Marques De Santillana

IES Marqués de Santillana is a public secondary education center located in Colmenar Viejo. It offers the stages of E.S.O. and Bachillerato, and also includes a semi-presential Bachillerato program aimed at adults. Teaching is conducted in Spanish, with English present in its educational proposal.

In its educational project, the center identifies as a STEM center. Throughout the year, it participates in the PCT Program to reinforce mathematical competence for 1st and 2nd E.S.O., funded by the Ministry of Education. It also has a Digital Center Plan, whose objectives are to improve the technological resources of the center, facilitate access for students from vulnerable sectors to mobile devices, ensure sufficient digital means in classrooms, technically train the teaching staff, and reduce the digital divide to promote equality of opportunities, addressing situations of face-to-face, distance, and mixed teaching. The center is also part of the network of sustainable schools, with an eco-school project.

Among the activities it develops are the Mathematical Photography Contest, which reaches its eleventh edition, as well as an open house day and a solidarity day. The center's website also includes the celebration of its 50th anniversary and maintains a section dedicated to former students. In terms of coexistence, the center disseminates the regional plan against drugs and its anonymous electronic complaint mailbox.