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La Familia St. Stephen y nuestros valores<\/p>\n<p>Con trescientos estudiantes, somos un grupo peque\u00f1o; cincuenta y ocho internos conforman nuestra familia nuclear. La dimensi\u00f3n experiencial de nuestro curr\u00edculo, que incluye un extenso programa de viajes, confiere un toque pr\u00e1ctico a nuestra formaci\u00f3n acad\u00e9mica, y nuestra ubicaci\u00f3n, en el coraz\u00f3n de la Ciudad Eterna y en la encrucijada de Europa, ofrece un rico contexto cultural para aprender y crecer. El profesorado de St. Stephen's est\u00e1 formado por acad\u00e9micos, artistas, escritores y cient\u00edficos apasionados por sus disciplinas que iluminan las mentes y las vidas de los alumnos a los que ense\u00f1an d\u00eda a d\u00eda. Nuestros estudiantes provienen de todo el mundo para cursar su educaci\u00f3n secundaria en un ambiente de esfuerzo acad\u00e9mico, exploraci\u00f3n creativa e intercambio multicultural. El lema de los fundadores de la escuela en 1964 expresa la dedicaci\u00f3n a la excelencia acad\u00e9mica que comparten tanto estudiantes como profesorado:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mens (mente): la capacidad de pensar de forma cr\u00edtica, creativa y cient\u00edfica, junto con una buena dosis de curiosidad natural;<\/li>\n<li>Voluntas (voluntad): la motivaci\u00f3n para tener \u00e9xito y el potencial para sobresalir acad\u00e9micamente;<\/li>\n<li>Gratia (influencia): interpretada como integridad personal y social, cooperaci\u00f3n y preocupaci\u00f3n por los dem\u00e1s y compromiso con la comunidad, tanto local como global.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Los pilares de la excelencia acad\u00e9mica<\/p>\n<p>Somos un colegio internacional de habla inglesa en el coraz\u00f3n de Roma. Nuestro peque\u00f1o tama\u00f1o y estimulante entorno colaborativo ofrecen a los estudiantes una experiencia transformadora de preparaci\u00f3n universitaria, basada en los m\u00e1s altos est\u00e1ndares de excelencia acad\u00e9mica. St. Stephen's es un colegio de cuatro a\u00f1os, sin fines de lucro, independiente, aconfesional, con r\u00e9gimen de internado y diurno, que aprovecha las fortalezas de las tradiciones educativas estadounidenses y europeas para brindar a nuestros estudiantes una comprensi\u00f3n m\u00e1s profunda del mundo, basada en la cultura occidental.<\/p>\n<p>A trav\u00e9s de una mentor\u00eda cercana, la indagaci\u00f3n intelectual y una ense\u00f1anza inspiradora en clases reducidas, motivamos a los estudiantes a alcanzar su m\u00e1ximo potencial y a asumir la responsabilidad de su rendimiento acad\u00e9mico, prepar\u00e1ndolos para las universidades m\u00e1s competitivas de ambos lados del Atl\u00e1ntico y para disfrutar de las ventajas del aprendizaje continuo. Fomentamos un ambiente c\u00e1lido y colaborativo, enriquecido por un din\u00e1mico programa de internado, para que los j\u00f3venes adquieran la confianza necesaria para encontrar su verdadero equilibrio y participar plenamente como ciudadanos responsables en una comunidad internacional diversa. Examinamos la rica historia de Roma como fuente de inspiraci\u00f3n acad\u00e9mica y animamos a los estudiantes a integrarse en su din\u00e1mico entorno urbano. Nos esforzamos por ofrecer una experiencia preparatoria integral que siente las bases para un rendimiento acad\u00e9mico continuo y una vida plena.