Colégio Dante Alighieri is in the heart of São Paulo, just a few meters from one of the most important cultural and historical thoroughfares in the country: Paulista Avenue. The school’s five buildings cover an area of over 215,000 square feet: Leonardo da Vinci, Ruy Barbosa, Galileo Galilei, Victório Américo Fontana , and Michelangelo.
Catering to around 4,500 students, the school’s infrastructure boasts a wide range of utilities, such as an artesian well, a power generator, a print shop, and maintenance services, as well as selective waste collection, carried out internally, all to independently meet the needs of everyone who uses its premises and facilities. At Dante, modernity and technology coexist harmoniously with the traditional style of some of the buildings, preserving the valuable part of a school that has accompanied the growth of São Paulo and has always been among the best in the country.
The school also offers a range of services for students, such as a uniform store, a stationery store, restaurant, and a school transport fleet with 39 satellite-tracked buses and trained, specialized drivers.
LEARN ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF EACH BUILDING:
Leonardo da Vinci – SEE THE GOLDEN BUILDING
The oldest in the complex and considered a milestone in the school’s history, its 29 classrooms house students from the 9th grade of elementary school and all grades of high school.
- Offices of the President, the Executive Board, and the General Education Board.
- Human relations and conviviality director’s office.
- Middle School and High School pedagogical director’s office.
- Innovation and Technology Center.
- Marketing Department.
- Publishing and Printing.
- Uniform store, stationery store, snack bar, and restaurant.
- Natural History Museum.
- Offices of the President, Executive Board, and General Education Board.
- Biology and Physics laboratories.
- Scientific Laboratory (home to the Scientist Apprentice pre-initiation program).
- Rooms for the human relations and coexistence coordinator, the teaching coordinators for Primary 2 and Secondary Education, and the educational advisors.
Galileo Galilei – SEE THE LIGHT-BLUE BUILDING
Opened in 1971, the building is intended for 5th and 6th-grade students.
- Science lab for 6th to 9th grade students.
- Art studio.
- Room for the guidance counselor, human relations coordinator, and teachers.
- Auditorium with capacity for 308 people.
- Outpatient clinic.
- Audiovisual Department.
- Transportation Department.
Victorio Américo Fontana – SEE THE ORANGE BUILDING
Opened in 1973, it plays a much-appreciated role in the school environment, as it hosts cultural and sporting activities.
- Central and Children’s Libraries.
- Mezzanine with 8 rooms, including teachers’ room, technology, extracurricular courses (drawing, painting, judo, ballet, among others), and High School.
- Story Time Room.
- Ideation Room.
- Memory Center.
- Sports Department, Physical Education Department, multi-sports gymnasium, three indoor courts for gymnastics classes, as well as five outdoor courts.
Michelangelo – SEE THE GREEN BUILDING
Opened in 1993, it is the school’s newest building, housing a total of 43 classrooms.
- Principal’s room for nursery and elementary school.
- Indoor patio, music room, sleep room, and baby changing room.
- Rooms for Early Childhood Education (Nursery I, II, and Kindergarten) and the first four years of Primary School.
- Rooms for the human relations and coexistence coordinator, pedagogical coordinators, and educational advisors.
- Science lab for students from kindergarten to 5th grade
- Park with bird nursery and educational toys.
- The annex, which opened in 2006, houses the Guglielmo Raul Falzoni auditorium (with 80 seats), a music room, meeting rooms, and the administrative and financial structure.
Ruy Barbosa – SEE THE DARK BLUE BUILDING
Opened in 1965, it currently has 16 classrooms for 7th and 8thgrade students.
- Chemistry Lab.
- Art workshops.
- Teachers’ room, guidance counselor’s room, and human relations and conviviality coordinator’s room.
- High School classrooms.
- Green Roof.
