Modern American School (Mexico)

Modern American School (MAS; Spanish: Escuela Moderna Americana, S.C.) is a private, co-educational day school in Romero de Terreros [es], Coyoacán, Mexico City.[1] It serves kindergarten and preschool through senior year of high school.[2] The Modern American School ranked 3rd out of more than 50 private schools in the 2020 Reforma Mexico City High School rankings.[3]

The school was established in 1952 by teacher María Vilchis Barroso de Rodríguez and her husband Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez.[4][5] Since its foundation MAS has been a co-ed, non-religious and bilingual (English and Spanish) institution.

The school's goal is to give students an education that promotes the development of their intellectual, emotional, physical, artistical, and ethical capacities. The Modern American School aims to create a workplace of honesty, cooperation and excellence that allows its students to succeed in an ever-more-competitive world.[6]

Notable alumni

• Arturo Sarukhán Casamitjana (born 1963), former Ambassador of Mexico to the United States.
• Pablo Kuri-Morales (born 1961), former Deputy Secretary of Health.
• Monica Lavín (born 1955), award-winning author and journalist.
• Nora Volkov (born 1956), director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse.

References

1. "Location Map." Modern American School. Retrieved on April 12, 2016. "Cerro del Hombre 18 Col. Romero de Terreros, Mexico, DF."
2. "Educational Levels." Modern American School. Retrieved on April 12, 2016.
3. "Las Mejores Prepas 2020". www.reforma.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-20.
4. "Modern American School". www.modernamerican.edu.mx. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
5. "History." Modern American School. Retrieved on April 12, 2016.
6. "Modern American School". www.modernamerican.edu.mx. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

External links

• Modern American School
• (in Spanish) Modern American School