School Profile

The School

Marian Baker School (MBS) is a private international English speaking school educating kinder through high school students. The school offers a United States and Costa Rican based curriculum to prepare students for colleges and universities in the United States, Costa Rica, as well as other countries. There are thirteen different nationalities represented among faculty and students.  Staff vigorously supports parent expectations of the school:  preparation for university, authentic learning experiences, small class size, open-ended critical thinking strategies, special needs and intervention services, and family-oriented school-wide events.

The Faculty

All MBS teachers possess college degrees and are certified in their field of work, and more than 50% hold a Master’s degree.  Teachers participate in the selection of in-service topics to keep up-to-date with current developments in education, and also attend a variety of workshops and seminars both locally and internationally. The school has 35 teachers, with approximately 31% of them being North American.  Costa Rican teachers compromise 60% and the other 9% are either Europeans or Canadians.  US teaching certification is required of all teachers from the United States.  Host country teachers are also required to have the necessary qualifications for teaching in Costa Rica.

The Student Body

Approximately 31% of the students are from the United States.  About 56% are host country students, the remainder of the students are from 11 other countries.  Children of families with international corporations, world-wide missions and numerous foreign embassies comprise the student population. The total enrollment of the Marian Baker School in the 2007-2008 school year is of 191 students.

High School - 58     Grade 9 to Grade 12
Middle School - 38     Grade 6 to  Grade 8
Elementary - 69     Grade 1 to Grade 5
Preschool - 26     Kinder 3, Kinder 4, and Preparatory

Nationalities

There are various nationalities represented in the student body. These are:
The ESL population makes up 16% of the student body and the remaining 84% corresponds to the native language English population or native like fluency.

• Alliant International University
• Alma Mater College
• Arizona State University
• Auburn University
• Brigham Young University
• Bryn Mawr
• California Arts Institute
• California College of Arts
• Calpoly Pomona
• Campbellsville University
• Centro de Arte  Culinario, Chile
• College of the Canyons
• College of William and Mary
• Colombia International University
• Colorado State University
• Collin County Community College
• Community College of Texas
• De Sales University
• Duke University
• EARTH
• East Tennessee State University
• Eastern University
• Elon University
• Embri-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Emory University
• Fullerton College
• Fashion Institute of Technology
• George Mason University
• Georgetown University
• Germany University
• Glion Hotel School
• Glion Sports School
• Harvard
• Israel University