Escuela Bilingüe Internacional (EBI) is a Spanish-English independent co-educational day school located in Oakland and Emeryville California. EBI is proud to be the only Spanish/English bilingual IB school offering the PYP and MPY on the West Coast. THE MISSION OF ESCUELA BILINGUE INTERNACIONAL IS TO PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT SPANISH-ENGLISH BILINGUAL EDUCATION BASED ON THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT THRIVES ON DIVERSITY, FOSTERS GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP, AND DEVELOPS THE CHARACTER NECESSARY TO RECOGNIZE THAT CULTURAL UNIQUENESS IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR COMMON HUMANITY. WITH INQUIRY AT THE CENTER OF OUR WORK, CHILDREN AT EBI EXPERIENCE AN INTEGRATED WORLD OF LEARNING AS THEY DRAW ON ALL THE SUBJECT AREAS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT POSITIVE ACTIONS THAT WILL MAKE IT BETTER. OUR PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGIES CALL ON CHILDREN, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES TO REFLECT ON WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING AND TO CHOOSE ACTIONS CONGRUENT WITH THEIR CONCLUSIONS IN A COLLABORATIVE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT. OUR GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE BETTER SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS BY UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD FROM A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES.