From Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (USA) to Madrid, Spain
Brewster's original campus in Wolfeboro, NH, USA has been offering a boarding program on its lakeside campus for nearly 60 years.
In Wolfeboro, Brewster’s residential facilities are scattered among academic, artistic, and athletic facilities on a 33-acre lakeside campus and embedded in a town that is described regularly as "the oldest summer resort in America." In fact, Wolfeboro feels like small town America, and boarding students delight in their engagement in town as well as its natural environs.
Brewster Madrid: La Moraleja Campus & Boarding Residence
Brewster’s soon-to-open 3rd European academic campus in La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain is located at Las Esclavas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Convent, a former convent which has long been an important asset to church and community alike. We are honored to ensure that Las Esclavas' church, the spiritual center for generations of La Moraleja residents, continues to operate while also utilizing the other uplifting interior spaces and grounds to bring our nurturing American educational model to this amazing community.
As Brewster expands, our students will have the opportunity to connect with peers from all campuses, our teachers will have the option to move among our different locations, and our administrators will be able to work together to ensure that our expansion evolves thoughtfully. This will provide the necessary support to all our schools to realize our shared mission: to prepare diverse thinkers for purposeful lives.
Our academic campus in La Moraleja includes flexible classrooms, outdoor learning spaces, beautiful gardens, and almost 20,000 sq. meters of oak forest. We will also be offering a boarding program that will endeavor to provide a home away from home for students.
The residential program for Brewster Madrid La Moraleja is located a short drive from our academic campus in the quaint neighborhood of Santo Domingo. Students will live in residential towers surrounded by verdant grounds, dining services, gym access, and a short walk from the local commercial area that offers supermarkets, shops, and vast athletic offerings. Students will live with full-time Brewster residential staff and have transportation every day to and from campus as well as a wide range of evening and weekend offerings. Being only 20 minutes from a European capital, our location will impact how the residential experience shapes the broader Brewster Madrid education. Regular weekend trips to cultural sites in Madrid, around Spain, and in Europe more broadly give Brewster Madrid educators immense opportunities to provide relevant and appealing educational and recreational opportunities to our boarding students.
Students will live in shared apartments with one or two rooms with a maximum of two students, and will be nurtured, guided, and supervised by experienced residential staff members living on each residential floor. Our staff is charged with cultivating a safe and joyous residential environment in which all students feel a strong sense of belonging.
A day in the life of a boarding student
Sample schedule*:
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM: Wake up, have breakfast at residence, and get ready for school!
8:00 AM: Departure for academic campus.
17:00 PM: Return to residence, optional evening activities and/or study hall.
20:00 PM: Dinner
21:30 PM: Evening check-in with residential staff. The residence campus is locked overnight until 6:30 AM and has 24-hour security.
The Brewster Model
Brewster has cultivated a unique team-based, collaborative, and student-centered educational model to prepare students for lives of purpose. Based on evidence-based best practices, our approach is both challenging and transformative. The Brewster Model® is intentionally designed to ensure that every student within our global community of diverse thinkers can THRIVE.
Team-based collaborative teaching and learning means that every student is known. Students work collaboratively within a small “school within a school ”of diverse thinkers, which is outstanding preparation for real-world problem solving.
Honoring diverse thinkers and cultivating joyful learning means we provide each student with the optimal levels of challenge and support for their unique needs, creating a joyful learning environment. Students gain confidence by understanding themselves and others as learners and build strategies for success that will serve them though college and their career.
Real-world experiences and global perspectives means our experiential and global curriculum provide opportunities for our students to push themselves to new levels of achievement and encourages them to explore new perspectives, interests and find their path in life.
Intentionally designed to serve each student's individual needs, Brewster's educational model integrates instructional support and social and emotional learning with diverse learning opportunities beyond the classroom. Our proven expertise in instructional support cultivates an academic environment that benefits all students.
Varied and expansive course offerings allow each student to shape their studies to their interests and goals. Our students have been admitted to top-tier schools that foster their learning, cultivate their interests, and provide them with clear paths to professional success.
Grounded in best practices, expertise in teaching is honed through ongoing professional development, including the Brewster Summer Institute which serves as onboarding for our newly hired teaching staff.
FAQs and Next Steps
GRADES/AGES AVAILABLE FOR BOARDING
Brewster Madrid offers boarding for qualified students in American grades 9-12 (ages 13-18 approx.) and will assess younger applicants (American grades 7-8) on a case-by-case basis.
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Brewster Madrid’s language of instruction is English with language support for international students. All Upper School (Grades 9-12) students work toward receiving an American High School Diploma with Advanced Placement (AP) program offerings while many also pursue the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBDP, Grades 11-12).
Brewster Madrid is accredited by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges.
Please visit Academics Page for further information
TUITION & FEES
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FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Brewster Madrid assesses financial need, but cannot guarantee a financial aid award. All students are also evaluated for merit scholarships and are encouraged to submit supplementary application materials for consideration for awards.
Please contact Director of Enrollment & External Affairs, Kat Simison (kat.simison@brewstermadrid.com) with any questions.
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