and limitations in order to freely and consciously choose their future path.
The primary goal of our school is to prepare well-rounded individuals—citizens who are motivated to engage responsibly in civil society and capable of making informed decisions in both their personal and professional lives. Students are the true protagonists of the school, so the skills and attention of teachers and educators must be directed toward meeting their educational and developmental needs.

Our middle school offers two paths:

CAMBRIDGE CURRICULUM: In the final year, students will take the Cambridge Secondary 1 tests for English as a Second Language, Mathematics, and Science, following the British curriculum. At the start of the cycle, they will choose whether to study Spanish or German as an additional language.

SPORTS PROGRAM: Students can choose to follow the sports program at the start of the cycle instead of selecting a second language, as an extension of our educational offering.

Features
Our Key Features
- Paritarian School and Cambridge School
- Bilingualism: Italian and English
- Spanish, German as optional curriculum choices
- STEM workshops and scientific subjects in English
- Coding and Mathematics
- British curriculum for English language
- Drama– theatrical activities
- Afternoon study hall for 3 days until 5:00 PM
- Stimulating environment full of activities and initiatives
- Engaging and attentive to students' needs
- Not limited to teaching, but offering the opportunity to develop as free thinkers
- Up-to-date and committed to continuous improvement
- Collaboration with families
- Curricular emotional education workshop
- Internal State Exam (3rd-grade diploma) and Cambridge Secondary diploma

Foreign Languages
All curricular activities conducted in foreign languages are taught by qualified teachers and native speakers, in compliance with current educational regulations. The core languages are Italian and English, Spanish and German are available as optional curricular pathways. During the three years, students will certify their linguistic skills through internationally recognized exams.

Goals
The educational objectives focus on obtaining international certifications for the core languages studied, in addition to German and Spanish, which are selected at the beginning of the school cycle. Other exams are related to the Cambridge curriculum and are connected to subjects taught in English.

Our school aims to foster the development of passions grounded in reason, as the ability to understand and assess the meaning of things, encouraging everyone to exercise freedom and initiative.
A school attentive to the growth of each individual must adopt a highly flexible teaching and organizational approach.

Matter
The subjects follow both the Italian and the British curriculum.

Opportunity
Throughout their academic journey, our students have the opportunity to participate in lessons and educational projects that are essential for their growth and well-being, as well as for their future orientation.

Organization
Students are entitled to have:
• Adequate time for personal study.
• A schedule that allows them to review the topics covered in class and fully grasp them.
• A schedule that facilitates retention through repetition, practice, and reworking of the content.
• An OPEN SCHOOL that ensures the presence of teachers, available during afternoon hours to engage with students in moments of revision, recovery, or enhancement of subjects.
• A cafeteria: students have lunch at school with their teachers, and it is possible to follow special diets for certified reasons.
• Optional in-depth and consolidation workshops (study hall).
Our typical day is structured as follows:

Diploma
Our young Sipers obtain both the Italian and British diplomas at the end of their schooling cycle. They then have the opportunity to continue their international educational journey.

Visit the credits page to read about the results our students have achieved in the INVALSI tests, with an average significantly higher than the regional and national benchmarks, as well as in the British diploma exams, in English and Mathematics, where they achieved an average score above the international average.
Well done!

Experiences
Educational trips have a strong didactic and educational importance and make up part of the annual programming. Each year, students are involved in at least two experiences abroad visiting partner schools.