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Welcome

Welcome to Avenues São Paulo, the second campus of Avenues The World School. This website provides you with all the information you need to prepare for a smooth start of school in January 2023. Please take a moment to take all the required steps below and visit it regularly for updates. We can't wait to see you on campus!

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What to do now

Your child will be ready to start school only AFTER you complete all the steps in this section.

Complete the Enrollment Checklist in the Admissions Portal

Upload your child's school transcript
Upload your documents as a parent
Upload the required photos
Input your car information.
Download the Health Forms and set up an appointment with your child's doctor to fill them out

Important: Please scan the signed forms and save them in a convenient location. In December, you will receive your credentials to our parent portal, Avenues OPEN, and will be able to upload the health forms there.

Access the admissions portal

Log into Avenues OPEN to finalize your enrollment checklist

For the best experience, please use a desktop computer or a notebook, and click on the button below.
Click on the Create Account button, select São Paulo and inform the same email address you provided in the application process to create your password.
After logging into OPEN, go to the Health & Magnus page under the My Child menu to access Magnus and upload your child's signed health forms.
Then, go back to OPEN and access your Family Profile under the My Account menu on the left side to review your family information.
After updating your family information, you will be able to read and sign the enrollment policies on the same page by clicking on the School Policies tab on top.

Welcome Sessions Schedule

All parents and Secondary Division students new to Avenues are invited to these welcome sessions on campus. After hearing from the leadership team, you will be able to clarify any questions about the information provided as part of your enrollment checklist; learn more about access to campus and explore it; transportation, extracurricular programs, health and nutrition; buy uniforms and take other steps to ensure a smooth start to school.

Primary and Secondary Division Parents (Small World–12th Grade): January 19

Please note Primary Division (Small World—5th grade) students should not come on this day.

· 8:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Fair with stations by topic: security, health office, uniforms, nutritionist, documentation, and others (Atrium)
· 8:30–9:00 a.m. Welcome Coffee (Atrium)
· 9:00–9:45 a.m. Welcome Presentation with school leadership (Perform)
· 10:00–11:00 a.m. Grade cluster presentations in Primary and Secondary Division classrooms with Associate Division Heads and Deans
· 10:15–11:00 a.m. Session for drivers and nannies: security during arrival and dismissal (Multipurpose Room)

Secondary Division Students (6th through 12th grade + ALLI): January 19-20)

Thursday, January 19
· 8:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Fair with stations by topic: security, health office, uniforms, nutritionist, documentation, and others (Atrium)
· 8:30–9:00 a.m. Welcome Coffee (Atrium)
· 9:00–10:00 a.m. Welcome Presentation with school leadership (Perform)
· 10:00–11:00 a.m. Grade cluster presentations in Primary and Secondary Division classrooms with Associate Division Heads and Deans
· 12:00–1:00 p.m. Lunch and Ambassador-led Campus Tour
· 1:00–1:45 p.m. Deans Meet & Greet
· 1:45–2:30 p.m. Tech Onboarding
· 2:30–3:15 p.m. Library Onboarding
· 3:15 p.m. Snacks and dismissal

Friday, January 20
· 9:30–10:00 a.m. Electives Selection with Deans
· 10:00-10:45 a.m. Digital Citizenship Session
· 10:45–11:30 a.m. Welcome, Safety and Respect Session
· 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Q&A and preparations for the first day of school with Deans and Ambassadors
· 12:00–1:00 p.m. Lunch and dismissal

In case your Secondary Division child cannot participate on these dates, we will host a shorter makeup onboarding session for students on January 26, at 8:00–9:30 a.m. covering the deans program, electives selection, tech, digital citizenship and library. However, we strongly recommend that students join us on January 19 and 20 as the sessions will be more thorough and will give them the opportunity of connecting with peers and the Avenues community.

Save these dates

Primary Division Parents (Small World through 5th grade)

December 20: You will receive your credentials to access Avenues OPEN, our community portal, and will be able upload health forms, update family profile and sign school policies.

Third week of January: Families in the Primary Division receive an email with their child's class assignment, detailed information about school start, and an invite to schedule a virtual parent-teacher meeting.

Thursday, January 19: Do not miss our Welcome Session in the morning for all new parents on campus! You will have the opportunity to meet the Primary Division leadership team in person and get ready for a smooth start. You will receive the official invite with more details in August.

Thursday, January 26: First Day of School for all students

Secondary Division Parents (6th through 12th grade)

December 20: You will receive your credentials to access Avenues OPEN, our community portal, and will be able to upload health forms, update family profile and sign school policies.

