Mission
The Mayflower School aims to develop principled, caring and knowledgeable people who demonstrate a strong sense of community. We provide an education that offers academic excellence, bilingualism, international mindedness with a Catholic inspired focus. We strive to develop our students’ full potential and well-being, preparing them to be agents of change who help to create a better and more peaceful globalized society.
Vision
To be a family-oriented community, a leading example in the development of individuals who are integral and committed to their environment, with an active willingness to learn. We strive to create opportunities for the complete development of each student in spiritual, moral, emotional, academic, social, artistic, and athletic aspects.
Our Values
Integrity: We act with love, honesty, responsibility, respect and kindness, valuing the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and demonstrate fairness, justice, with strong ethical principles.
Responsibility: We are accountable for our decisions, actions, and their consequences. We are committed to fulfilling our duties and we fully engage in our relationships with others.
Love: We believe in love as the force that drives and guides our feelings, thoughts, and actions. It sustains our commitment to give, serve and share. It empowers us to be kind, caring, understanding, respectful and trustworthy. Love is alive in our relationships with ourselves, others and with nature.
Honesty: We are truthful. We are consistent in what we say, think and do.
Respect: We value differences with respect for the rights of people and communities. We listen, understand and honor our own and others’ ideas, beliefs and customs.
Solidarity: We are caring, showing empathy and compassion for others. We have a commitment to share and give without expecting anything in return. We seek to positively influence people’s lives, society and our environment.
Profile of the Educational Community
Our community is primarily composed of students, who are the reason for this institution's existence. Parents and families place their trust in and commit to the TMS educational project, contributing actively. This is supported by our entire team, with special mention to the founding family.
Members of the TMS community share the ideals of the International Baccalaureate (IB) community profile. We strive to embody the 10 attributes proposed by the IB and complement them with elements that define our school's identity.
Inquires: We develop our curiosity and acquire the necessary skills to investigate and conduct research, demonstrating autonomy in our learning. We enjoy learning and will maintain this eagerness to learn throughout our lives.
Open-Minded: We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. We seek and evaluate a range of points of view and we are willing to grow from the experience.
Knowledgeable: We develop and explore concepts, ideas, and issues of local and global importance, and in doing so, gain knowledge and deepen our understanding across a variety of disciplines.
Caring: We show empathy, compassion, and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us.
Thinkers: We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyze and take responsibility actions on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
Risk-Takers: We approach unfamiliar and uncertain situations with foresight, determination, and independence. The courageous spirit of the pilgrims who believed in a better life inspires us to persevere in the challenges we face.
Communicators: We express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspective of other individuals and groups.
Balanced: We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives - intelectual. physical and emotional - to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.
Principled: We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
Reflective: We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experiences. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.