Newton College

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Newton College
Colegio Sir Isaac Newton

Motto	Facite Omnia Sapienter (Latin: "Use Common Sense")
Established	1979
Type	Private coeducational
Affiliation	Round Square, ADCA (Asociación de Colegios Privados de Asociaciones Culturales)
Headmaster	Andrew Cino
Students	1,300 approx.
Grades	Pre-Kindergarten, Primary 1-6, Secondary 1-6 Secondary 6 is optional because it's The IB
Location	Av. Ricardo Elías Aparicio 240. La Molina, Lima, Peru
Campus	Urban
Colours	Green, White
Mascot	Lion
Yearbook	The Apple
Newsletter	News Sheet
Alumni Association	Old Newtonian Association
Primary language	English
Website	www.newton.edu.pe

Newton College is an Anglo-Peruvian British school, in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1979 by Mr. Stanley J. Moulden, a former Markham School teacher. It is based on the IGCSE curriculum of the University of Cambridge up until Form IV, then the IB Diploma Program starts, with a choice of starting it in Form V, and choosing to stay an extra year and completing it in Form VI, thus postponing university entrance by a year. It is a bilingual, teaching English and Spanish, co-educational private school, though most of its classes are taught in english.

It was originally situated in a house in the San Isidro district but it shortly moved to the La Molina district, where it has continued to grow over the years, building a theater, gym facilities, a pre-school area (Little Newton), a large sports area and finally a coliseum, inaugurated on September 28th, 2006.

In addition, the school has its own lodge situated in Tambopata, Madre de Dios, where students go on field trips to and take classes on Geography and Biology.

It has been awarded "Empresa Peruana del Año" (Peruvian Enterprise of the Year) in the School Category more than once. In 2006, the British Guardian newspaper listed it as one of the best UK-curriculum international schools in the world.^[1]

The school has about 1300 students and 120 teachers.

[edit] Houses

Newton College has 4 houses that compete in academic and sports activities such us: Footbal, volleyball, rugby, swimming, chess, mathematics, etc... These houses are: Lancaster the red house, Tudor the green house, windsor de blue house, and York de yellow house.