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ABOUT OUR SCHOOL

WHY CHOOSE SCIS?

Welcome to Santa Cruz International School (SCIS) – Home of the Griffins! SCIS is a private, co-educational school in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade. Our diverse student body receives top-notch education and personalized care.

We follow the Bolivian educational system, which includes:

  • Pre-school (Pre-K and Kindergarten)

  • Primary School (1st to 6th grade)

  • Secondary School (7th to 12th grade)

Our rigorous programs encourage independent learning, self-reflection, and risk-taking. We foster a supportive environment with clear objectives and high expectations, helping students become confident, creative, and compassionate leaders. SCIS values each student's unique potential, promoting their intellectual, spiritual, cultural, social, and physical growth.

SCIS aims to be the leading learning center in Santa Cruz and Bolivia, driven by our dedicated staff and educational community.

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Principal’s Welcome

Welcome to Santa Cruz International School. This website only provides a glimpse of our community. Whether you are new to our school or already know us, you are invited to visit us in person to see how our boys and girls are learning in a warm and caring environment.

 

We are blessed with a large and beautiful campus, fine facilities, and excellent teachers. This year, we celebrate our th year of operation, and our young history is filled with academic, sporting, and artistic achievements.

 

We are very fortunate to be in the heart of the economic capital of Bolivia, surrounded by a society that shows great initiative, creativity, and intellect, with a growing impact from the cultural, financial, and political institutions of our nation.

 

We believe that the real indication of our school’s quality lies in how well we encourage and stimulate our students to want to learn, fully explore their intelligence, and develop their innovation, creativity, and confidence to become compassionate leaders in this challenging modern society. Our students and alumni are the greatest ambassadors of the Grand Griffin family—speak to them, and they will tell you what makes SCIS so very special.

 

You will find that our students present themselves with openness, sincerity, and respect, whether inside or outside the classroom, on the sports field when we compete with other schools, or when we visit different places.

 

I am very proud of our school, the staff, and the students, and how we all aim to fulfill the long-standing dream of Kevin Hanley, the founder of this school, who promised wholesome, quality education in English to all residents in Santa Cruz.

 

Welcome once again.

 

Dr. Carolina Ibañez de Hanley  

General Director

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Mission

Provide an innovative education of excellence through internationally recognized academic programs, forming competent citizens of the world with integrity and humanism in a family environment, surrounded by nature.

Vision

To be an avant-garde educational institution, educator of citizens of the world, prepared to face

the challenges of tomorrow.

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Griffin Code of Honour

As a Griffin, I enter this family and make

it my own.

I promise to honour, respect and take pride

in being a member.

I uphold this honour code with dedication

and commitment to all other Griffins in sport,

academics and friendship, striving to reach

my full potential.

I will not lie, cheat, steal or plagiarize.

I accept responsibility for my actions and for

what other Griffins may do in my presence.

I will remain always loyal, always a member

of the SCIS family, and mostly, always a

sincere companion and friend.

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FIND US IN SANTA CRUZ

CONTACT THE MAIN OFFICE

Doble via a la guardia, KM 7 1/2 Calle Prof. Kevin J. Hanley, 4640, Santa Cruz de la Sierra


Tel: +591-3-3535035

Email: scisinfo@scisbolivia.com

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