Associação Escola Graduada de São Paulo

Infobox US school
name = Escola Graduada (Graded School)


image caption =Aerial view of Graded School in 2001 during 80th anniversary celebrations.
established = October 17, 1920
type = Private School
district =N/A
grades = K-12
principal = Richard M. Detwiler, Superintendent
city = São Paulo
state = São Paulo
country = Brazil
campus type = Urban
campus size = 16.5 acres (0.07 km²)
enrollment = 1,152 (2006)
faculty = 130 (2006)
mascot = Eagle
mascot

colors = Red, White
homepage = [http://www.graded.br http://www.graded.br]

Associação Escola Graduada de São Paulo, also called Graded School, is an American school in São Paulo, Brazil. It is most commonly referred to as Graded School. The school opened on October 17, 1920 in a small schoolhouse on Avenida São João. In 1961 the current campus was built on Avenida Giovanni Gronchi in Morumbi.

The school has an elementary school, middle school and high school. The school offers American-style teaching and offers an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma and SACS-accredited American diploma. The school has 90 classrooms, 8 computer labs, 1 auditorium, 1 infirmary, 2 covered play areas, 2 gyms, a running track and soccer pitch, 4 tennis courts, beach volleyball court, and 4 science labs. The libraries contain 50,000 volumes.

The school recently constructed an Arts Center. It is a large structure with three floors, but standing as high as a 5-6 floor building. The first floor houses music and theater activities, with an orchestra room, a band room, six practice rooms (two of which contain pianos, and one an electric drum set), a dance studio, a media center for editing film and music, and a black box theater. The second floor is dedicated to the visual arts, and contains several rooms for ceramics, painting and drawing. The second floor also has a photography room, complete with its own developing facilities.

Graded is also one of nine in the world to offer the IB organization's pilot film program. There are several computer labs, with a mix of Dell and Apple computers. The film lab consists of at least 12 Mac G5 computers equipped with Final Cut Pro editing software, all intended for students of the film program's exclusive use. The lab also owns four Panasonic DVX100B Proline cameras, again for use exclusively by the film students.

Traditionally more than 95% of the school's graduating class enrolls in a 4-year degree within one year of graduation.

The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Brazilian Ministry of Education. It is also part of the Association of American Schools in South America.

External links

* [http://www.graded.br Associação Escola Graduada de São Paulo website]