Academic Offering
Academic Curriculum
Our approach combines academic excellence with rigor, critical thinking, autonomy, and a deep connection to knowledge — preparing our students to understand, question, and transform the world. At Gimnasio La Montaña, the classroom is student-centered, nurturing a genuine love of learning and discovery.
The Foundation of Our Method
Curricular Framework
GLM’s curriculum design is grounded in the Schooling by Design and Understanding by Design models. These frameworks guide a planning process that begins by defining what we want students to understand and be able to do. From there, we identify the evidence that will show learning has taken place, and we design the experiences, activities, and resources needed to achieve it.
This approach gives everything that happens in the classroom a clear purpose, so that content is never taught in isolation. Each piece of knowledge becomes an opportunity to think, make connections, solve problems, and transfer what has been learned to new contexts.
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Ontario
In Kindergarten 4 and Kindergarten 5, the Ontario Curriculum promotes learning through play and inquiry, recognizing the child as a whole person. Its approach is organized around four areas: foundations of language and mathematics; problem-solving and innovation; self-regulation and well-being; and belonging and contribution. This approach fosters independence and lays the foundation for lifelong learning.
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Common Core
From Transition through Grade 9, GLM integrates international standards in English, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science to strengthen academic rigor, deep understanding, and critical thinking. This approach encourages inquiry, the analysis of different perspectives, and the ability to apply knowledge to solve problems.
From Transition through Grade 4, students learn through projects (PBL) that connect different subject areas to real-world challenges: they investigate, collaborate, make decisions, and create. From Grade 5 through Grade 8, they deepen their understanding of each discipline while strengthening their knowledge, skills, and ways of thinking.
Our Educational Framework
Learning Principles
We understand learning as a transformation that emerges from interaction with natural, social, and cultural environments and is reflected in new competencies and ways of acting.
The student is the protagonist
Takes an active and responsible role in their learning, supported by teachers who respond to their needs and potential.
We plan to learn
We carefully design each learning experience, aligning objectives, strategies, and assessments.
We learn by thinking
We prioritize deep understanding, critical thinking, and reflection over memorization.
We assess to grow
Assessment and feedback strengthen autonomy, metacognition, and a growth mindset.
We develop skills for the future
Critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, technology, and communication in Spanish, English, and French are part of our education.
We learn in a safe and demanding environment
We combine high expectations and rigor with an environment of trust, collaboration, inquiry, and support.
We learn to know ourselves and live together
We strengthen socioemotional development to understand and manage emotions and build harmonious relationships.
We learn to transform
We integrate ethics and global citizenship to understand the world’s challenges and act responsibly in response.
Foreign Languages
Foreign Languages
We are a bilingual school that prepares our students to communicate and thrive in a multicultural world. English is developed from Kindergarten through an immersion model, becoming a language of learning in different areas of the curriculum. In 8th Grade, we introduce French as a third language, strengthening our students’ communication skills and global perspective.
By the end of their education, our students reach C1 level in English, certified through IELTS or TOEFL, and B1 level in French, certified through DELF.
Our students reach a B1 level of French, certified through DELF.
English is integrated as a language of learning across different areas of the curriculum from Kindergarten onward.
Physical Education and Sports
Physical Education and Sports
We promote physical development, discipline, and character through movement and sport. Our students explore different disciplines, develop healthy lifestyle habits, and strengthen values such as effort, respect, teamwork, courage, and personal growth. Those who find a vocation in sport can join our teams and participate in interschool competitions.
Exploration of different sports that strengthen both body and character.
Developing habits that promote physical well-being and a healthy relationship with sport.
Participation in teams and competitions that foster teamwork, leadership, and personal growth.
Learn More
Official Documentation
Explore the documents that guide our educational approach and support life within the GLM community.
PDF · 4.2 MB
Proyecto educativo institucional (PEI)
Our educational principles, mission, goals, and value proposition that guide our educational approach and the holistic development of our students.
PDF · 2.8 MB
Community Handbook
Policies and guidelines that help ensure a peaceful environment grounded in conscious discipline, mutual respect, and care for one another.
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