Colegio Marista Guaynabo
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Colegio Marista Guaynabo is a Roman Catholic coeducational school in Puerto Rico
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On September 2 1963 Hno. David Mediavilla and Hno. Silvio Salicrup, delegates for the Order’s Superiors, arrived to evaluate the possibilities of making these families’ desires a reality.
On November 11 1963, the news of approval for the foundation of the school arrives. The school had its first settling in the residence of the Architect Jorge Ramirez de Arellano, in Calle J, Garden Hills.
In August 1964, Colegio Marista started its educational history as only school, with 188 students for the first six grades. School population grew rapidly, accounting for 400 students in 1968. This growth seeded the construction of its new and actual facilities in Alturas de Torrimar, Guaynabo.
Today, Colegio Marista has excellent facilities that, along with its religious leaders, faculty and staff, provide education for 1500 boy and girl students. Their education is based on a constructivist
and humanist
curriculum, updated to meet the needs of current times. The Marist Brothers have a long rich tradition of excellent education around the world; locally, each year graduating students are accepted into the most prestigious colleges and universities in Puerto Rico and in the United States.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
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History
In 1963, a group of families interested in having a catholic education for their boys, expressed their interest to the Archbishop of San Juan, Monsignor Jaime Davila for the creation of the school.On September 2 1963 Hno. David Mediavilla and Hno. Silvio Salicrup, delegates for the Order’s Superiors, arrived to evaluate the possibilities of making these families’ desires a reality.
On November 11 1963, the news of approval for the foundation of the school arrives. The school had its first settling in the residence of the Architect Jorge Ramirez de Arellano, in Calle J, Garden Hills.
In August 1964, Colegio Marista started its educational history as only school, with 188 students for the first six grades. School population grew rapidly, accounting for 400 students in 1968. This growth seeded the construction of its new and actual facilities in Alturas de Torrimar, Guaynabo.
Today, Colegio Marista has excellent facilities that, along with its religious leaders, faculty and staff, provide education for 1500 boy and girl students. Their education is based on a constructivist
Constructivist teaching methods
Constructivist teaching is based on constructivist learning theory. This theoretical framework holds that learning always builds upon knowledge that a student already knows; this prior knowledge is called a schema...
and humanist
Humanism
Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. In philosophy and social science, humanism is a perspective which affirms some notion of human nature, and is contrasted with anti-humanism....
curriculum, updated to meet the needs of current times. The Marist Brothers have a long rich tradition of excellent education around the world; locally, each year graduating students are accepted into the most prestigious colleges and universities in Puerto Rico and in the United States.
School Publications
- El Nido de Halcones (English: Seahawks Chronicle)(High School Publication)
- Il Giornalino (Middle School Publication)
- La Palestra (High School Publication)
- Miniaturas (Elementary School Publication)
Student Organizations, Clubs and Activities
- Club de Teatro
- Club de Tierra Verde
- Club Conciencia Verde
- Club de Matematicas
- Juventud Marista
- Movimiento Infantil Amigos en Marcha
- Movimiento Infantil Maristas en Marcha
- Movimiento Juvenil Ciudad Nueva
- Movimiento Remar
- Sociedad de Honor / Honor Society
- Spelling Bee
Notable alumni
- Víctor J. MontillaVíctor J. MontillaVíctor Montilla is a Puerto Rican businessman, publishing senior executive, and former president of the Puerto Rico Corporation for Public Broadcasting . He received his B.A...
, President, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PR - Luis FortuñoLuis FortuñoLuis Guillermo Fortuño Burset is the governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States of America. Fortuño is also the president of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico , a member of the Republican National Committee, and will be president of the Council of State...
, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in Washington, DC. and Governor of Puerto Rico - Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia, Former Secretary of Justice in PR and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in Washington, DC.
- Jorge Silva PurasJorge Silva PurasJorge Silva Puras is the Regional Administrator at the United States Small Business Administration for Region II which includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. He was appointed to his current position on May 3, 2010...
, Secretary of the Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila - Ricardo Alvarez-DiazRicardo Alvarez-DiazRicardo Alvarez-Diaz is the founder and managing partner of Alvarez-Diaz+Group, PSC , a consulting and design firm with offices in San Juan, Puerto Rico...
, Founder and Managing Partner - A-D+Group,PSC - Carlos Quintana, religious leader in the Catholic Church
- Angel PerezAngel Perez (volleyball)Ángel Pérez is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan. In the same year the setter claimed the silver medal at the NORCECA Championship in Anaheim...
, professional volleyball player
External links
- Colegio Marista Guaynabo. The school's main web site.
- Asociación Puertorriqueña de Ex-Alumnos Maristas. Alumni web site.
- The Marist Brothers. Marist Brothers web site.