{"id":566480,"date":"2023-01-09T13:25:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T13:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-schools.com\/schools\/benjamin-franklin-international-school-bfis\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:32:17","slug":"benjamin-franklin-international-school-bfis","status":"publish","type":"schools","link":"https:\/\/world-schools.com\/nl\/schools\/benjamin-franklin-international-school-bfis\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Franklin Internationale School (BFIS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BFIS biedt een gedifferentieerd Amerikaans curriculum van de kleuterschool tot en met groep 10 en het International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program in groep 11 en 12. We zijn een echte internationale school in Barcelona, met een verdeling van ongeveer een derde tussen Amerikaanse, internationale en Spaanse gezinnen. Onze diverse en betrokken leerlingenpopulatie, docenten en oudergemeenschap \u2013 die nu meer dan 50 verschillende nationaliteiten en culturele achtergronden omvat \u2013 vormt het hart en de ziel van onze school. Ons personeel komt ook uit verschillende landen en brengt een rijke diversiteit aan kennis en ervaringen mee naar de klas, waardoor onze leerlingen verschillen leren waarderen en begrijpen, en een open blik ontwikkelen om een tolerantere en respectvollere samenleving te cre\u00ebren. Bij BFIS omarmen we onze diversiteit als een bron van trots en kracht en beschouwen het als een essentieel onderdeel van onze identiteit. Het onderwijs aan BFIS is volledig in het Engels, met taalcursussen in het Spaans en Catalaans. Onze afgestudeerden krijgen toelatingsaanbiedingen van enkele van de belangrijkste hogescholen en universiteiten wereldwijd.<b>PERFECTE LOCATIE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>BFIS is gevestigd in de stad Barcelona, met gemakkelijke toegang tot het openbaar vervoer en de belangrijkste snelwegen die de stad in- en uitgaan<\/p>\n<p><b>ONDERWIJSAANPAK<\/b><\/p>\n<p>BFIS ondersteunt en moedigt studenten aan om nieuwsgierige, onafhankelijke leerlingen te worden die hun passies volgen en de schoonheid en kracht van kennis begrijpen. Onze lesaanpak is gebaseerd op gedifferentieerd onderwijs en stelt de student centraal in het leerproces. Kleine klassen: 15-18 studenten<\/p>\n<p><b>INNOVATIE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Innovatie neemt bij BFIS verschillende vormen aan. Zo krijgen kinderen de mogelijkheid om zelf actief vorm te geven aan hun eigen inzichten. Ook zijn er programma's voor ontwerpend denken waarbij makerspaces worden ingezet om oplossingen te bedenken voor verschillende problemen en behoeften. Ook zijn er robotlessen, flexibele zitplaatsen, 1:1-laptopprogramma's en baanbrekende professionele ontwikkeling voor BFIS-docenten.<\/p>\n<p><b>BFIS-AFGESTUDEERDEN<\/b><\/p>\n<p>De slagingspercentages en gemiddelde scores voor BFIS in het IBDP liggen altijd aanzienlijk boven het nationale en wereldwijde gemiddelde. BFIS-afgestudeerden verlaten de school met indrukwekkende resultaten, die hen toegang hebben gegeven tot diverse concurrerende hogescholen en universiteiten in de VS, het VK, Spanje en andere landen op beide halfronden.<\/p>\n<p><b>MISSIE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ons doel is om onze diverse schoolgemeenschap te betrekken bij het nastreven van educatieve uitmuntendheid en succes voor alle leerlingen.<\/p>\n<p><b>WAARDEN<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Onze waarden zijn: wees aardig, wees eerlijk, wees verantwoordelijk, wees respectvol<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BFIS biedt een gedifferentieerd Amerikaans curriculum van de kleuterschool tot en met klas 10 en het International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program in klas 11 en 12.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":566125,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jf_save_progress":"","address":"Carrer de Martorell i Pe\u00f1a, 9, 08017 Barcelona, Spain","contact_email":"admissions@bfischool.org","website":"https:\/\/www.bfischool.org","min_age":"3","max_age":"18","foundation":"1986","number_of_students":"720","curricula_description":"<p>American, IBDP (International Baccalaureate) and MYP (International Baccalaureate)<\/p>\n","extra_curricula_description":"<p>At BFIS we believe that academics are not the only component of a well-rounded education. 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