About Our School – Maple Bear – Escola Bilíngue Canadense

Maple Bear SBC is excellence in education

The School

Global dynamics, Canadian methodology and local curriculum. Maple Bear is a world leader in bilingual education, offering high-quality Early Childhood, Elementary and High School Education. It is grounded in best practices that place Canadian education among the finest in the world. Maple Bear schools provide a student-centered learning program in a safe and stimulating environment, fostering a passion for lifelong learning.

At Maple Bear São Bernardo, we believe in experiential learning. Various practical labs, including Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Arts, Robotics, Maker, and Music, are used alongside weekly theoretical classes to ignite students’ interest and knowledge.

We offer a Cultural Exchange program to Canada for Middle Years and High School students, accompanied by our pedagogical team.

Our school is committed to the personal, professional, and social development of each student. Come and visit us to experience Maple Bear São Bernardo do Campo!

Maple Bear SBC Students

CURIOUS

For knowledge throughout life.

CONFIDENT

Of their skills and potential

INDEPENDENT

Prepared to make their own choices and encouraged to seek a different worldview

GLOBAL

Immersion experience in two languages for your children, in English and French.

ANALYTICAL

Able to think freely and shape their own beliefs.

FLEXIBLE

Adaptable in a world where change is the only constant.

Our guidelines

MISSION

The Maple Bear mission is to deliver a student-focused learning system in a safe environment with all resources to stimulate children and young people to build a better future and to instill a passion for life-long learning.

VISION | Our Education

To provide high-quality early childhood, elementary and high school education based on the Canadian program and in the best practices that meet the expectations of global parents.

Key to the Future

School Facilities

Early Childhood Classroom

Designed to stimulate curiosity and imagination, our preschool classrooms are a space where young children can explore, play, and learn. With interactive activities, educational games, and engaging visual resources, we aim to create a safe and stimulating digital environment for the little explorers.

Elementary and Middle Years Classroom

The Elementary classrooms offer a balanced approach between academic challenges and a supportive environment. Our dedicated teachers use innovative methods to make each class captivating and relevant. Students will find engaging educational resources, interactive assignments, and collaboration tools, promoting a learning journey that prepares them for academic and personal success.

High School Classroom

High school students will find a dynamic space that reflects the complexity of their studies. Our classrooms are designed to offer a study environment while having an area for work meetings, lectures and coworking, replicating the entrepreneurial model to promote autonomy, critical thinking and the development of skills needed for life after graduation.

Maker Lab

Welcome to our Maker Lab! We offer a stimulating environment equipped with advanced technologies such as 3D printers, CNC, laser cutting machine, printed circuit machine, CAD and 3D modeling. This space fosters creativity, providing freedom and proper guidance. Our educators empower students to explore, experiment and create, developing practical skills and technical knowledge.

Chemistry and Biology Labs

The highly equipped chemistry laboratory is designed to provide a safe and efficient environment for teaching and research in chemistry and biology. The laboratory has essential equipment such as gas nozzles, water and electric power benches to support a variety of experiments with glassware stocks such as balloons, burettes, pipettes and test tubes.

Physics Lab

In this lab science comes to life through experimentation and investigation. Equipped with cutting-edge technology and a wide variety of instruments, this space offers students and researchers the opportunity to explore the fundamental principles of physics in a practical and immersive way.

Arts Studio

The Arts Studio is a creative haven in the heart of our school, designed to inspire, explore and cultivate each student’s artistic talent. Here, the walls are filled with vibrant colors, it displays inspiring works that creates an environment where every stroke, every line, is an essential part of an ongoing artistic tradition.

Robotics Lab

Our robotics laboratory is highly equipped and designed to inspire creativity and facilitate the practical learning of students in various areas of robotics. Students have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of technology using LEGO Education materials. The practical and interactive classes aim to develop S.T.E.A.M skills, with activities adapted to the level of children.

Cultural Center

More than a library that stands as a guardian of knowledge, with a vast collection that ranges from classic to contemporary books of various genres, this room is Integrated with a board games area promoting moments of fun and interaction among friends.

Playground & Mini City

An area dedicated to the child’s motor skills and creativity development with lots of entertainment! Bicycles, Speed Kids toy with a water area, little tikes play houses, pirate boat among other toys, are available for the kids in a colorful open space area filled with the sunlight.

Theater

A space designed for the students, families and collaborators comfort, with a capacity for 210 people with comfortable seats, stage and audience lighting and professional sound system. There, students develop oratory, stage presence and speech skills for audiences. Families and collaborators enjoy the comfort in lectures, parents’ meetings and students’ presentations.