Pan American School is a private, not-for-profit, bilingual, multicultural, PreK-G12 coeducational, secular school of approximately 460 students. Pan American is fully accredited by COGNIA in the United Stated and MEC in Brazil and it has been providing excellent personal and educational opportunities to our students since 1966.
Pan American is an authorized IB World School delivering the Primary Years Program (PYP) and the Middle Years Program (MYP). We are also participating in the AP Capstone Diploma Program offered through the College Board in High School (G9-G12). Our Brazilian program is recognized in Brazil by the Secretary of Education of Rio Grande do Sul, therefore our students are eligible to graduate with three distinct diplomas (US, Brazil and AP Capstone).
We are members of various educational groups such as the Council of International Schools (CIS), the Association of American Schools in South America (AASSA), and the Association of American Schools in Brazil (AASB).