Welcome

Welcome to the Admissions Department! We are delighted that you are interested in Washburn School! Washburn remains unique among Puerto Rico's schools, offering a private, English language, multicultural, non-sectarian college preparatory school program from Pre Kinder to grade 12.

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Washburn School is a private, college preparatory, non-profit, value-based, multicultural, total English immersion school focusing on Spanish as a dual language for Pre-K to 12th grade located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. We provide a rigorous academic program that prepares students for public and private universities and colleges worldwide, as shown by the hundreds of acceptances from our students with scholarships to universities around the nation. All the courses are taught in the English language except for an extensive, rigorous academic focus on Spanish as a dual main language, foreign language courses, such as French, and the culturally based Puerto Rican history class taught in the island's native language in Middle School. Washburn School earned accreditation from the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI),  the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI),  accreditation divisions of AdvancED (currently named Cognia). For more information, click here: https://www.washburnschoolpr.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=185086&type=d&pREC_ID=391181

Washburn has a unique environment where students have ethical values and are highly motivated in their academic and school lives. We value our amazing, tight-knit community and seek students of good character and a positive attitude who will contribute to our exciting School. Motivated students who are ready to immerse themselves in all aspects of school life are encouraged to apply. We are a family at Washburn, and we know each student well. If you feel your son/daughter would be a good match for the School's academic and student programs, we encourage you to apply.

 We hope to learn as much as possible about your academic interests, talents, hobbies, aspirations, goals, and interest in Washburn. Please feel free to contact us if you would like a campus tour. This will also allow us to meet you and answer your questions.

 We are a small school by design at Washburn, and we value our tight-knit community. Teachers and students at Washburn School have the opportunity to enjoy working closely together and have easy access to one another at every single level, from Pre-K to 12th grade. We are a student body of approximately 260, with over 37 professionals as part of our staff. This distinguishes us as having one of the best student-to-faculty ratios compared to any school in Puerto Rico. Programs such as adopt a child, and unique collaborations between Washburn Middle and High School with Kindergarten and other cross-grade level activities provide rich opportunities to build community throughout the student body. At Washburn, we not only nurture and care for each other, but the entire community values how we, the adults, treat children and how we insist children treat one another. Everyone knows each other personally; this is a unique strength you can only find in our community!