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United High School

Argentina, Buenos Aires

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The school at a glance
Instructs in English
Fees Fees not listed
Ages 1 - 17 years
Type Co-educational
Opened 1992
Bus Service No
Academic offering
Curriculum Cambridge (Primary), Cambridge (Secondary), Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International AS Levels, Cambridge A Levels
Taught languages English, French
Strengths Sport, Languages, Outdoor Education
Clubs Arts and Creative, Community and Service, Leadership and Professional
Stages Early Years, Primary School, Secondary School
Introduction

United High School is a secular, coeducational, bilingual institution in Buenos Aires' Belgrano Chico, offering preschool through secondary education. The campus at Montañeses 2434 serves ages 1 to 17, with Kindergarten (18 months to 5 years) and English bilingual instruction from the first year. The Cambridge curriculum covers Primary to A Levels (Primary CP, IGCSE, AS/A Levels, ICE), and the AICE diploma is pursued in the final years. The school awards a Baccalaureate with a focus on Economics and Administration, and French is taught as a second language under an Alliance Française agreement, with DELF A1/A2 exams. The mission emphasizes humanistic education and personalized advisory services, including support for writing a bachelor's thesis and university admissions overseas. Life in Nature projects and a broad sport and arts program foster autonomy, teamwork, and resilience. Facilities support project-based learning, reading, and workshops in art, music, drama, technology, computing, and chess. Extracurriculars include Drama Club, Choir, Junior Achievement, and UK cultural trips.

Montañeses 2434, C1428 AQN, Cdad. Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Essentials

United High School has instruction in English.

Location
Located in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, at Montañeses 2434 (1428). The school has operated since 1992. It is secular, coeducational, and bilingual in English. It offers preschool, primary, and secondary levels.

Stages
Preschool, Primary, Secondary

Type
secular, coeducational, bilingual in English

Additional learning support
provides individual support to each student

Religious affiliation
Secular

School day structure
Shift options: Morning only or Morning and five afternoons
Diving Deeper

Uniform Requirement
The school uniform may be purchased at Recreo uniformes (Av. El Cano) or at College Uniformes (José Hernández 2449).

Food Options
School cafeteria is provided by the school. Students may stay for lunch for a lunch fee or may bring their own lunch box.

Governance and Ownership
Founders: Dr. Luis Alberto Melograno Lecuna and Mrs. Fátima Contreras de Melograno.
Fees
Application fees
- No published numeric amount for an application, registration, enrollment or re‑enrollment fee was found in the school's public admissions materials. The internal regulations confirm the existence of a matrícula (enrollment) and reinscripción (re‑enrolment) as distinct chargeable items but do not list amounts.

Tuition fees by school year (per term / per month)
- Tuition is structured as monthly school fees (aranceles mensuales). Specific tuition amounts for each year group, grades, or per term are not published in the school's public materials for the current academic year. No per‑term or per‑grade fee schedule with numeric values was found.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- Tuition is billed as monthly fees (cuotas mensuales). The internal regulations reference ‘‘cuotas mensuales'' and condition some financial benefits on being up to date with monthly payments, but the public documents do not provide a detailed billing calendar (exact due dates), the number of instalments billed per academic year, nor published late‑payment penalties or interest rates.

Boarding fees
- Boarding is not applicable. The school is described and operated as a day school (preschool, primary and secondary) with no boarding facilities or boarding fees indicated.

Other costs and optional charges
- Uniform: The school specifies two authorised uniform suppliers (Recreo Uniformes and College Uniformes); uniform purchase is an additional cost handled through those suppliers.
- School cafeteria / lunch: The school operates a cafeteria and charges a separate lunch fee for students who stay for lunch; bringing a packed lunch is an alternative. No published per‑meal or monthly cafeteria price was found.
- Transportation: Transport is provided by a third party and can be contracted by families; any transport fee is charged by that third‑party provider. No published transport rates or billing arrangements were found.
- Extracurricular / after‑school activities: The school offers after‑school activities (Taekwondo, football, gymnastics); no public pricing for those activities was located.
- Discounts and scholarships: The internal regulations list recurring fee concessions applied to monthly tuition: 10% off the second sibling's monthly fee, 20% off the third sibling's monthly fee, and 100% (full waiver) on the fourth sibling's monthly fee. There is a 30% monthly‑fee discount for children of alumni. These reductions apply only to the monthly tuition (they explicitly exclude matrícula, reinscripción and the school's fund for scholarships). Discounts may be revoked if two or more monthly instalments are overdue or for serious conduct/academic issues.