Thursday, January 19: Do not miss our Welcome Session in the morning for all new families on campus! You will have the opportunity to meet the Secondary Division team in person and get ready for a smooth start.

January 19-20: In-person Welcome Session for students in 6th through 12th grades (including ALLI students). The detailed schedule per grade will be shared soon.

Thursday, January 26: First Day of School for all students

Helpful Resources

School calendar

Avenues São Paulo's typical school year is full of events—exhibitions, performances, cross-cultural exchanges, information sessions for parents, student innovation and community events. Soon you will have access to Avenues OPEN, our community portal. Then you will be able to add our campus calendar to your personal Google, Apple or Outlook calendar to make sure you will not miss any school event!

You may find below a year-long PDF calendar with important dates (start of school, breaks and holidays).

Access our PDF calendar

Food Program

Avenues is happy to partner with Sodexo to offer a balanced diet for our campus community. Our daily menus are developed by nutritionists, taking into account the needs of students and adults, including those with food allergies or restrictions. We perform a rigorous quality control process in all preparations and procedures, from the selection of vendors to serving meals, including temperature control, sample collection and internal audits.

Our lunch offers a variety of dishes that ensure a diverse array of flavors and nutrients. The menu changes daily and contains rice and beans, two types of animal protein (one of them is always sauceless), one vegan or vegetarian protein, eggs, sides, soup of the day and a pasta station with one protein and two sauce options.

To provide an even richer meal in terms of vitamins and minerals, we have a salad station with six salad doptions (including one vegetarian protein), in addition to seeds and homemade dressings. At the dessert station, we serve two fruit options, natural yogurt, oat, honey or molasses. Confections are only served twice a month, and one of them is always fruit-based. Our meals are always accompanied by mineral and flavored water only.

To be able to offer fresh and homemade snacks, our infrastructure includes a bakery that produces breads and snacks daily. In the morning and during the afternoon, the snacks that we serve students contain seasonal fruits, simple and/or whole-grain carbohydrates and protein. In addition, Secondary Division students and adults can purchase beverages and snacks from our cafés.

To guarantee an even healthier menu, we only use natural seasonings, and deep-fried food is not part of our menu. To prepare our meals, we use top notch combined ovens, ensuring that our food cooks evenly and reducing oil and energy use.

These equipments, along with the correct disposal of residues, an electric composter and wate management, among others, have awareded our school with the Green Kitchen seal, which attests the quality and sustainability of restaurants.

Our team of nutritionists is available to assist you. If you have any questions, please reach out at operations-sp@avenues.org.

School hours

See the school hours for the 2022–23 school year.

Access School Hours

Style guide and uniform

The Avenues style guide creates an identity for students in all our campuses. You may read the complete style guide below.

The Avenues uniform is optional. Avenues-logo items can be purchased at Cotton House.

Avenues Style Guide

Technology

Avenues recognizes the power of technology to enhance the learning experience for our students. The technology team aims to work in partnership with our parent, student and faculty community to ensure the success of the technology program.

Students from Small World, nursery and pre-k have shared iPad kits available in the classrooms. Students in kindergarten through 5th grade receive an iPad and students from 6th through 12th grade receive a MacBook Air, iPad and Apple Pencil.

New students starting in 6th through 12th grade will receive their devices during New Student Orientation. Please note that parents or guardians with students in these grades will need to digitally sign a lease agreement.

Transportation

Our school bus service is currently operating for all students, independently from vaccination status. Pricing will vary according to the distance from the school.

Registration and payment for bus services are managed directly through our partner Bus Children. Families who wish to hire private transportation services may speak directly to Bus Children at bus-sp@avenues.org.

Electives and Enrichment Courses

have the exciting opportunity of exploring their personal interests during regular school hours. Students joining grades 6-8 take part in Enrichment Courses designed to complement the student experience while students joining grades 9-12 enroll in a wide variety of Elective Courses.

More information about the available options will be shared with students during the welcome sessions on January 19–20.

Extended Learning

Sign up for the 2022-23 programs

Many of the world’s greatest scientists, artists, athletes, and mathematicians got their start early, following their curiosity and passion beyond the formal school day.

Inspired by the lives of these changemakers, we have curated a selection of after school learning experiences for our students. The range of classes engages students to explore their curiosity, excel in their passions, and just plain have fun.

School break program

You can still sign up your child entering in pre-k through 4th grade for Camp.us, our signature school break program that will happen in June, July and August!

