Saint Dominic's International School
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Saint Dominics International School is an IB World School in Outeiro de Polima, near Lisbon
, in Portugal. It was founded by Irish Dominican Sisters, beginning as the Bom Sucesso Girls Day School in 1954. Transition to a co-educational school began in 1963.
With the building of the bridge over the Tagus River, now called the 25 de Abril Bridge, the expanding English expatriate community asked the sisters to establish a new school. St Dominic’s College, English language co-educational school was founded in the Bom Sucesso convent. The school started with fewer than 20 students but quickly needing more space. The new school opened on its present site in 1975. It was named St Dominic's International School in 1988. Since 1993, St Dominic’s International School is Centre 1 of Fundação Obra Social das Religiosas Dominicanas Irlandesas, a charity.
St. Dominic's is accredited by CIS and NEASC; its motto is Veritas, the Dominican motto of the search for truth.
Saint Dominic is one of only six schools in Portugal to offer the International Baccalaureate program. The school offers the IB Diploma Programme
at all three levels — Primary Years Programme (since December 1997), Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme (both since December 1994) — the only school in Portugal offering all three programs.
It is an English speaking school, with more than 49 nationalities.
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, in Portugal. It was founded by Irish Dominican Sisters, beginning as the Bom Sucesso Girls Day School in 1954. Transition to a co-educational school began in 1963.
With the building of the bridge over the Tagus River, now called the 25 de Abril Bridge, the expanding English expatriate community asked the sisters to establish a new school. St Dominic’s College, English language co-educational school was founded in the Bom Sucesso convent. The school started with fewer than 20 students but quickly needing more space. The new school opened on its present site in 1975. It was named St Dominic's International School in 1988. Since 1993, St Dominic’s International School is Centre 1 of Fundação Obra Social das Religiosas Dominicanas Irlandesas, a charity.
St. Dominic's is accredited by CIS and NEASC; its motto is Veritas, the Dominican motto of the search for truth.
Saint Dominic is one of only six schools in Portugal to offer the International Baccalaureate program. The school offers the IB Diploma Programme
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
at all three levels — Primary Years Programme (since December 1997), Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme (both since December 1994) — the only school in Portugal offering all three programs.
It is an English speaking school, with more than 49 nationalities.