{"id":9730,"date":"2025-11-06T16:36:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/academic-excellence-approach\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:45:50","slug":"academic-excellence-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/en\/academic-excellence-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Approach to Academic Excellence at Maple Bear Sofia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Are we an academic school? <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a question that often comes up among parents looking for the right school for their child. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our answer is that at Maple Bear Sofia, we work to help every student reach their full academic potential. Since each child is unique, we apply a differentiated approach to teaching: we provide additional challenges for students who progress quickly, while supporting those who need more help to catch up. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:20;margin-right:20;margin-bottom:20;margin-left:20\">We do this by following the motto of the Canadian education system: <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1\"><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;No one is left behind.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:25px;background-color:#cf2d2d;margin-top:20px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:20px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada ranks among the top-performing countries in the PISA assessments, which measure how well 15-year-old students can apply their knowledge and skills in reading, mathematics, and science to solve real-world problems.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to Bulgaria and our school. At Maple Bear Sofia, we follow a hybrid educational model: part of the school day is dedicated to the Canadian Maple Bear program, and the other part to the Bulgarian curriculum, aligned with the requirements of the Ministry of Education. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" data-id=\"9702\" src=\"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo-28880728-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo-28880728-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo-28880728-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo-28880728-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo-28880728.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"9701\" src=\"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viber_image_2025-11-05_14-51-15-791-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viber_image_2025-11-05_14-51-15-791-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viber_image_2025-11-05_14-51-15-791-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viber_image_2025-11-05_14-51-15-791-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viber_image_2025-11-05_14-51-15-791-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our students in Bulgaria consistently achieve high results on the national external assessments at the end of Grade 4: <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2024:<\/strong> Bulgarian Language and Literature \u2014 91.79 points; Mathematics \u2014 89.79 points<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2025:<\/strong> Bulgarian Language and Literature \u2014 85.46 points; Mathematics \u2014 89.29 points<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF0675-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF0675-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF0675-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF0675-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF0675-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF0675-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also support academically ambitious students with competitive mathematics classes (Grades 2\u20134) as part of the standard school day, and with preparation for national competitions such as:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mathematics without Borders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Kangaroo <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lyuboslovie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spelling Bee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academic achievement is one essential aspect of a child\u2019s development. We believe that school should be a place that nurtures the whole child. In a series of upcoming posts, we\u2019ll share more about how we help our students grow \u2014 socially, physically, and artistically.   <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DZ2_6003_e_Test1-2-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DZ2_6003_e_Test1-2-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DZ2_6003_e_Test1-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DZ2_6003_e_Test1-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DZ2_6003_e_Test1-2-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DZ2_6003_e_Test1-2-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Interested in enrolling in the primary or middle school program for the 2026\/2027 school year?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/en\/admissions\/\">https:\/\/sofia-school.maplebear.bg\/en\/admissions\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are we an academic school? 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