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Our objective is to provide language and content education in both English and Italian by way of a dual-immersion, content led program. In this way, students will develop both languages equally and will reap the numerous benefits of true bilingualism, as outlined in numerous research and studies, most recently studies on brain research.

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20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

A Complete Course of Study from Kindergarten through Middle School

After more than 20 years of experience in private education, we’ve decided to lend our experience to launch an exciting project: The bilingual school in Mugello!
At our school, the students are the ones who ask their parents if they can come to school! We knew our school would be innovative and interesting for the students, but we didn’t anticipate such a positive, enthusiastic response from our students! Instead of the traditional stomachache or anxiety about a test, our students embrace the challenge that they enjoy here at school.

Our aim is to give parents and their children the possibility of a quality and efficient bilingual education even outside of Florence proper at an affordable price. The idea is that a private education is not just for the elite or a certain group; rather, it is attainable for any parent who wants his or her son or daughter to have access to the most updated teaching principles and practices in an international environment. It is our belief that methods and teaching strategies need to correspond to our rapidly changing times. This should be done in a natural way that respects each child/student and accompanies him or her on his journey toward adulthood.

Our objective is to provide language and content education in both English and Italian by way of a dual-immersion, content led program. In this way, students will develop both languages equally and will reap the numerous benefits of true bilingualism, as outlined in numerous research and studies, most recently studies on brain research.

It is our goal to produce globally-aware citizens who think critically and who are sensitive to diversity in all of its forms. We include technology, a necessary part of all of our lives, in a conscious and responsible way, as this form of communication has and will continue to transform life as we’ve known it in the past both in our careers and in our personal lives.

We currently offer academic year long programs from Kindergarten (5 years old) through middle school. Students are divided in groups of 6-12 and attend class 5 days a week. Personalised options and online programs are also available. Because of our decision to offer small class sizes, our students and staff enjoy a calm and serene atmosphere in which we’re able to offer much more than traditional subject-matter study.

How have we achieved this?

The response is quite simple! Our students are part of a group in which their opinions are respected both by all staff and by each other. The teachers act as a guide during their discovery process, but the students themselves are responsible for their own learning and achievement. Our students don’t merely passively receive and tick items from a syllabus; instead, they discover, with the help of the teachers, each topic and then, by way of critical thinking and research strategies, they build on the traditional items on the syllabi. The teachers work together across disciplines to create thematic units that are meaningful and inspiring. Thematic units allow all of the subjects to be intertwined and therefore give the students an understanding as to why their studies are important and how this information is applied to the real world, and therefore their future professions.

CSM Bilingual School

Via degli Argini, 8/14, 50032 - Borgo San Lorenzo Florence

OPENING HOURS

Monday - Friday
8.30 am - 1.00 pm / 3.00 pm - 7.00 pm
Saturday and Sunday Closed

CONTACTS

Via degli Argini, 8/14, 50032 - 50032 Borgo San Lorenzo FI, Italia
Phone: 055 84 95 765
Email: info@bilingualschoolflorence.com

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