By utilizing the best practices in early childhood instruction, Escuela de Guadalupe’s Pre-K program allows students to build foundational learning skills, immersed in a second language, during the developmental stage where language learning is at its peak. Core competencies of our Pre-Kindergarten program include: ​ Fine and gross motor skills; Phonemic awareness; Number and letter identification; School socialization; Classroom readiness.

Escuela de Guadalupe’s foundational K-5 program develops students’ bilingual academic proficiency across the curriculum. Beginning in Kindergarten, students start building a strong foundation in their native language through targeted literacy instruction. They develop their second language skills through instruction in math, science, and social studies. Students then transition to equal study in both languages beginning in 3rd grade, at which point they spend half of their day in their native language and half in their developing language. Supported by our entirely bilingual teaching staff (many of which hold degrees from Latin American countries) students routinely achieve grade-level biliteracy across all subjects by 4th grade. ​ In addition to accessing Escuela’s holistic, culturally-rich curriculum, students enrolled in our K-5 program participate in scheduled art, music, and PE classes.

Escuela de Guadalupe’s middle school program is designed to build on students’ academic achievement through mastery of core content, while also helping them to develop the socioemotional competencies they will need to thrive in college-preparatory high school environments and beyond. Escuela’s vertical friendships—an intentional cultivation of authentic interactions between children in our Middle School, Pre-Kinder, and-K-5 programs—give our older students the opportunity to develop their compassionate leadership skills, and expanded community service activities help deepen students’ commitment to social justice.