Bilingual School in Oakland, CA

Escuela Bilingüe Internacional, Oakland:
Escuela Bilingüe Internacional is an international private school which offers a Spanish-English dual language educational program from its' base in Oakland, California. Our programs extend from Pre-Kinder through fourth grade, with plans to extend through 8th grade as the current students grow. Students at EBI will become fully literate in Spanish and English, and will develop conversational skills in a third language.

The mission of Escuela Bilingüe Internacional is to provide an excellent Spanish-English bilingual education based on the highest international academic standards in an environment that thrives on diversity, fosters global citizenship, and develops the character necessary to recognize that cultural uniqueness is the touchstone of our common humanity.

Bi-lingual Spanish-English Education from Pre-K through to 8th Grade:

Authorized to implement the International Baccalaureate including:
- The Primary Years Program —for students from Pre-Kinder to Grade 5
- The Middle Years Program —for students in Grades 6 to 8

The aim of all IB programs is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.

- Quality Accreditation
EBI is an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) authorized school for Pre-Kinder, Kindergarten and elementary and plans to follow IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) for 7th and 8th Grade.

- Emphasis on Bi-lingualism
At EBI we are convinced that the benefits of being bilingual are profound and multifaceted. We live in an era when facility in multiple languages is necessary for success in the global environment. We believe that all children are capable of becoming multilingual and that each language opens a new world for its speaker. Students at EBI will become fully literate in Spanish and English, and will develop conversational skills in a third language.

- Educational Excellence
EBI is committed to maintaining high standards for its students in all areas of education. We believe that when learning is stimulating, fun and developmentally appropriate, children gain the motivation to become self-directed, life-long learners.Our programs promote the active construction of knowledge through concept-driven inquiry, striking a balance between a transdisciplinary program of inquiry and traditional disciplines.

- Diversity
At the heart of EBI is the conviction that tolerance and respect for cultural diversity breeds deeper understanding and compassion for all humanity. EBI strives to teach its students about diversity in its many forms – ethnic, linguistic, economic, cultural and familial – by actively working to create a community of individuals from all walks of life.

Children shape our future - so let's educate them to make them the best they can be.  EBI believes that at the heart of education is the cultivation of character. We strive to promote certain qualities of character in our students explicitly, through pedagogically sound methods of inquiry practiced in the classroom, as well as implicitly, through examples reinforced on a daily basis by our teachers, administrators and parents.

Among other qualities of character, we will seek to instill in our students: respect for self and others, integrity, compassion, cooperation, curiosity, empathy, enthusiasm, open-mindedness, confidence, humility and generosity.