Los Lapazares

Los Lapazares is a semi-private Early Childhood Education center located in the Puente de Vallecas district of Madrid. It serves the second cycle of Early Childhood Education (3-6 years) and is part of the educational project of Colegio Mater Clementíssima, which also includes the El Chovo Nursery School (0-3 years) and the Primary (6-12) and ESO (12-16) stages. The center is secular and the project focuses on the languages Spanish, English, and German.

The educational model of the center is defined as humanistic and constructivist, developed through cooperative learning and various motivating mechanisms. It fosters a climate of enthusiasm in a family-like and close environment. Small groups allow for personalized and individualized education. The acquisition of competencies and the development of skills that promote personal evolution are encouraged. Its goal is to provide comprehensive education at all stages, offering the training and knowledge necessary for students to develop their personality and become responsible and useful adults in society. The center understands education as something more than instruction: it educates specific individuals, respecting and enriching their particularities, and attends to the whole person, not just their intelligence or social identity.

Communication with families is continuous. At Los Lapazares, the handover of students to families is individual, allowing for discussions about incidents and daily progress. Tutorials are adapted to parents' schedules and provide thorough information about the student; each term, a report is created with a global assessment of their personal, emotional, and learning development. The relationship between family and school begins at an early age in El Chovo (0-3 years), with daily contact during drop-offs and pickups, and is maintained in the school, where the tutorial schedule is flexible and an informative bulletin is provided every month at all stages. The center offers complementary activities, services, and the 4.0 Program. It is close to the metro stations Portazgo, Nueva Numancia, and Buenos Aires, as well as the Madrid-Abroñigal commuter train station.