Centro Universitario Anglo Mexicano

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Centro Universitario Anglo Mexicano


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Motto: "A whole life experience"
Established: September 4, 1974
Type: Private high school
Principal: Raúl Miranda Pasquel
Location: Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Acapulco, Cancún
Mascot: Cuamito (Tiger)
Athletics: Cheerleading, Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball, Tae-Kwon-Do, College Football
Website: Official site

The Centro Universitario Anglo Mexicano (Anglo-Mexican University Centre) is a high schools chain with home at Mexico City also called CUAM and incorporated to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

After being principal of Queen Elizabeth School, Raúl Miranda Pasquel (current president of CUAM), was asked to open a proper high school. CUAM was inaugurated in September 4, 1974, in San Jose Insurgentes neighborhood in Mexico City, having, at that time, 108 students, most of them from Queen Elizabeth School. Ten years after, a new school facility was inaugurated in Las Aguilas neighborhood, CUAM Aguilas, being now a days home of CUAM's Junior High School, CEAM. In 1985, expansion proceeded in the City of Cuernavaca, as a result of the grand opening of CUAM Morelos, housing near 120 newcomer students. In 1989 CUAM Acapulco opened its gates to a population of 150 students in both High School and Junior High School levels, most of them being convinced of the institutional prestige gained through educational efforts well recognized through the most distinguished universities from all across the country. In 1999, CUAM Aguilas was transformed in CEAM Junior High School, as well as the fourth regional CUAM opened, in the city of Cancún, through a strategic alliance with well recognized "Centro Escolar BALAM", offering now from Kindergarten through High School level. In 2004, CUAM acquired a beautiful property formerly owned by Mexican comedian Mario Moreno Cantinflas, being transformed in an outstanding Junior High School, CEAM Morelos.

CUAM has achieved great success through thirty four years of continuous efforts, actually being recognized as one of the top five High Schools in Mexico, having privileged access to more than 25 top universities, and several academic grants and institutional scholarships, offered to the most brilliant graduated students.

Universities offering privileged access to CUAM graduates are:


- ITAM Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
- ULSA Universidad La Salle (D.F.)
- UIC Universidad Intercontinental
- EBC Escuela Bancaria y Comercial
- UDLA Universidad de Las Americas (D.F.)
- UC Universidad de la Comunicacion
- UNITEC Universidad Tecnologica de Mexico
- USB Universidad Simon Bolivar
- UdeP Universidad del Pedregal
- Ambrosia Centro Culinario Ambrosia
- CUEP Comunidad Universitaria de Estudios Profesionales
- UVM Universidad del Valle de Mexico (D.F.)
- ULP Universidad Loyola del Pacifico (Acapulco)
- UDLAP Universidad de Las Americas (Puebla)
- UPAEP Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla
- ULA Universidad Latinoamericana Campus de la Salud (Morelos)
- UNISOL Universidad del Sol (Morelos)
- UNINTER Universidad Internacional (Morelos)
- UNIC Universidad Cuauhnahuac (Morelos)
- CULTURES Centro Universitario en Lenguas, Turismo y Empresas de Servicios (Morelos)
- EUROAMERICA Estudios Superiores en Hoteleria y Gastronomia (Morelos)
- BOTTICELLI Instituto Fundacion Botticelli (Morelos)
- ANAHUAC IUniversidad Anahuac de Cancún (Cancún)
- ISU Instituto Suizo de Gastronomia y Hoteleria (Cancún)
- MAYAB Universidad del Mayab (Merida)

Current principal in CUAM Mexico is English graduate Derek Wotton, former UNAM's CELE Advisor and Anahuac University languages coordinator and Mexican Geographer Manuel Moro for CEAM Jr. High School, who was previously assistant principal at CUAM Mexico. In CUAM Morelos, CUAM alumni (1982-1985) Raul Miranda, and Alma Ayala for CEAM. CUAM Acapulco is headed by experienced Chemist Luis Miguel Jaimes, and CUAM Cancún under former alumni Juan Jose Arriaga (1977-1980).

CUAM hosts every year since 1996, academic exchanges with DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as with Wakulla High School in Florida.

CEAM recently obtained one of highest scores at the national SEP test for secondary education. CUAM also leads in Mathematics, Sciences and Business, as well as Cheerleading competitions, from which was born ANP Mexico, "Asociacion Nacional de Porristas de Mexico". For the last eighteen years, an annual "Investigation Congress" (Scientific and humanist congress) is cohosted with the National Academy of Science (Academia Mexicana de Ciencias), in CUAM Morelos, from which several outstanding future talents have emerged, actually participating now as school advisors and researchers.

On the sports field, CUAM leads on cheerleading, volleyball and soccer. Annual competitions between several CUAM schools (called INTERCUAM) are held on the different campus since the early 90's. In 2006, CUAM Morelos was awarded the State Award of Sports.

Notable teachers who had taught at CUAM include Javier Garcia (since 1975), Angel Sordo (since 1978) and Aurelio Mariscal in Mexico City (since 1979). Laura Ruiz (currently at CEAM Mexico) teaching Mathematics, as well as Laura Toledo (currently at CUAM Morelos, since 1992), specialized in Mathematics, Anna Julia Robles in psychology, Guillermina Rios in Biology. History expert Martha Pellat in CUAM Acapulco. Mexican music producer Francisco "Pancho" Ruiz (Pandora, Ragazzi, Mijares, Yuri, Kany Garcia) has been Music and Design teacher.

Despite CUAM is not an University, it has direct recommendation to several national and foreign universities.

[edit] Recognized graduates

  • Musicians Aleks Syntek, Cecilia Tousaint, Arturo Ramírez (former drummer for Manuel Mijares and Mexican rock group Kerigma with Francisco Ruiz), Mario and Álvaro Carrillo, Giorgio Torelli (Mexican composer) and Lady Reggaetton, Loe.
  • Soccer players Fernando Dávila, Francisco Gabriel De Anda, and Jaime "Jimmy" Lozano.
  • PAN's federal Congressman Enrique Iragorri.
  • Starbucks operations vicepresident, Christian Gurría.