The garden
The cycles of the land, food sovereignty and respect for the Zapotal ecosystem. Nature as the first classroom.
Educational project
Educational proposal 2026–2027
In this first school year we will open the first and second grades of secondary school. At this stage, the learning process nurtures the emerging individuality, the capacity for observation and analytical thinking.
Workshops
A classroom that doesn't end at four walls
Bamboo carpentry
Building with local materials: applied geometry, patience and the creation of useful objects for the community.
The kitchen
Students prepare their own food. Nutrition, collaboration and the hearth as the center of shared learning.
Young entrepreneurs
Turning an idea into a real project: planning, creating and bringing the fruit of one's own work to the community.
Pedagogy
The foundation of learning
Doing
Garden, bamboo carpentry, kitchen and young entrepreneurs. Manual action as a door to the world.
Feeling
The emotional connection with what is learned and with the community that sustains the process.
Thinking
Intellectual clarity and independent judgment: assessments, projects and a learning journal.
First grade
An accompanied transition
The first year marks the beginning of a new way of inhabiting the school space. Students move from childhood into early adolescence with clear guidance that balances freedom with the basic structure needed for development.
Academic leveling is fostered through artistic and hands-on projects that awaken a genuine interest in knowledge, building a solid bond with peers and teachers.
Second grade
Going deeper and putting it into practice
In second grade, the knowledge acquired begins to crystallize through active experimentation. Young people take on greater responsibility for managing their own projects, developing guided autonomy towards solving real problems.
Analytical thinking is integrated with craft practice, allowing the depth of academic topics to be reflected in tangible, functional works that benefit the immediate environment.
Subjects
The subjects they study
Mathematics, science, humanities and art are the foundation of the school year. The workshops and projects are built on them: what is made with the hands always has content behind it that is studied.
Mathematics
Reasoning and problem solving, with challenges tailored to each student.
Science
Observation, experimentation and analytical thinking in contact with the environment.
Humanities
History, language and understanding of the world to form one's own judgment.
Art and movement
Expression, creativity and the body as part of whole-person learning.
“Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives.”— R. Steiner
The teacher sets the frame; the student chooses within it.
Our pedagogy is active and experiential. Students take part in real projects — the garden, bamboo carpentry, the kitchen, the young entrepreneurs workshop — and carry out community service in the way they themselves choose: with the land, with people or with animals, individually or in groups.
Preparing their own food, caring for the space and deciding on their community service is part of the learning: real autonomy, with real support.