Lonati Anglo-American School

Lonati Anglo-American School (LAAS) is a private educational institution serving the needs of Italian and foreign students within the region of Lombardy and the province of Brescia in northern Italy.

LAAS is an International Baccalaureate World School offering the Primary Years Programme (Kindergarten to Grade 6). Our Early Years and Elementary School is also legally acknowledged by the Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Lombardia and approved as scuola "NON PARITARIA" legally recognized by MIUR (Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università della Ricerca). The school provides an international education in English for students from three to eleven years of age with standards and values of the highest quality.

The school offers an independent course of studies that prepares students with the knowledge and skills to meet the future. Classes are specially designed to guide and instruct students for successful completion of Primo Esame di Stato (EX Esame terza media – the Italian state exam for Italian students). In addition, students participate in the LAAS Personal Investigation Project (PIP) and sit for both the Cambridge Preliminary (PET) and Instituto Cervantes Spanish-language examinations.

Lonati Anglo-american School Aims To Provide A High-quality, Inquiry-based Education That Supports, Challenges And Inspires Students To Become Life-long Learners With A Curiosity And Appreciation For The World Around Them.

The world needs well-rounded, informed, adaptable, internationally-minded thinkers and doers. At LAAS we recognize this. It is our responsibility to provide a foundation of learning to serve society. To that end, we support and encourage in our students the development of values, attitudes, skills and habits of mind with the noble view that the world can and will be made better through education.

At LAAS, our enthusiasm and drive for excellence are at the root of our motivation, and our work involves the dedication that supports a legacy. Year to year, LAAS concentrates its energy on serving the needs of its students, their parents and families. We provide and provision a facility of highest distinction. We hire, resource and retain qualified international staff. LAAS implements a well-designed curriculum that focuses on the disciplines of language, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts and personal, social and physical education. Additionally, the school involves itself within its community and across the globe with other schools, organizations and foundations which share the fundamental educational view that learning is a gift, a treasure and a necessity in an increasingly competitive and interconnected modern world.

To teach with the aim of inspiring students to develop an intellectual curiosity about the world that is both mindful and purposeful in its actions. Our values are:

• Student-centered – Lessons, activities and experiences that promote the academic, physical and social development of each student according to his/her ability and uniqueness.
• Whole child – The sense of identity, purpose, belonging and self-awareness that forms the individual and ultimately improves the world.
• International program – The universal in human knowledge, culture and understanding taught and assessed to meet or exceed standards and benchmarks.
• Lifelong learning – Wonderment and joy from learning that continues throughout one’s life.