About us · Since 1999
The secular choice for academic and human excellence
Our philosophy
The best version of you
To bring out the best version of each student, we commit to being the best version of ourselves.
A bridge to university
We help make the transition to university life a natural process.
Career guidance
We help students discover their strengths and talents. Academic tutors follow each student's individual project.
Responsible autonomy
We build autonomy through a relationship of shared responsibility.
Well-rounded education
Non-formal education is part of the curriculum: workshops, the arts and activities that help each student reach their full potential.
Support, guidance and well-being
A holistic view of adolescence
At San Felipe we believe that educating means supporting each student across all the dimensions of their teenage experience.
Learning, emotional well-being, relationships, building autonomy, participation and self-expression are all part of the same process. That is why we have a Support, Guidance and Well-being area that brings together different perspectives and expertise to support our students' educational paths and overall development.
The area is made up of Psychology, Educational psychology and Recreation, which work in a complementary, coordinated way with students, teachers, the leadership team and families, creating spaces for listening, guidance, participation and building autonomy.
Psychology
Listening, supporting and guiding
A space where students are listened to and supported, taking into account the particular features of adolescence and the different situations they may go through during their education.
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The work takes a preventive approach focused on promoting well-being, seeking to create conditions that foster emotional development, healthy relationships, autonomy and continuity in education. Its main areas of work include:
- Individual listening and guidance sessions.
- Support with personal, emotional or relationship issues that may affect the educational experience.
- Follow-up of situations that require special attention.
- Group activities and interventions on well-being, coexistence and relationships.
- Guidance and support for families.
- Coordinated work with teachers, the leadership team and other members of the school community.
- Coordination with external professionals and teams, where appropriate.
- Support for processes related to building autonomy and a life project.
Psychology at the school is not limited to intervening when difficulties arise. It also seeks to create spaces for dialogue, reflection and listening that help teenagers build resources to get through this stage and gradually take an active role in their own decisions.
Educational psychology
Supporting each student's way of learning
It approaches learning processes from a holistic perspective, taking into account each student's characteristics, needs and potential.
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Its work aims to foster sustained educational paths by identifying obstacles and building, together with students and teachers, strategies that create better conditions for learning. Its main areas of work include:
- Monitoring learning processes.
- Identifying and addressing difficulties that may interfere with a student's education.
- Guiding and supporting students in developing study and organisation strategies.
- Working with teachers to design teaching strategies.
- Guidance for families.
- Liaising with external professionals and specialised teams when necessary.
- Follow-up of students who need specific support or strategies.
- Promoting autonomy and gradual self-regulation in the face of academic demands.
- Support during the transitions and challenges of upper secondary school and entry into higher education.
Educational psychology seeks to help each student understand their own way of learning, develop tools and gradually take an autonomous role in their education.
Recreation and participation
Building relationships, belonging and community
An active part of school life that creates spaces where students can meet outside the classroom.
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Recreational, playful, artistic and community activities foster relationships, participation, self-expression and a sense of belonging. The team is made up of recreation leaders who are closely and constantly involved in students' daily lives and take part in planning and running a range of school experiences, including:
- Camps.
- Sleepovers.
- Recreation days.
- Integration activities.
- The Varieté show and artistic projects.
- Music, drama and improvisation.
- Student expression and participation activities.
- Other activities that arise from students' own interests and needs.
These experiences give teenagers the opportunity to take part, express themselves, take on different roles, develop interests and talents, build relationships and find their own place in the community. Recreation is therefore understood not only as a space to relax, but as an educational dimension that contributes to building identity, autonomy and a sense of belonging.
Joined-up work
Psychology, Educational Psychology and Recreation each have specific roles, but they share the same institutional approach. Working together allows us to see the student as a whole person: someone who learns, relates to others, feels, participates, expresses themselves and gradually builds their own project.
Coordination with the leadership team, teachers, families and external professionals allows us to design strategies suited to each situation, avoiding isolated interventions and building a shared view of each student's path.
Supporting adolescence is also part of educating
San Felipe aims to offer students a place where they can learn and prepare for the challenges of higher education, but also develop autonomy, build relationships, discover interests, express their ideas and find their own way of taking part.
That is why we want every teenager to feel part of a community where they can be heard, express themselves, participate and be recognised.
We believe that preparing for the future also means supporting the present.
