Loyola College Guatemala

Loyola College Guatemala
Address
12 Avenida 4-30, Zona 1 Guatemala City Guatemala
Coordinates	14°38′35″N 90°30′25″W / 14.64306°N 90.50694°W / 14.64306; -90.50694
Information
Type	Private primary and secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholicism
Denomination	Jesuits
Patron saint(s)	Ignatius Loyola
Established	1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Director	Orlando Aguilar
Grades	Pre-K-12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	1,146
Website	www.colegioloyola.edu.gt

Loyola College Guatemala is a private Catholic pre-school, primary and secondary school, located in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Jesuit-run school traces its origins to 1958 at the elementary school at La Merced Catholic church.^{[citation needed]}

History

Loyola College remains on 12th Avenue near 5th Street. In 1965 the preprimary opened and in 1968 the high school. In 1971 the primary added an afternoon session and the pre-primary moved to 12th Avenue 3-69 Zone 1. In 1972 an afternoon session opened for pre-primary. By the 1980s there were over 2,000 students at all three levels.^{[citation needed]}

The College has received three government awards: Order José Rolz Bennet the Municipality of Guatemala and the Order of Quetzal granted by the Government of Guatemala both in 2007, and in 2008 the Pedagogical Order Juan Jose Arevalo granted by the Ministry of Education.^{[citation needed]}

Directors

The following individuals have served as Directors of the school:^[1]

See also

• Education in Guatemala
• List of Jesuit schools

References