Colegio Belga Guatemalteco

Colegio Belga Guatemalteco
Address
9 calle 10-38
Zona 1, Guatemala city
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Information
Grades From kindergarten to High School
Gender educational-bilingual
Language Spanish, French, Dutch
Campus Guatemala City, Guatemala
School colour(s)          Red, Blue
Website http://www.colegiobelga.edu.gt/belga/index.html

Colegio Belga Guatemalteco (Dutch: Belgische School Guatemalteek; French: École Belge Guatémaltèque) is a Belgian international School in Guatemala.

This is a bilingual school, there are also lessons of French and Dutch.

History

The origins of the Belgian school begin when Belgian women's of the Holy Family of Helmet, requested authorization to the dictator Jorge Ubico to build an educational work in Guatemala. The School officially opens under the protection of the Holy Angels the October 2, 1933, with permission of the General Jorge Ubico. The school began with a total of 18 students (mostly women's) Belgian or Guatemalans of Belgian descendant.[1]

Congregations

Although the school currently is secular, the school had a history of religious congregations, the Congregation of the Holy Family began with the arrival of the family Van Biervliet from Flanders, Belgium (composed by Pierre Francois, Marie Jeanne and the daughters Rosalie, Melanie and Henriette), who in the founding of the congregation, they give asylum to the poor people and homeless people.[2]

Educational Levels

The Belgian School is organized into five levels according to the age and degree of the boarders.:[3]

References

  1. ↑ Después de 80 años, el Colegio Belga sigue siendo un faro de luz y sabiduría Colegio Belga - Historia
  2. ↑ Congregación de la Sagrada Familia Colegio Belga
  3. ↑ Niveles Colegio Belga

External links

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