OUR TEAM
ANDREA CAPUCHO
Tenured PHYSICS teacher, graduate of IPA (teacher training institute).
San Felipe alumna.
Teaches in public and private schools.
Recreation leader course at the Dr. Zhitlovsky Jewish Cultural Association. Worked as a volunteer recreation leader at the YMCA (ACJ). Took part in UNICEF’s Enredar derechos project.
CYNTHIA GUILLERMONE
Tenured LITERATURE teacher.
Public and private education.
ANA LUCÍA CAPRILE
Secretary
Coordinator of the Evening Tutorial Programme
English teacher
MARÍA ELENA SEVESO
Assistant Secretary
English teacher
ADRIANA CURBELO
Accounting assistant
Reception
YISEL CAO
Administration
MÍA PAILOS
San Felipe alumna.
MEDICINE student, UdelaR.
Librarian
VICTORIA BONILLA JABIF
BA in Psychology, UDELAR
BA in Social Communication, UCUDAL
Specialisation in EMDR Therapy, EMDR Institute, Inc. and EMDR Iberoamérica
Certification in Clinical Psychology, Behavioural Disorders and Educational Psychology, UAB
Actress, EAAU
Communications manager at private institutions and NGOs
Coordinator of the ‘Te Escucho’ (I’m listening) space for young people and teenagers at private institutions
Psicóloga clínica
Malena Costa (coord.)
Silvina Quintana
Diego Díaz
Stelamaris Caserta
Laura de la Rosa
Nicolás Olesker
Nicolás Brum
Aline Vega
MARTÍN PEREZ
IPA graduate in VISUAL COMMUNICATION.
NICOLÁS BRUM
IPA graduate in VISUAL COMMUNICATION.
MERCEDES RÍOS
IPA graduate in VISUAL COMMUNICATION.
MARTÍN FERNÁNDEZ YURCHO
IPA graduate in MUSIC EDUCATION
BA in Social Communication, UCUDAL
Musician, composer and performer in a range of projects (circus, band, solo)
Choir director and music ensemble workshop leader
Composer for audiovisual media and the performing arts
Freelance online content editor
Secondary school teacher
GASTÓN CHARBONNIER HERBALEJO
Guitarist, graduate of the Vicente Ascone Municipal School
Student of the BA in Composition at the University School of Music
Student assistant in harmony and counterpoint at the E.U.M.
Coordinator of the literacy area at the LA AKADEMIA arts and cultural centre
Guitar teacher at the LA AKADEMIA arts and cultural centre since 2006
Music teacher and choir accompanist in secondary education
SILVIA RODRIGUEZ
Teacher of BODY EXPRESSION AND DANCE
YAMANDÚ FUMERO POMMERENCK
San Felipe alumnus
Teacher of BODY EXPRESSION AND DRAMA
Actor, playwright, theatre director and teacher.
Creative director of the Efímero teatral performing arts company
Graduate of the Municipal School of Dramatic Art in acting (2007) and theatre directing (2012)
Playwriting seminar scholarship at Sala Beckett, Barcelona
Literature studies at IPA
Has premiered numerous plays as playwright and director in Montevideo, Durazno, Punta Arenas (Chile) and Barcelona (Spain)
Literary awards from the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Juan Carlos Onetti municipal literary contest.
RAFAEL FERREYRA
Teacher of LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA
BA in Communication, Universidad de Montevideo
Exchange programme, Universidad de Navarra (Spain)
Freelance producer (audiovisual, photography, graphic design)
Customer Experience Manager (Marketing) for Hyundai and Chery
ANA INÉS LÓPEZ PITTAMIGLIO
ENGLISH Coordinator
Certified Public Translator of English, UdelaR.
English teacher, International House.
Diploma in Educational Management (UCUDAL)
Official Cambridge examiner.
Cambridge Team Leader at Universidad Católica.
Twenty years’ experience preparing students for Cambridge exams.
SILVINA QUINTANA
Academic tutor at San Felipe
ENGLISH teacher, graduate of the T.A.A.L. Institute
Certificate in teaching English to students with learning difficulties (Instituto Anglo)
Certifications: C.P.E. (Certificate of Proficiency in English) and B.E.C. Higher (Business English Certificate, advanced level), University of Cambridge
Eighteen years’ teaching experience preparing students for University of Cambridge international exams and working with teenagers
Fifteen years’ experience teaching business English and working in companies.
