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Our Approach to Learning

The world is a beautiful combination of cultures, ideas, environments, people, and perspectives. From our start, our novel approach has been grounded in that richness. We build on the world’s most uplifting educational advances to open an entire world of learning.

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How Boundless Learning Leads

From preschool through eighth grade, La Scuola International School uniquely integrates the Reggio Emilia Approach, the International Baccalaureate, and language immersion to prepare students for the world of today and tomorrow.

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Reggio Emilia Approach

As enthusiastic advocates of the Reggio Emilia Approach, we tap into the expansive ways children express, explore, and connect with each other, their families and teachers, and their thoughts. We discover a breadth of ways to learn from the world, such as in relationship with our learning environment, which is intentionally crafted to be joyous and engaging. La Scuola is one of very few schools that extends the Reggio Emilia Approach all the way through middle school.

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International Baccalaureate

In a complementary way, our embrace of the International Baccalaureate programs give learning at La Scuola depth. It’s a rigorous, transdisciplinary style of education that prepares students for lifelong learning and success. Guided by expert teachers and their own interests, students ask and answer their own questions, experiencing the boundless power of inquiry. They draw connections between subjects and the world around them to take learning to new levels.*

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Language Immersion

Language immersion puts it all into motion, enriching students with new perspectives and increased ability to focus, plan, and multi-task. The value of multilingualism has been proven to be a strong predictor of academic success and lifelong happiness. Through language learning, we gain fluidity of thought and become adaptable to shifting situations — as today’s world increasingly requires.

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* La Scuola International School, Milano has applied to become an authorized International Baccalaureate school.

How the Elements of Our Approach Intertwine

La Scuola International School, Milano leverages the Reggio Emilia Approach, the International Baccalaureate, and language immersion from preschool through eighth grade to advance a love of learning.

Reggio Emilia Approach, Language Immersion and International Baccalaureate, as three linked shapes

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Foundational Academics

La Scuola students benefit from an academic foundation that prepares them for our A.I.-infused, extra-connected modern world. We integrate Singapore Math, Science of Reading Research, Next Generation Science Standards, and more within International Baccalaureate Units of Inquiry.

That’s a lot of academic jargon, we agree. What it means is that we put all effort into constructing an academic program that exceeds best practices. Each of these proven approaches to education amplifies the other, creating an unparalleled launching point for success in high school, university, and life.

Consider our approach to mathematics

We see math as an engaging narrative that reveals the truth of the world. Through math, La Scuola students investigate patterns and discover how those connections affect all our lives.

In Elementary

La Scuola students first experience basic math concepts physically, with blocks, manipulatives, and more. In elementary school and beyond, we learn and teach visually and then abstractly. This progression takes students from pattern recognition to structured thinking to modeling and into real-world application.

By Middle School

Here, students lead their own processes of inquiry. They collaboratively observe, discover, and draw connections, demonstrating their knowledge in myriad ways.

How tall is that tree?

At what point would an economy of scale turn a venture profitable? By the time a math formula becomes relevant, our students are the ones to propose it. Because they’ve uncovered the relationships themselves, formulas simply describe what they already recognize as true.

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Community Engagement & Partnerships

The community is not outside the walls of La Scuola — it is our classroom. Rooted in the Reggio Emilia Approach belief that the environment is the third teacher, and guided by the IB principle that learning extends far beyond any single campus, we believe that genuine education happens in relationship with the world around us.

Through Units of Inquiry, Community Projects, student-led action, and Reggio-inspired collaborative investigation, our students engage with real issues, real people, and real places — locally, nationally, and globally.

We don’t just teach students about global citizenship, we practice it, together, every day.

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Student Support & Success

At La Scuola International School, we believe every child arrives with extraordinary potential to think, create, and connect with the world. Our role is not to fix or remediate, but to know each child deeply, remove barriers to their flourishing, and create the conditions in which every learner can succeed.

Student Support & Success at La Scuola is not a separate program or a destination for students who are struggling. It is a philosophy, woven into daily life.

Every child. Every strength. Every language. Every day.

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Additional information on academics and other subjects can be found on our preschool, elementary school, and middle school pages.

Our Approach to Learning

How the Elements of Our Approach Intertwine

Foundational Academics

Consider our approach to mathematics

Community Engagement & Partnerships

Student Support & Success

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