"José Vasconcelos" School

Early on, Eton School founders had the vision of providing educational services to the Santa Fe campus’ neighboring towns—a dream that came true in January 1999, by proffering its facilities both for daily, two-hour computer and English courses taken by approximately 30 and 25 students, respectively, and an open education high school program. This was the first stage of a social service project in benefit of the School’s neighboring communities.

 

Given the wide acceptance of this initiative, in August 2001, upon request of these communities, we established a school program for Jr. High School graduates who wished to continue on to Sr. High School. As such, the José Vasconcelos School was born, incorporated from its inception into the Ministry of Public Education’s system through its General High School Department. In the beginning, the School had two groups of 27 students each. By then, the School was already providing—and continues to provide—students with a legally valid General High School diploma, which gives them the opportunity to continue on to an undergraduate college program, thus affording them an education suited to modern times.  

 

At present, the José Vasconcelos School has a total of 142 students who are on their way to becoming high school graduates, thanks to Eton School’s efforts and support.