Oral examiner for internal exams at Instituto Anglo.
Has held coordination and leadership-support roles at private institutions.
MARCELA URRETA IRIGARAY
English teacher at Preuniversitario San Felipe and Colegio Bilingüe Ciudad Vieja.
Education:
Anglo Certificate in Teaching English (ACT) – Anglo-Nile University
IPA, English
Dickens Institute and Taal Institute; ongoing professional development at national and international conferences and seminars.
BA in Communication Sciences (UdelaR).
Broadcasting technician (Universidad ORT).
ALINE VEGA
MALENA SEVESO
GERMÁN JORGE BASSI
Teacher of SOCIOLOGY and CIVIC EDUCATION
BA in Sociology, UdelaR
Master’s in Education and Human Development, Universidad de Manizales, Colombia
Researcher and speaker on education, youth and sport.
NICOLÁS OLESKER
Academic tutor at San Felipe
IPA graduate in PHILOSOPHY
Thirteen years’ teaching experience in secondary education
DIEGO DÍAZ
IPA graduate in PHILOSOPHY
Teacher in public and private secondary education
STELAMARIS CASERTA
Academic tutor at San Felipe
IPA graduate in GEOGRAPHY
BA in International Relations, UdelaR
Diploma in Secondary Teaching Methods (Geography), ANEP-UdelaR
Thirty-three years’ experience in secondary education
Geography teacher at the Instituto Normal de Montevideo.
Co-author of Geography textbooks for primary and secondary school, Editorial Santillana and Editorial Rosgal
Research area: school geography among primary-teacher trainees.
SABINA ESTHER ARIGON
Teacher of ART HISTORY
Architect, graduate of the Faculty of Architecture, UdelaR
Assistant lecturer in Architecture and Theory at the Faculty of Architecture (FADU-UdelaR)
Master’s student in History (Art and Heritage), Universidad de Montevideo
Fifteen years’ teaching experience in secondary education
Twenty years’ teaching experience at university level
Author of several articles in El País Cultural
Author of academic articles and papers presented at international conferences
Research: “La obra del Ingeniero Andreoni en Uruguay. Una aproximación” (2012). Co-author of the catalogue “Arquitectos Arbeleche y Canale” (2017).
MAITE IGLESIAS SCHOL
IPA graduate in HISTORY.
CertTESOL English teacher, Trinity College.
Master’s student in Political History (Faculty of Social Sciences, UdelaR).
Teacher in public and private secondary education.
Research areas: 20th-century political history, gender history, recent history.
LAURA ARCARDINI JAUME.
IPA graduate in HISTORY.
Master’s in Virtual Learning Environments, Virtual Educa – OAS – University of Panama and Funglode/GFDD
Co-author of the book Escenarios del pasado. La histori(ografí)a en la voz de los profesores. Cuadernos de Historia collection, vol. 3, Biblioteca Nacional–CLAEH. Historical advisor for the book “La Revolución Oriental. Inicio y Esplendor (1811-1815)”, published by Editorial Fin de Siglo
Completing the seminar “Escenarios de la enseñanza de la historia del arte y el patrimonio”, CLAEH
Studying for a BA in History, FHCE, UdelaR
ÁLVARO REVELLO BARBOZA
Academic tutor at San Felipe
IPA graduate in LITERATURE and SPANISH LANGUAGE
Postgraduate degree in Education with a focus on Curriculum and Assessment, UCUDAL
Master’s in Classical Philology: “The classical world and its influence on Western culture”, UNED, Madrid.
Thirty years’ experience in secondary education.
Lecturer in World Literature I and II and in Literature Teaching Methods at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas.
