Welcome from the General Director
Governance Structure
History
Mission & Vision
Community Values

Welcome from the General Director

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Lincoln School, Costa Rica. As you navigate our website, I hope you will begin to discover the richness of our program offerings and the uniqueness of the Lincoln community. Lincoln School is a non-profit school that continues to be the leader in providing a US style, multi-cultural education in Costa Rica, while educating and instilling reverence for national culture.

With a focus on continuous improvement, our purpose statement is clear and explicit; “Excellence through Innovation, Integrity, and Leadership”. The fundamentals of the purpose can be uncovered each day in our teaching, learning, and personal relationships, inside the classroom and beyond.

The goals of the school’s strategic plan emphasize the importance of a process school that allows students the opportunity to connect their learning to life. Our school wide principles of teaching and learning encourage student autonomy, purpose, and choice. The significance given to the development of learning traits such as: caring and principled, open-minded thinkers, willing to take risks, is a constant and continuous pursuit throughout a student’s career at Lincoln.

For 75 years, Lincoln School has set the standard for quality education in Costa Rica and the region, educating leaders that have made a difference in their country and the world.

I invite you to learn more through the pages and links of this website and look forward to the opportunity to welcome you on campus for a visit.

Best Regards,
Robert Rinaldo, Ed.S
Director General

Governance Structure

Gorvernance Structure

Assembly of Associates

Lincoln School is governed by the assembly of associates. Every family gets to be associated by a representative that will participate in the assemblies or be represented by a power of attorney.

The assembly of associates meets once a year to elect the board of directors and vote on important decisions regarding all school aspects.

Board of Directors

The board of directors is elected by the assembly and represents all associates following the school statutes. It is composed of eleven members and a fiscal.

Marilis Pinto Barzuna – President
Federico Chavez Saenz – Vicepresident
Luis Artavia Gutiérrez – Treasurer
Erica Araya Escalante – Secretary
Jose Antonio Sauma Uribe – Vocal I
Orlando Ortiz Odio – Vocal II
Shannon Music Gamboa – Vocal III
Mónica Orlich Ventura – Vocal IV
Osvaldo Mora González – Vocal V
Diana Montero Hernández – Vocal VI
Sergio Santisteban Stone – Fiscal

Committees

Lincoln also has board committees that can be composed of associates and Lincoln Parents. We have permanent and Ad Hoc committees that help achieve goals and strategic objectives. Board committees respond directly to the board of directors. Some of our board committees are:

Education
Finance
Buildings and grounds
Scholarship

History

Lincoln History

The beginning of a dream

In 1945, a group of visionary Costa Rican parents and US immigrants
founded Lincoln School to provide a bicultural and bilingual education for their children. Since its foundation in a small house in Barrio La California in San José and its long-term location in Moravia where the Lincoln dream became a reality, to its actual campus of 7 hectares (17.3 acres) in Barrio El Socorro, San Miguel de Santo Domingo de Heredia.

Lincoln School has been a leader in co-educational private instruction in Central America. Starting with 136 students in 1945, Lincoln has grown to an outstanding current enrollment of 1,500 students. Throughout Lincoln’s history up to the present, students come from a variety of countries and represent a wide spectrum of religions and cultures, thereby enriching the learning environment and giving the school population a multicultural emphasis, a vital tool that allows them to have a better understanding of today’s globalized world. Lincoln is a non-profit, private educational institution offering programs from Preschool to 12th grade.