Escuela Campo Alegre
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Escuela Campo Alegre is a K-12 American International school located in Caracas, Venezuela. It was founded in 1937 in the neighborhood of Campo Alegre, but the school grew in such a way that it had to be moved to its present location in Las Mercedes. The school provides courses from the nursery level up through 12th grade.
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[edit] Facilities
Prior to July 2008, the school campus included an AstroTurf field (for soccer, softball, baseball, field hockey and ultimate), construction began so workers started to demolishing the previous field to construct a larger, three-story building which will include a professional size soccer field at the top, 4 gyms, and elementary facilities. Also on campus are three tennis courts, and two indoor basketball courts and one covered basketball court, all of which can also be used for volleyball, wall climbing and roller hockey. Fully equipped modern Library and Media Center, Technology Centers for each division, sepertate art, drama, and music centers for each division, A 4 story parking lot, 630-profesional theatre, 2 science laboratories for each division, amazing modern cafeteria for elementary school, middle school, high school, and faculty and staff. A big nice modern plaza called The Star Plaza. The school also has a Olymipic-size Pool with large viewing gallery. Many other facilities are available on the ECA website, but will not fit in this page.
[edit] Students
Even though the school used to enroll more than 780 students, after the strikes held towards the president Hugo Chávez on December 2002, many foreign students fled from the city, and the school lost many of its international students but most of them have returned. Being one of the few international schools in Caracas and due to the rising price of the American Dollar many students couldn't afford the expensive tuition and their parents enrolled them in bilingual schools with Venezuelan curriculum. Still, ECA has a highly diverse population of students who come from many different parts of the world. These include: Puerto Rico, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Norway, Guatemala, Germany, Egypt, Canada, Denmark, Syria, South Africa, Kuwait, Trinidad & Tobago, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Lebanon, France, Spain, Bulgaria, Finland, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Russia, Peru, Colombia, China, Dominican Republic, Panama, Paraguay, Sweden, Bolivia, Belgium, Malaysia, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Chile, Curaçao, Poland, etc... and of course the USA. American, Venezuelan, Canadian, Argentine, Colombian, Mexican, and Brazilian are among the most common nationalities among students. There are even more other nationalities than Venezuelans in the school. ECA has a sum total of 655 students.
[edit] Faculty
ECA has a large faculty originating from a wide range of countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Israel, Germany, Venezuela, Ecuador, India, Colombia, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, the United States, Chile, and even Uzbekistan, Many of the staff members hold Master's degrees, and their educational backgrounds cover the educational spectrum like Harvard University and Boston College. ECA's staff members receive annual training at the VANAS teaching conferences and are trained in subject-specific International Baccalaureate programs and also some take summer courses with the College of New Jersey.
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