LAURA DE LA ROSA
IPA graduate in LITERATURE
Studied for a BA in LITERATURE, Faculty of Humanities, UdelaR
Ten years’ teaching experience in public and private secondary education
Research area: fantasy and science fiction literature
CYNTHIA GUILLERMONE
IPA graduate in LITERATURE
Academic tutor at San Felipe
VALENTINA DEBASTIANI
IPA graduate in PHILOSOPHY
MARIANA ESCOBAR
MALENA COSTA MINARRIETA
Academic tutor at San Felipe
IPA graduate in BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Teacher in public and private secondary education
Mentor teacher for teacher-training students
Studies in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences (UdelaR)
CLAUDIA FERNÁNDEZ GERVASIO
IPA graduate in BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Teacher in public and private secondary education
Coordinator and teacher since 2015 at ProCES (secondary completion programme), a CES pedagogical exploration programme
Diploma in “Teaching for Understanding”, taught online by the Harvard Graduate School of Education (WIDE World)
ALEJANDRA DELGADO
PHYSICS teacher
IPA graduate in Physics and laboratory assistant
Diploma in Physics, Universidad Nacional del Centro (Tandil), Argentina
29 years’ teaching experience in secondary and tertiary education
SOLEDAD CARDOZO
IPA graduate in PHYSICS.
MARCOS GRILLE
IPA graduate in PHYSICS.
ELENA LAGO
IPA graduate in CHEMISTRY
Bachelor in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, UdelaR
Teacher in public and private education
VALENTINA MORANDO
IPA graduate in CHEMISTRY
Environmental Monitoring Technician, UTU.
Secondary school teacher.
ANDREA CAPUCHO
San Felipe alumna
PHYSICS teacher, IPA graduate.
Teaches in public and private schools.
Recreation leader course at the Dr. Zhitlovsky Jewish Cultural Association.
Worked as a volunteer recreation leader at the YMCA (ACJ).
Took part in UNICEF’s Enredar derechos project.
ANA MARTÍNEZ
GISSEL ARGAÑARÁS
Tenured teacher of BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION and ACCOUNTING.
Teacher in public and private secondary education.
Teacher in special education programmes in detention centres
Social educator, graduate of the INAU Training Centre
Studies at IPA in Mathematics
Studies at the Faculty of Economics, UdelaR
Training in Braille and sign language
MARCELO CASSINELLI
Economics teacher
GUSTAVO CASTIÑEIRA
COMPUTER SCIENCE teacher.
Tertiary studies at IPA and the Faculty of Engineering, UdelaR.
Teacher in public and private secondary education.
Digital literacy teacher for the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Teacher at the Montevideo city council’s community centres.
Educator at institutions in disadvantaged communities.
Teacher in Plan Ibirapitá
Workshop leader for the Ministry of Education and Culture in public institutions
CLARA MEDINA
Computer Science teacher.
SERGIO DA COSTA
IPA graduate in Mathematics
Teacher at CES and private institutions
BA in Psychology, UCUDAL
ILEANA INFANTOZZI
IPA graduate in MATHEMATICS.
Teacher in private education.
International Baccalaureate teacher.
DANIELA PAGÉS
IPA graduate in Mathematics
PhD in Mathematics Education (CICATA, IPN, Mexico)
More than 35 years’ teaching experience in secondary education
Lecturer in Mathematics Teaching Methods in the blended teacher-training programme
Research area: initial training of mathematics teachers, especially teaching practice, both of future teachers and of mathematics teacher educators
NATALIA SABORIDO
IPA graduate in MATHEMATICS
Teacher in public and private education
VICTORIA BONILLA JABIF
ELEGIR-ELEGIRSE WORKSHOP
BA in Psychology, UDELAR
BA in Social Communication, UCUDAL
Specialisation in EMDR Therapy, EMDR Institute, Inc. and EMDR Iberoamérica
Certification in Clinical Psychology, Behavioural Disorders and Educational Psychology, UAB
Actress, EAAU
Communications manager at private institutions and NGOs
Coordinator of the ‘Te Escucho’ (I’m listening) space for young people and teenagers at private institutions
Clinical psychologist.
JOAQUÍN MÁRQUEZ
ESPACIO LENGUA WORKSHOP
FLORENCIA CASTRO
Physical Education teacher.
LUCAS VENTOS
San Felipe alumnus
Member of the Recreation team
Training in play-based education at the LA MANCHA Training and Research Centre
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A violence-free Sanfe
«Respect is non-negotiable. Care is a shared responsibility.»Liceo Preuniversitario Ciudad de San Felipe
At Sanfe we believe that educating means building safe spaces based on respect, equality and the rejection of all forms of violence, discrimination and sexual harassment.
We make available to the whole community the Protocol for the prevention, detection and handling of sexual harassment in private schools, agreed at the Wage Council, with guarantees of protection and confidentiality.
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