Carmen Martin Gaite

The IES Carmen Martín Gaite is a public educational center located in Moralzarzal, with 25 years of experience, accommodating more than 800 students. It offers education in E.S.O., Bachillerato, and Vocational Training at Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced levels, and in its classrooms, Spanish and English are taught. Additionally, it provides services such as a cafeteria and school transportation through routes, along with the loan of books and computers, the Refuerza program, lockers, and student ID cards, as well as financial assistance.

The center organizes extracurricular and complementary activities driven by various departments, including badminton and calisthenics, and has a research seminar in Bachillerato, with research projects during this stage. Educational activity is another of its lines of work, aimed at creating motivating and transversal projects, and the Physics and Chemistry department participates in the Feria Madrid es Ciencia. In the solidarity field, the center develops initiatives such as a solidarity breakfast and a Christmas market linked to the NGO Costa de la Sonrisa.

Among its institutional documents are the Educational Project of the Center, the Coexistence Plan with the rules of organization, operation, and coexistence, and the document of educational programs and extracurricular activities. It also has a drug prevention plan and an environmental policy. Throughout the school year, milestones are celebrated such as the centenary of the birth of Carmen Martín Gaite, after whom the institute is named.