HISTORY (ABSS)
The Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School (Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano), generally known as El Zamorano, is a private, university located in the valley of the Yeguare, Fco Morazán, Honduras. Zamorano offers young people from different countries and backgrounds the opportunity to become professional leaders with skills and values, capable of transforming companies and organizations to respond to current challenges in Latin America and the world. In order to serve the needs of the EAP’s employees, a small bilingual elementary school was founded in 1953 within the Zamorano campus. With the name of Alison Bixby Stone School, in memory of the daughter of Doris Zemurray, who was known as ‘Zamorano’s godmother’; ABSS began to follow Zamorano’s purpose and ideals. The Alison Bixby Stone School serves students from the surrounding areas, providing a challenging and interactive bilingual education. In its continued push towards professionalization, ABSS initiated the SACS (Southern Association of Schools and Colleges) accreditation process in 2005, and in 2009, ABSS officially became part of the Escuela Agricola Panamericana. In a memorandum recognizing the merger, the EAP noted that the quality education offered at ABSS was instrumental in allowing the university to recruit and retain quality faculty and staff.
OUR MISSION
Is to provide children of diverse social-economic and cultural backgrounds a stimulating and challenging educational environment that fosters intellectual, social and emotional growth while instilling an awareness of environmental responsibility and the understanding that learning is a life-long process that is both meaningful and enjoyable
OUR VISION
Is to be considered as one of the top bilingual elementary schools and teacher training centers in Central America in terms of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.