Vision

School of the Nations strives to be exemplary among Brazilian and international schools for its commitment to world citizenship and for helping young people develop outstanding academic, ethical and spiritual qualities and a clear understanding of their roles in building a better world.

Core Values

Oneness of God
Oneness of Mankind
Oneness of Religion
Unity in Diversity
Elimination of all forms of Prejudice
Equality of Men and Women
Essential Nobility of Man
Independent Investigation of the Truth
Service to Mankind as the Primary Purpose of Life

Mission

School of the Nations educates students to be world citizens based on standards of academic, bilingual and ethical excellence to develop their capacities to know, love and serve humankind.

School Profile

School of the Nations is an international, private, not-for-profit, coeducational, dual-language day school. We are accredited internationally by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and nationally by the Secretary of Education of the Federal District. We provide a rigorous bilingual academic curriculum complemented by our moral education program, the arts, and sports. Moral education fosters students’ understanding of the dynamic role they play in constructing a peaceful, just, and sustainable society. Students may take preparatory and university-level classes and earn the Brazilian, American, and AP Capstone® diplomas. Please see our 2023-24 School Profile.

Bahá'í Garden, Haifa, Israel

Our History

School of the Nations was established as a place where children from different countries of diverse backgrounds could build a learning community where they could learn to live peacefully together as “world citizens” in a safe, healthy, happy environment while excelling academically through a challenging, college-preparatory curriculum enriched by values and ethics. Our Founders’ vision became reality on September 1, 1980.

The school opened with only 17 students and three rented classrooms in the recently built Independent British Institute (IBI). By 1981, the School had grown to 37 students, and classrooms occupied an entire wing of the Presbyterian Institute in Lago Sul, Brasilia. Over the next three years, School of the Nations would grow to serve nearly 100 students. In August 1987, the School, with its 140 students, moved to its current location, on a beautiful campus in a peaceful neighborhood in Brasilia. In 2002, we inaugurated our second campus, just across from the first, to host our Early Childhood Education program for students from 2 to 6. Our community and school continue to grow. Today, School of the Nations educates over 700 students. Click here for our philosophy.

The Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith is the youngest of the world's independent religions. Its founder, Bahá'u'lláh (1817-1892), is regarded by Bahá'ís as the most recent in the line of Messengers of God that stretches back beyond recorded time and that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad.

The central theme of Bahá'u'lláh's message is that humanity is a single race and the day has come for its unification into one global society. God, Bahá'u'lláh said, has set in motion historic forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and to help the processes of unification.

Click here for more information about the Bahá'í Faith.

Click here to access the page on the Bicentennial of the Birth of Bahá'ú'lláh.

Holy Days