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High School

The Highlands High consists of the last four years of High School, 9th to 12th Grades, with a high-level academic program that fosters mastery of skills necessary for College.

Our students become mature, well-balanced graduates who have attained virtue and leadership capability with harmonious development of all dimensions of the human person.

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Leaders of positive action

Our students can harmoniously develop all their leadership abilities to assume and face personal challenges, guide their lives in pursuit of their own and common good, and positively impact society.

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Innovative Learning Environments

Our High School has modern and organized spaces to give students a personalized and
meaningful learning experience.​

The Knowledge Center

An infrastructure suitable for the Integral Formation of our students, where they will reach their full scientific, artistic, musical and intellectual potential in laboratories, music auditoriums, socialization areas, library and multipurpose rooms.

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STEAM Lab & Makerspace (2025)

This space will allow our students to create
and design projects with an attitude of entrepreneurship and innovation. They will
have technological and programming tools that promote critical thinking, collaborative
work and peer coaching. This experience will allow autonomous work and reflection
for developing projects that solve real-life problems.​

Components of the Highlands High Model​

Semiflexible curriculum

We have modular subjects that allow students to deepen into specific content according to their interests and the possibility of choosing when to take them.​

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We provide interaction between students of different generations to favor mentoring among peers, collaborative work and mutual enrichment.​

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These optional subjects allow students to acquire the skills to function in the digital context and adapt to its constant development, closely following national and international standards.

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Our curriculum is designed under international standards. Our students can obtain an internationally valid diploma accredited by Cognia.​

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In addition, we offer our students international experiences such as exchanges, competitions and summer camps, which allow them to develop leadership skills in a global context.

International Programs & Certifications

We offer our students the opportunity to receive a global education under the best international standards and programs.

Integral Formation

We work in four fundamental dimensions: Intellectual, Human, Spiritual and Apostolic formation. Students receive close and individual accompaniment to develop personal, interpersonal and leadership skills..

We will have a counselling department dedicated to accompanying students and their families in discovering their professional path and, consequently, their university profile. The counsellors will accompany the students in the application processes for admission to national and international universities, inside and outside our Network of Universities, and choose their professional orientation.

Types of subjects

The Highlands High pedagogical curriculum is made up of three main types of subjects:

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Advancing

They provide accelerated knowledge and higher-order thinking skills and strengthen attitudes to perform successfully at the university level.​

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Specialization

These subjects personalize the curriculum and meet the needs and talents of each student, preparing them for their professional training.

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RC Formation (by Modules)

They closely accompany the students towards a comprehensive harmonious development and give them the necessary tools to be leaders of positive action. They have the Regnum Christi formation seal.​