The Italian Consulate General in San Francisco hosted the 2024 kickoff meeting of Italian and Italian-American Organizations active in the Bay Area. After introducing the consular team-Italian Cultural Institute and Innovit-Italian Innovation and Culture Hub included-the Consulate and representatives of the associations discussed collaboration with...

La Scuola International Silicon Valley Campus opened the doors to their students on August 17th and delighted in seeing children enjoy the carefully curated spaces which their teachers have created. Children are enjoying both indoor and outdoor spaces, from classrooms and Art Atelier to garden and soccer pitch. They have already harvested numerous...

Emmy Award-winning chef, cookbook author, restaurateur, and more — Eataly partner and beloved Chef Lidia Bastianich gives us plenty of reasons to celebrate! On Saturday, February 19, we are excited to spend an extra special afternoon with Lidia at Eataly Los Angeles. Hosted by the chef herself, this class will feature a menu curated by Lidia in col...

According to Head of School Valentina Imbeni, PhD., Italian-immersion La Scuola is delighted with its new campus in the Mission, but would’ve preferred to have stayed in Dogpatch, where its pre-kindergarten program is located. Established in 2002, La Scuola is a co-educational day school with 300 preschool through eighth grade students split betwee...

La Scuola International School invites preschool to K-1 families to join a Virtual Information Session where you will hear from their Leadership Team and Educators.  In-person tour of the beautiful Reggio Emilia-inspired San Francisco preschool campus are also possible, while the Peninsula campus is being renovated. Thursday September 30 5.30 pm PD...

The Italian Consulate General in SF has the great pleasure to share the 6 episodes of the podcast "Letters to Italy" created and directed by Sara Marinelli for Comites SF. The project was funded by the Directorate General for Italians Abroad of the Italian MFA. The stories told in the podcast regard the impact of Covid 19 on the Italian Community o...

La Scuola International School is excited to announce the expansion of its unique blend of Reggio Emilia, Language Immersion, and International Baccalaureate program with the opening of La Scuola Peninsula, a Preschool Early Childhood campus in East Palo Alto. La Scuola Peninsula will open with preschool classes in January 2022, and continue to exp...

La Scuola International School is a vibrant Pre-K – 8th Grade international community with a focus on inquiry-based learning, creative expression and language immersion.  They are an IB accredited, Italian-immersion school serving Preschool – 8th Grade. La Scuola’s mission is to inspire brave learners to shape the future. La Scuola aims to nurture...

In Italia, e non solo, si fa sempre più intensa la polemica sulla scuola, colpita duramente dalla pandemia, in un alternarsi di aperture e chiusure, critiche e proteste. Nella sua prima conferenza stampa di venerdì 19 marzo, il premier Draghi ha detto che la scuola sarà la prima attività a riaprire e ha annunciato che ad essa saranno destinati 300...

On Jan. 27. 1945, Andra Bucci watched the Red Army liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp. Now, 75 years to the day, Andra recounted that moment and other harrowing personal stories of surviving the Holocaust with her sister during a two-hour talk with our middle school students on Jan. 27. Valentina Imbeni, head of school, and Lorenzo Ortona, I...