Champagnat School
| Marist Community Colegio Champagnat | |
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| Location | |
Bogotá, D.C. | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, All-boys, Catholic |
| Motto | Humbleness, Simplicity & Modesty |
| Established | 1938 -(Officially Opened in 1938) |
| Principal | Edgar Hernán Lozano Rico (Bogota) |
| Grades | Transition through 11th Grade. |
| Enrollment | 2000 (yearly) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic / Marist Community Marist Brothers |
| Newspapers | Marist Newspaper, "El Cable". |
| Website | http://colegiochampagnat.edu.co/ |
The Champagnat School is an educational institution of the Teaching Marist Brothers, which, through the Marist pedagogy characterized by love for Mary, family spirit, love for work, simplicity of life and pedagogy of presence, aiming for children and young people to know and love Jesus Christ, to help them be good Christians and good citizens, thus making reality the dream of Saint Marcellin Champagnat..[1]
The School is a mixed-gender, private, bilingual (English and Spanish) educative institute in Bogotá, Colombia, with subsidiaries in Pasto[2], Cali[3], Popayan[4], Ibague[5] and other minor schools in most of the municipalities of Colombia. It has hosted recognized business people, ministers, biologists and one President of Colombia, as students. [6]
History
Del Carmen Institute was the name with which the School opened its doors on February 14, 1938. It started classes with 49 students enrolled for the first three grades of primary school. However, the number of students increased to 78 in the first year[7]
In 1939, a larger room was rented on 44th Street in Teusaquillo, which allowed to increase a course each year and to have more than 300 students for 1944.
Due to the resounding success that the school was having, the Marist Brothers of Bogotá bought in May 1939 a land in the "La Magdalena", located on Avenida 39, between 17th and 17thA streets, also in Teusaquillo, in order to build a modern school. Since then the school has remained in the same place, being a modern-eclectic architectonic icon of the Locality of Teusaquillo and also of Bogotá.
The National Education Inspector, Dr. José M. Restrepo Millán, made the first visit to the school in October 1941, leaving a satisfactory report, with which an approval of the studies was achieved by Decree No.82 of January 29, 1942.
In 1966, the female staff made their entrance to the school to collaborate with education, thanks to four religious of the Sacred Hearts who took charge of the children's section. By 1967, three civilian teachers and an administrative secretariat, Doña Sonia Forero de Cortés; in the following years, the female staff would increase.
With the arrival of the sisters and teachers, the students of the school increased significantly. In addition, the construction of a new space on the 5th floor of the North Wing allowed duplicating and tripling the grades of preschool children and primary school. This way, by 1970 the number of students reached 1500. That same year, the College managed to graduate more than 100 bachelors.
The pastoral and cultural events added to the great intellectual capacity displayed by the Brother Vicerrector, Andrés Hurtado García on the newspaper "El Cable" (since 1977) helped to create awareness of the Marist Family and to nurture an intellectual atmosphere for students. In 1979 the School achieved the first position in Bogota for the ICFES examinations. For 1981 the School achieved the Andrés Bello Diploma.
During the SEMAC -Marist Action Week- of 1980, the name of "Instituto del Carmen" was changed to that of Colegio Champagnat, in honor of the Marist Founder, Saint Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat, the model to be followed by all the educators linked to this Institution.
In 1989, the school year began with 1878 students enrolled, 8 brothers in the community and 61 civilian teachers. Four alumni of the school enter the Marist postulancy.
In 2015 a children's unit is inaugurated with the purchase of Merceditas Children's Garden, where the pre-garden and kindergarten grades are taught, increasing the educational offer for early childhood.
Symbols [8]
Coat of Arms :
The Twelve Stars: Represent the twelve privileges of the Virgin Mary.
The White Star: It symbolizes the mission of the Brothers and Laity to make Saint Marcellin's legacy a reality: "Everything to Jesus for Mary, Everything to Mary for Jesus".
The Central Symbol: Identifies the Community of the Marist Brothers.
The Laurel: It symbolizes the achievements and triumphs of our Institution, experienced in students and graduates.
The Three Violets:
This symbol was born after the death of St. Marcellin, these flowers are one of the symbols that are most appreciated within the Marist community and represents the three qualities that St. Marcellin observed that should be practiced in the lives of people and are the heritage of the good Mother, Humility, Simplicity and Modesty, this symbol characterizes the community for the practice of these values as inside and outside our educational institution.
Notable alumni
- César Rojas Carvajal, BA in Education & Religious Sciences, President of the Colombian Religious Conference 2019. Prom 1983, Bogotá School.[9]
- Guillermo León Valencia, Lawyer, 21st President of Colombia 1962-1966. Prom 1946, Bogotá School.[10]
- Juan Carlos Echeverry, Economist, Executive Director of Ecopetrol (2017) and Minister of Finance and Public Credit 2012. Prom 1979, Bogotá School.[11]
- Pedro Felipe Parra Velasco, Physician, Medical by Achievement for a Better Life 2019 Prize. Prom 2003, Popayan Subsidiary.[12]
References
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- ↑ "Champagnat School Values". Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ↑ "Instituto Champagnat Pasto". www.champagnatpasto.com. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ↑ "Colegio San José - Sede Champagnat | Cali". Colegio San José - Sede Champagnat (in español). Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ↑ "Colegio Champagnat Popayan".
- ↑ "Colegio Champagnat Ibague".
- ↑ Redacción, El Tiempo (2013-06-07). "El colegio Champagnat celebra sus 75 años". El Tiempo.
- ↑ "Historia del Colegio". Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ↑ "Marist Symbols".
- ↑ "César Rojas Carvajal es el nuevo presidente de la Conferencia de Religiosos de Colombia". Vida Nueva - Revista y portal de noticias religiosas y de Iglesia (in español). 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ↑ "Guillermo León Valencia - Presidentes de Colombia - Historia de Colombia - Colombia Info". www.colombia.com (in español). Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ↑ Redacción, El Tiempo (2011-05-04). "Colegio Champagnat condecoró a ministro Echeverry". El Tiempo.
- ↑ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2019-06-04). "Un colombiano es el mejor profesional de la salud de Latinoamérica". El Tiempo (in spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-21.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
