Nuestra Escuela

Nuestra Escuela is a community organisation based in Caguas, Puerto Rico working on education, children & youth, mental health.

Nuestra Escuela is a community-based, non-profit alternative school in Puerto Rico. It serves young people aged 13 to 21 who have left the traditional school system without completing fourth year of high school. Its personalised model combines academic learning with socioemotional, social, physical and spiritual support, with student-led project-based learning. It operates two youth learning centres in Caguas and Loíza, and Nuestra Escuelita, a pre-school and elementary centre. The organisation reports serving around 300 students and their families each year, with 1,592 young people served since its founding, and it says it is part of the public education system under the Alternative Education Enabling Law. Its work focuses on dropout prevention and youth reintegration into education and employment.