Welcome!

Bem-vindos!

!ברוכים הבאים

On February 20, we opened our doors in a small green house on Dr. Brasílio Machado Street with 120 students. Sarita Kreimer was invited to become the school’s director and form the first team.

We held our first Cultural Event: “Building, Creating, Playing.” With our growth came the dream of expansion — our first building began construction in Barra Funda.

We inaugurated our headquarters in Barra Funda, a milestone in our community’s history. We accompanied our children’s growth and opened the first Elementary School grade, reaching 250 students.

We began the year with 300 students and held our first Sidur ceremony. We also began the process of implementing the IB (International Baccalaureate) Primary Years Programme (PYP).

We hired our first American teacher, Dan Buck, at an education fair in the U.S., to teach in the Elementary School.

With 500 students, we opened Middle School and introduced the Young Learners English Tests from the University of Cambridge for our G4 classes.

Our students demonstrated high English proficiency, with more than half scoring above 80% on the Cambridge University English Proficiency Exam.

With great emotion, we held our first Bat Mitzvah ceremony in the school theater on December 7 and inaugurated a new building dedicated to Early Childhood Education.

We were accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization and officially joined the group of IB World Schools, offering the PYP.

We launched the Bright Minds Program, granting scholarships to High School students, who were honored by Mr. Joseph Safra Z”L.

We opened our first High School class and held our first Education for Life trip, full of learning experiences.

Gracia Klein became the school’s general director. We launched the EJA Beit Yaacov (Youth and Adult Education) program, offering 100% scholarships to those wishing to return to school.

We opened Beit Kids and graduated our first High School class. We received IB authorization for the Diploma Programme (DP) and inaugurated the Or Yossef Synagogue.

We held our first Bar Mitzvah and Brit Milá ceremonies in the school synagogue and opened the J. Safra Theater to the public.

We launched the first Beit Cultural Event to celebrate the school’s anniversary, themed “Memory and History: 15 Years to Remember, Tell, and Dream.”

Our student Samy D., from 1st year High School, won the National Chidon HaTanach and ranked among the best in the world in Israel. We also held our first Vocabulary Parade, a new initiative in the English department.

We held the first Effort Award Ceremony, honoring students who excelled during the school year, and participated in the Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad, which opened to private schools.

We inaugurated two new synagogues and celebrated a memorable Hachnassat Sefer Torá. Team-building activities marked the Beit Tzevet Meeting for our Facilities and Security teams.

We hosted the 4th Beit Keness Congress for educators, sharing “Strategies that Impact Learning.” Harvard professor Tal Ben-Shahar participated as a keynote speaker.

Despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, we continued to provide high-quality education through online classes.

We celebrated 20 years of history and graduated our 9th High School class. We paid tribute and held a Hachnassat Sefer Torá in honor of our beloved Mr. Joseph Y. Safra Z”L.

With gratitude to G-d, we reached 1,000 enrolled students. We celebrated the 10th anniversary of the EJA Beit Yaacov program, which has graduated over 1,000 students.

We held training sessions on school coexistence and bullying prevention. Our management team traveled to Spain for a project led by expert José María Avilés.

We launched our new High School and EJA building — featuring a covered gymnasium, modern laboratories, study and social areas, spacious classrooms, and synagogues — with a mega concert by an Israeli band.

We received the IB certification for the Middle Years Programme (MYP), for Middle School, and became an IB Continuum School.