Strategic Decisions & Partnerships first started as a group of concerned educators, corporate leaders and citizens who began networking  amongst North American educators to help improve education in all the America's. In 2006 SDPUS began forming a foundation, initiated by Peter F. Fiorentino, a graduate student, working on completing his dissertation studies towards achieving an Educational Doctorate (Ed.D) in Higher Education (Leadership & Administration) from the University of Rochester, in upstate New York.

SDPUS's overall mission in Costa Rica is to help effectively join classrooms between South, Central and North America. Striving to foster more cultural understanding and continuity, in our forever connected world communities.

Please click on any of the colored links below to be linked to our website for more specific information on our many programs. Each year we will be visiting a new Green Zone country in Latin America. Our dedicated educators are volunteering all their time, and we have assembled a fantastic outdoor adventure curriculum. We will be exploring jungles, volcanoes & ocean classrooms-- live from Costa Rica. 

Come join us for one of our Green Zone educational adventures, either as an individual teacher or bring your entire class. Why not start integrating our children to have first hand experiences with other children, from a very different educational and cultural background. We can learn so much from one another!

SDPUS will be holding quarterly Conferences with travel excursions for five nights each event, to begin in beautiful Tamarindo, Costa Rica. It's going to be absolutely fabulous...we will be providing staff workshops for training and development, taught by many notable international professors and corporate leaders. At each conference, we will be discussing the topics of local educational leadership/ development, technical innovation and the regions environmental sustainability. 

Participating schools and organizations can exhibit their products and services at our exposé. Visiting educators can participate in learning and development at our many workshops- so come join the excitement in Tamarindo and help further establish international collaboration amongst the Americas.

With the long awaited final approval of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, foreign businesses are now booming in Costa Rica. See how our Research and Corporate Decision Analysis is helping businesses from abroad intelligently invest in the rapidly changing face of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Guanacaste is currently one of the quickest growing places on earth. With this said, we are striving to control this growth by providing innovative solutions to provide a win-win scenario for all.

We are currently in the midst of a very busy fundraising drive in Corporate America  for our Educational Giving Foundation. We are always actively seeking and garnering more Partnering Professors support from universities across the globe, and this is done on a daily recurring basis.

We suggest that you share these opportunities with your staff and fellow colleagues.  Please help grow our ambitious educational network...it's vital for the future of us all, to effectively communicate and educate across borders to properly address many of our future educational and environmental concerns. Our Partnering Professors offer many consultation services across the globe, while also volunteering in schools to help alleviate the "Brain Drain" in Latin America by donating their time and expertise to these developing world schools and universities. We already have a diverse team of professionals available for many differing needs.

Our team is also providing opportunities throughout the year for classroom travels to be guided by our adventurous educators by visiting the unique biodiversity of Costa Rica. If you are interested in bringing your students to Costa R, then please contact us and inquire about the many opportunities and possibilities that exist. Please check out the fantastic School Trips photos and videos on our website. Contact us by email or telephone, for more specific details, on how your class can create their own custom itinerary to visit Costa Rica.

Remember, we are a non-profit organization and donations and proceeds will be going to our foundation, which was created to support local Costa Rican students and schools- by fundraising and giving away a variety of scholarships and grants to some of the most needy children and school districts across Costa Rica. Villareal, which is located in the Province of Guanacaste serves as our first model community, to concentrate on the areas educational growth and development. Please be sure to visit our Grants/Awards link, to see exactly how SDPUS's foundation is setting out to raise funds to build an eco-friendly, marine based sustainable school, for the social & environmental betterment of all people in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica.

The aim of SDPUS, is to fully implement these eco-friendly programs throughout the developing world of Latin America. Be sure to visit our Donating School Supplies link and see how your gifts can help some of our most needy children. Check out our video to understand just how grateful these children are, for everything that is done to benefit them. It's a truly rewarding experience.  We are in need of your help for this venture. SDPUS asks that you please consider this idea. Be sure to come back to our website often, as we are constantly growing new ideas!  Remember our website and Costa Rican programming is in its infancy. The website is updated on a monthly basis, so please check back for our latest news and offerings!

Space is often limited for many of our school programs, so please register soon to ensure your school will be part of this great opportunity!  And come to Costa Rica yourself to contribute in helping solve these global challenges. We guarantee you'll not be disappointed! Please call or email with ideas you may want to discuss, or even just to ask more questions about who we our and what we are doing. 

Pura Vida,

Peter F. Fiorentino, President