All classes place a premium on communicating effectively and learning the skills of finding and analyzing information rather than having the information handed to them by the teacher. All of our students go on to university immediately after high school. This means that we work to challenge the students academically. We do not expect all of the students to achieve A's; we do expect them to do their best, to learn how to be responsible, and to become giving members of the school community.

Classes in the OECC (Pre-Kinder and Kinder) are around 18-20 each with a full time teacher and an assistant. In the Pre Pre – Kinder we only accept 20 students. The Pre Pre – Kinder has one full time teacher and two assistants. In Grades 1 through 12, class sizes average 22 with most classes around 20 but some classes are as small as 5, depending on the subject taught.

The Baldwin School of Puerto Rico is accredited by the Puerto Rico Department of Education annually and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Baldwin has a very active parent group called the Parent-Teacher Organization. Baldwin’s Parent-Teacher Organization welcomes the participation of all members of the community. The PTO’s main function is as a community spirit organization, which sponsors a variety of fund-raising and community spirit activities during the year. The PTO holds open meetings once per month and all parents are encouraged to attend and get involved.

Baldwin is located on 23 tree-shaded acres of land in the San Juan metropolitan area of Bayamón/Guaynabo. Facilities include a science center; a seminar room; two media centers; two computer centers; art rooms; music and band studios; tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts; soccer, softball, and baseball fields; an air-conditioned cafeteria; a 25-meter swimming pool; a covered court, and an exceptional playground and recreational facilities. The School’s libraries and media center house more than 22,000 volumes, forty-two periodical subscriptions, 12 database English/Spanish online catalog network, and twelve computers with Internet access. All of the classrooms are air-conditioned.

The extracurricular program offers a wide variety of activities for the tastes of all students; therefore there is a high rate of student participation. In the Elementary School, these activities include Third-Grade Opera, Talent Show, Student of the Month, Spanish Week, field trips, Fun Day, class parties, band, choir, and team sports for grades 4th – 6th: baseball, basketball, cross-country, soccer, swimming, tennis, and volleyball.

In the Middle/Upper School, activities include band, Forensics, Golden Key Club, Art Club, Computer Club, Science Club, Photography Club, United Nations Club, Math Club, National Junior Honor Society, National Honor Society, Yearbook, Journalism Club, and team sports: basketball, golf, soccer, indoor soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, cross - country, and volleyball.

100% of our students are accepted into universities, both on the island and abroad. Baldwin students’ standardized test scores are well above the national averages. Many of our students have obtained on average the highest scores island-wide in the Advanced Placement Exams offered by the College Board.

Baldwin School students have been accepted to colleges and universities such as Babson, Barnard, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Bristol University (UK), Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Duquesne, Emory, George Washington, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Johns Hopkins University, Manhattanville, Marquette, MIT, NYU, Northeastern, Penn State, Pratt, Princeton, Rice, Smith College, Swarthmore, Syracuse, Tufts, Universidad Interamericana, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, Villanova, Washington U. in St. Louis, Wellesley College, Yale, and the University of Chicago, University of Florida, University of Miami, University of Pennsylvania, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras and Mayaguez Campus; and Sagrado Corazón.

Learning takes place in a variety of environments. Baldwin regularly takes students on field trips during the school day so the students can see and experience what they learn in class.

Additionally, there are trips, beginning in Grade 6, where students spend several days and nights away from home. Trips such as: Space Camp for students in grade 6, and Europe for students in the Middle/Upper School. These trips are optional and at an additional cost to parents.

Parents of students in all levels must submit the completed application, the nonrefundable application fee of $150, a copy of the child’s birth certificate the parents’ questionnaire, the child’s school health record, the immunization record PVAC-3 form (provided by any licensed physician in Puerto Rico), proof of a complete hearing and eye examination (Pre Pre – Kinder through grade 3rd only), and a letter from the previous school regarding payment history. The required age for Pre Pre-K is 3 years, Pre – Kinder is 4 years old, and Kindergarten, is 5 years by September 1st.

Pre Pre-Kinder, Pre – Kinder, and Kindergarten applicants must take the Brigance Assessment Test of Basic Skills and submit one teacher recommendation. The teacher recommendation requirement is optional for Pre Pre – Kinder applicants.

Applicants in grades 1 through 12 must take standardized entrance exams and submit two teacher recommendations (Mathematics and English), the applicant’s questionnaire (grades 6–12 only), and a letter of conduct.

Yes. We expect students to come to school appropriately dressed and to adhere to the standards of our dress code. For certain special events, students may be asked to dress in a more informal manner.

Ely Mejías, Director of Admission

Baldwin School of Puerto Rico

PO Box 1827

Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00960-1827

Phone: 787-720-2421 Ext. 239

Fax: 787-790-0619

E-mail: admission@baldwin-school.org

Web site: http://www.baldwin-school.org