Why Families Choose Corrales International School?
Choosing a school is one of the biggest decisions a family makes. Here’s what families tell us sets CIS apart — and what you can expect when your child becomes part of our community.
Your child will be known
In a large school, it’s easy for a student to become a number. At CIS, small classes mean teachers actually know your child — how they learn, what excites them, and when something’s off. That relationship is the foundation for everything else: students who feel known are students who feel safe enough to take risks, ask questions, and grow.
Academics that build real thinkers
As an IB World School, CIS uses the International Baccalaureate framework to develop curious, capable learners. Day to day, that means students investigate real questions, make connections across subjects, and learn to reflect on their own progress. It’s rigorous — and it’s designed for a wide range of learners, not just a select few.
A bilingual head start
Our bilingual program gives students the gift of two languages and the cultural understanding that comes with them. Students build their abilities over time, gaining confidence as communicators and an advantage that lasts well beyond graduation. And because communication matters, we keep families informed in both English and Spanish.
Pathways to what’s next
Everything we do points toward your child’s future. In the upper grades, students can earn college credit through dual enrollment, dig into hands-on STEM through Project Lead the Way, and take on leadership and service. Students graduate from CIS prepared for college, career, and life.
Is CIS right for your family?
If you’re looking for a tuition-free public school in Albuquerque where your child will be known, supported, and challenged, we’d love to meet you. Schedule a tour to see our community in action, or apply now to start the enrollment process.
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PLTW Biomedical-Sciences
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is the leading provider of rigorous and innovative Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education curricular programs used in middle and high schools across the U.S. LTW encourages collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking skills through its project and inquiry-based curriculum. The hands-on, project-based engineering courses engage students on multiple levels, expose them to areas of study they typically do not pursue, and provides them with a foundation and proven path to college and career success.
MYP school students enrolled in Corrales International School’s Biomedical Science Program complete a series of four courses exploring the concepts of human medicine and introducing topics such as physiology, genetics microbiology, and public health. Through hands-on learning activities, such as solving an active crime scene investigation, students examine the processes, structures, and interactions of the human body. They explore the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and work collaboratively to investigate and design innovative solutions to the health challenges of the 21st century
Service Learning
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Service Learning focuses on specific service in action projects and community service, giving students an opportunity to develop ATL skills and learner profile skills, while addressing needs in various communities through service learning, from inception to reflection. We commit to service learning to develop empathy and awareness in all spheres, from our school to communities locally and world-wide.
Leaders in Training (LIT)
The Leaders in Training program is a daily course of study designed and dedicated to building relationships in our school and community, global citizenship, the IB Learner Profiles, ATL skills, the IB Global Contexts, service-learning projects, and interpersonal skills, all with a reinforcement of academic study. The goal is to generate a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of core class content, as well as to give the students a means in which they can apply their knowledge to the “big picture” by solving real world problems.
Bilingual Multicultural Educational Program
The BME program is a main component of the academic program at CIS. It is part of what makes the school unique. It is also part of the school’s commitment and belief in the IB system. IB is committed to supporting multilingualism as a fundamental part of increasing inter-cultural understanding and international-mindedness and is equally committed to extending access to an IB education for students from a variety of cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Data collected from our stakeholders through inquiry shows that a great majority of families come to CIS specifically for the language program.
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Bilingual Academics
CIS teaches biliteracy using a dual language immersion program (K-6) teaching Spanish and English. Teachers are trained and licensed to teach more than the typical educational program. Through using best practice in language teaching, teachers use strategies and methods to help students acquire the language, whichever they are learning.
MYP Program
The IB Middle Years Program (MYP) is designed for students aged 11 to 16. It provides a framework of learning that encourages students to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers. The MYP emphasizes intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and the real world.
PYP Program
Program (PYP) for children aged 3 – 12 nurtures and develops young students as caring, active participants in a lifelong journey of learning. The PYP offers an inquiry-based, transdisciplinary curriculum framework that builds conceptual understanding