Click here for more

Communications

At Avenues, it is our goal to keep our families as well informed as possible while being mindful of the email-saturated culture in which we live. These are Avenues official communication channels and platforms:

Email: All families are automatically subscribed to receive cyclical communications including weekly Division Head Bulletins, monthly messages from the head of school, and more.
Avenues OPEN: Here you will be able to access important information regarding the school, update your contact information and manage your communications preferences.
WhatsApp: Avenues uses WhatsApp to send read-only reminders to families, who can opt out if they wish to do so. Make sure to include a valid cellphone number to your Family Profile on Avenues OPEN to receive our messages.

Keep exploring

If you have already completed your checklist and are eager to learn more before the start of the school year, click on the links below to explore various aspects of school life at Avenues.

Athletics

At Avenues, students can participate in athletic activities, have fun, experience the benefits of being physically active and enjoy being on a team or in a program. We understand the importance of lifelong health and fitness and incorporate healthy choices into their daily lives beyond Avenues.

Watch Athletics
Watch Volleyball Exchange

Community Engagement

We are committed to helping students get out of their bubbles, whether socio-economic, cultural, or linguistic. Not only because it’s the right thing to do but also because young people learn and grow in extraordinary ways when they do. From Small World to 12th grade, our community engagement, social innovation and mastery programs emphasize experiential learning that allows students to forge personal connections to individuals, organizations and causes beyond the campus walls. Through these connections, we inspire students to commit to the common good and foster a desire to make a difference in the world. These deep and sustained forms of engagement are crucial in our effort to cultivate the next generation of courageous, compassionate and enterprising global citizens.

Annual Report 2019–20
Annual Report 2020–21

Watch Pracinha Initiative
Watch ONE Event
Watch Festa Junina

Global Journeys

Global Journeys allow students to experience the world from a new perspective, immerse themselves in another culture and further their language skills through authentic international community engagement. The program empowers Avenues students through innovative, cross-cultural experiences to develop the essential skills and capacities needed to understand and address global challenges.

Watch Foz do Iguaçu
Click here to see the 2019-20 Catalogue

Brazilian Program

Avenues is building a global network of interconnected campuses with shared educational objectives and common pedagogical approaches. But while our vision is ambitiously global, our focus is decidedly local. That means that at Avenues São Paulo, we take Brazilian educational standards as seriously as we do international ones. With an integrated curricular approach to instruction in Portuguese and English, our students attain a balanced mastery of both languages and reap the extensive cognitive benefits of bilingualism. All of the Brazilian national curricular components of Portuguese are included in our language curriculum at each grade level. We do not see English and Portuguese as belonging to separate silos but as two essential facets of an Avenues education.

Dean of Student Life Program and College Counseling

The College Counseling program at Avenues strives to provide individualized and supportive guidance for students navigating the college process. An Avenues Dean of Students is an advisor, a teacher, a listener and a primary support person. They work with students and parents, both individually and in groups, on educational, social and emotional development needs, life skills, and problem-solving. In the upper grades, students are assigned to a dean that will also provide college counseling support. We will expertly guide the entire college process, leading to students wisely choosing desirable, selective post-secondary pursuits where they will thrive. We will ensure that students and families feel well informed and prepared for the college process. Also, we will anchor the college process in powerful relationships with students and their families.

Avenues College List

Watch Graduation 2022

Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI)

An integral part of the Avenues mission is to graduate students who are at ease beyond their borders. We often think of borders from a geographical lens. Still, they can be viewed by race, social-economic status, physical ability, language, etc. With the spirit of empathy and authentic listening, our students will develop the cultural competencies to connect across these borders, respect and celebrate differences. Aligned with our commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), we work to nurture a school culture where each person is trusted, valued and appreciated in our community for the diverse identities they represent. The DEI strategy is anchored by five key pillars: attract mission-aligned families, achieve operational excellence, develop an inclusive curriculum, develop our staff and use empowering language in our DEI conversations. At Avenues São Paulo, we have the DEI Institutional Team and DEI Academic Team, leading decision-making strategies to ensure that we are growing towards an expanding diverse community of students, parents, faculty and staff.

Watch Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Message

Performing Arts

The cornerstone of the music program is performance. We strive to provide our student musicians with real-life learning opportunities within and outside the school community. By studying instrumental and vocal techniques, performing skills, percussion, and a great variety of music genres, we prepare students for public performances and music appreciation.

Watch Jazz Night
Watch Stand by Me