Refunds and withdrawal
- No published, itemised tuition‑refund policy or a clear numeric refund schedule for withdrawals/early departures was found in the school's publicly available documents. The internal regulations describe administrative categories and conditions tied to enrolment, discounts and the revocation of financial benefits, but they do not provide a published timetable of refunds or reimbursements for paid tuition or enrollment fees.

Fee payment options
- No public statement of accepted payment methods (bank transfer details, accepted credit cards, online payment platforms, direct debit arrangements, or cash payment procedures) was located in the admissions pages or the internal regulations. The school maintains an admissions contact for ‘‘tuition communication'' but no payment method list is published in the materials reviewed.

Summary of findings (brief): I reviewed the school's public pages (information, admission form and contact pages) and the school's Internal Regulations (Reglamento Interno). Those sources confirm that tuition is charged as monthly fees, show specific sibling and alumni discounts that apply to monthly tuition and identify additional chargeable services (uniforms, cafeteria lunch, third‑party transport), but they do not publish numeric amounts for application fees, per‑grade or per‑term tuition, boarding (not applicable), exact billing dates, payment methods, or a detailed refund schedule for the current academic year. For the items where no amounts or detailed payment procedures are published, no numerical fee data could be extracted from the materials reviewed.
Academics

United High School teaches Cambridge (Primary), Cambridge (Secondary), Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International AS Levels, Cambridge A Levels for students aged 1 to 17.

Curriculum
The school is secular, coeducational, and bilingual in English, offering early childhood through secondary education. Kindergarten serves ages 18 months to 5 years, with bilingual English starting from the 1-year-old class, project-based learning, and curricular activities in art, music, physical education, and preschool swimming. Primary education consolidates foundations with English as the first language; Cambridge Primary CP covers Language, Maths, Science, Global Perspectives, and Arts, with project-based learning, a reading program, and workshops in art, music, drama, technology, computing, and chess. Secondary education fully maintains bilingualism and prepares students for Cambridge exams (ESOL, IGCSE, ICE) and AS/A Level through the AICE pathway, with French offered via DELF A1/A2 and extracurriculars such as Junior Achievement and business internships. The school awards a Baccalaureate with a focus on Economics and Administration, bilingual in English with French proficiency, and a comprehensive mission emphasizes humanistic education and personalized advisory services, including support for writing a bachelor's thesis.

Higher Education Progression
Secondary students prepare for A Level and AS Level to obtain the AICE diploma; Cambridge exams (ESOL, ICE, IGCSE) and DELF French exams support a wide range of university pathways; a Baccalaureate with a focus on Economics and Administration provides a business-oriented preparation; the school promotes partnerships with prestigious universities in Argentina and abroad.

Gifted and Talented
Gifted and talented offerings include Cambridge International Exams (CP Primary, IGCSE, ICE, AICE) and DELF exams; Junior Achievement and business internships, academic talks, and activities with companies broaden opportunities; a Baccalaureate focused on Economics and Administration provides a specialized pathway for ambitious students.
Wellbeing

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Counseling team of three professionals provides tutoring, career guidance, assemblies, and parents interviews, with ongoing follow-up on students' emotional and social well-being.

Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Regular and special classrooms are available and equipped to meet specific needs.

English as an Additional Language (EAL)
The school is bilingual in English; language education is supported with Cambridge exams and French Ministry of Education examinations.

Mental Wellbeing
Counseling services support students' emotional and social well-being; personalized advisory services are offered, including assistance with writing a bachelor's thesis and undergraduate research preparation.

Safeguarding
First aid is provided and the school is affiliated with SOS Emergencies; internal and external emergency exits are in place.
Parent Experience

History
United High School is located at Montañeses 2434, Buenos Aires, in the Belgrano Chico neighborhood, and has over 30 years of educational experience. It was founded by Dr. Luis Alberto Melograno Lecuna and his wife, Fátima Contreras de Melograno, as a model institution focused on academic achievement and comprehensive personal development. The school is secular, coeducational, and bilingual in English, offering preschool through secondary education (to 5th year). Its language program is strengthened by Cambridge exams and the French Ministry of Education exams. The school pursues academic excellence integrated with positive human values, aiming to prepare students for admission to universities in Argentina and abroad.

Community
Parental involvement is essential and works in harmony with the school to support its philosophy of life based on ethics, perseverance, and passion, as well as its professional and pedagogical vision. The school emphasizes ethical development, respect for diversity, and non-discrimination as core values. It fosters a warm, supportive environment that helps students develop academically and personally.
Facilities

Sports Facilities
Swimming is offered for Kinder 5, and tennis for first and second grade. The school also teaches handball, basketball, and volleyball. Rugby is included with adapted rules to emphasize teamwork and inclusion. The Life in Nature project runs from kindergarten through lower secondary with camps in Pilar, Chascomús, Tandil, Ostende, and Mendoza, supporting autonomy, leadership, and connection with nature.