<\/p>\n<p>En 1964, la Escuela St. Stephen se fund\u00f3 en Connecticut como una corporaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro y exenta de impuestos, impulsada \u00fanicamente por un sue\u00f1o audaz. Los cuatro fundadores, liderados por el Dr. John O. Patterson, director durante trece a\u00f1os de la Escuela Kent de Connecticut, no ten\u00edan nada tangible que ofrecer a la nueva corporaci\u00f3n. En cambio, aportaron su sue\u00f1o y una experiencia combinada de m\u00e1s de cien a\u00f1os en educaci\u00f3n secundaria. Entre los fundadores se encontraban dos antiguos colaboradores del Dr. Patterson en Kent: Raydon Ronshaugen, ex subdirector y director de curr\u00edculo de la Escuela Kent; Robert E.K. Rourke, brillante profesor y autor, referente en la educaci\u00f3n matem\u00e1tica en la escuela secundaria estadounidense; y F.D.L. Stewart, quien contaba con una amplia experiencia docente y administrativa como colega de E.K. Rourke en Pickering College, Ontario. Juntos, centraron su experiencia en el desarrollo de un s\u00f3lido programa de instrucci\u00f3n para cumplir con los requisitos de ingreso a las mejores universidades estadounidenses.<\/p>\n<p>La Escuela, coincidieron, \u201cdebe ser m\u00e1s que una escuela m\u00e1s; debe ser pionera en la educaci\u00f3n estadounidense en el extranjero, cuya \u00fanica excusa para existir es la excelencia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>La escuela atrajo a veintis\u00e9is profesores de prestigiosas escuelas preparatorias estadounidenses como Choate Rosemary Hall, Philips Andover, Kent, Eaglebrook y Gillman. A ellos se unieron profesores de Italia, Francia, Noruega y otros pa\u00edses; todos unidos en su dedicaci\u00f3n por hacer realidad esta visi\u00f3n acad\u00e9mica pionera. Juntos, acogieron a un alumnado diverso de ciento cincuenta estudiantes, la mitad de los cuales eran internos provenientes de diversos rincones del mundo, desde Ad\u00eds Abeba hasta Medford, Oreg\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>La Escuela de San Esteban ofrec\u00eda un curr\u00edculo de primera clase con los mejores elementos de una educaci\u00f3n cl\u00e1sica en artes liberales, incluyendo dos a\u00f1os de lat\u00edn o griego. Sus fundadores eligieron Roma porque cre\u00edan que la ciudad era \u00abel s\u00edmbolo y depositario de los perdurables valores \u00e9ticos, culturales y religiosos de Occidente\u00bb y \u00abuna de las encrucijadas internacionales m\u00e1s cosmopolitas del mundo moderno\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>En 1975, St. Stephen's se convirti\u00f3 en el primer colegio de Italia en ofrecer el programa de Bachillerato Internacional (BI). Dos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, celebr\u00f3 a sus dos primeros graduados del Diploma del BI. Siendo uno de los primeros colegios de Europa en adoptar el Bachillerato Internacional, el programa del BI del colegio produce excelentes resultados, con una puntuaci\u00f3n media de 35 puntos en el diploma.<\/p>\n<p>A lo largo de su historia, el Colegio San Esteban se ha ganado una merecida reputaci\u00f3n por su rigor acad\u00e9mico, tanto en Roma como en el extranjero. Tras dos mudanzas, el colegio ahora reside en una espaciosa villa que antiguamente fue un convento, enclavada en el coraz\u00f3n del centro hist\u00f3rico de Roma, muy cerca de maravillas culturales como el Coliseo, el Circo M\u00e1ximo y el Foro Romano.<\/p>\n<p>Si bien ha experimentado un r\u00e1pido crecimiento durante las \u00faltimas dos d\u00e9cadas, la escuela ha mantenido su compromiso de colaborar con las comunidades locales e internacionales de Roma y de brindar apoyo a los ciudadanos estadounidenses que viven en el extranjero. El sue\u00f1o original de los fundadores de establecer una escuela impulsada por la b\u00fasqueda de la excelencia, el desarrollo integral de los miembros de su comunidad y el mantenimiento de los m\u00e1s altos est\u00e1ndares en todos los aspectos sigue vigente.<\/p>\n<p>Con el incomparable patrimonio hist\u00f3rico y art\u00edstico de Roma como tel\u00f3n de fondo, el Colegio San Esteban adopta una perspectiva global, un compromiso de servicio y una dedicaci\u00f3n a la promoci\u00f3n de la ciudadan\u00eda mundial. Es un testimonio de las aspiraciones visionarias de sus fundadores y se mantiene firmemente arraigado en su tradici\u00f3n de excelencia acad\u00e9mica.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un Colegio del Mundo IB ubicado en el coraz\u00f3n de Roma. 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