Academic Facilities
English bilingual education with Cambridge international exams (AICE, AS/A Level, ICE, IGCSE) and Cambridge Secondary 1 Program. French is taught as a second language with DELF A1 and A2 exams under an Alliance Française agreement. Educational Technology includes Open Office, Web Design and Multimedia, Graphic Design, and Administrative Tools. Project-based learning with interdisciplinary areas of knowledge and study. Fifth-year students prepare for A Level and AS Level to obtain the AICE diploma.

Extra Curricular Facilities
Extracurricular workshops include Drama Club and Choir. Junior Achievement. Cultural trips to the United Kingdom. Vocational guidance and Community Service work. Activities with Companies and Academic Talks.
Extra-Curricular Activities

Academic & Intellectual
Mission is to proactively educate our students with a comprehensive humanistic education, balanced academically, artistically, and athletically, so they are recognized for their achievements and human values within a framework of continuous improvement. The pursuit of academic excellence is paired with a comprehensive and integrated education grounded in positive human values. A project has been developed to provide high chances of admission to the best universities in the country and abroad. The results of Cambridge examinations and the French Ministry of Education examinations validate the strength of our language education within a curriculum that develops artistic, scientific, and athletic abilities.

Arts & Creative
The curriculum fosters development across artistic, scientific, and athletic abilities as part of a balanced education. Curricular workshops include plastic arts and music, and extracurricular programs include Drama Club and Choir. Extracurricular activities include Taekwondo, a football school, and artistic gymnastics.

Cultural & Language
English is taught bilingually in a program that uses Cambridge International Examinations, including AICE (AS/Level) and ICE, as well as IGCSE. In secondary, English and French are taught with international examinations; French is taught as a second language with DELF A1 and A2 exams. In secondary, students pursue Cambridge examinations and DELF examinations, and graduates complete a Bachillerato with orientation in Economics and Administration, bilingual in English with proficiency in French.

Social & Hobbies
Drama Club and Choir are offered as extracurricular activities. The sports program includes Hockey, Rugby, Football, and Athletics, with a broad year‑round curriculum and camps. The Vida en la Naturaleza project provides nature‑based experiences with camps and study trips to Pilar, Chascomús, Tandil, Ostende, and Mendoza. There is also a cultural trip to the United Kingdom.

Community & Service
An area of solidary work coordinates social activities carried out by the parents, students, and teachers, including mentorship of a rural school and assistance to establishments or homes for underprivileged children. The school also runs Trabajo Solidario and promotes ethical values, non‑discrimination, and respect for diversity as part of its community ethos.

Leadership & Professional
Students develop habits of personal organization, time management, teamwork, conflict resolution, shared vision, decision‑making, leadership, and complex thinking. The school's Educational Integrationism fosters critical and creative thinking and a capacity for continuous improvement. A Management specialization strengthens preparation for the professional future and expands the upper years of the curriculum. Programs such as Junior Achievement and university partnerships support leadership and entrepreneurship.

Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Sports are essential for physical, mental, and social development and are treated as a tool for learning values rather than an end in themselves. The school maintains a broad sports program and uses a private club for weekly practice. The Vida en la Naturaleza project includes nature‑based trips to Pilar, Chascomús, Tandil, Ostende, and Mendoza to develop autonomy, discipline, and environmental awareness. The school also emphasizes health, wellbeing, and positive attitudes toward sport and physical activity.
Languages

Language Provision
English is the language of instruction. The school is bilingual in English. It offers education across early childhood, primary, and secondary levels.

Bilingual Teaching
The school is secular. It is coeducational. It is bilingual in English with instruction across early childhood, primary, and secondary levels.
Admissions

Admissions
Admission is offered for Kinder, Primary, and Secondary levels. An online Admission form is available to begin the enrollment process. The form collects: full name, date of birth, ID number, nationality, educational level applying to (Kinder, Primary, Secondary); School Year (2025, 2026, 2027); Classroom applying to (1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, Preschool); Grade applying to (1º Grade through 7º Grade); Year applying to (1º Year through 5º Year); Shift (Morning only or Morning and 5 afternoons); School attended; Schools previously attended; Address; Mother's name, ID number, nationality, profession, and whether the mother speaks English; Father's name, ID number, nationality, profession, and whether the father speaks English; whether there are siblings; Siblings' names and ages and the schools they attend; How you learned about United High School; Comments/Expectations. Tuition communication and the Admission form are available. The school is secular, coeducational, and bilingual in English, offering preschool, primary, and secondary levels from 1-year-old to 5th year. A project supports high chances of admission to top universities in Argentina and abroad. Cambridge exams and French Ministry of Education exams demonstrate the strength of language education.
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