St. Ignatius College, San Sebastian

St. Ignatius College, San Sebastian
Location
Av de Navarra, San Sebastián (Donostia)
Guipúzcoa, Spain
Information
Type Jesuit, Catholic
Established 1929 (1929)
Director Amaia Arzamendi Sesé
Grades Ages 2 through 18
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment 1,600
Other name San Ignacio Ikastetxea, Donostia
Website www.donostiajesuitak.org

St. Ignatius College, San Sebastian ("Donostia" in Basque), on the northwest coast of Spain was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1929 and currently includes pre-primary through the baccalaureate. It is also affiliated with the nurseries of the Servants of Jesus and of the Carmelite Teresiana Missionaries.[1]

History

On 1 October 1929 classes began at San Ignacio de Loyola School in San Sebastián. The professional school of Jesus Obrero ran from 1940 to 1973. By 1970 the extra-curricular activities included theater, summer camps in the Pyrenees of Navarre, Loyola hiker club, soccer clubs including SANSE,[2] basketball club, concert choir, Kaskabeltz Mountain Club, and Arrupe Leisure Club.

Then came the construction of the Ojanguren primary building in Brunet-Enea in 1972, the purchase of Villa Argentina for the COU in 1979, and construction of the Arrupe building in 2001 for children's classrooms at the old Villa Argentina. In 2002 the Felix Garin Zelaia Soccer Stadium was constructed with artificial turf,[3] along with "Santiago Rosano" basketball court.

The educational medium is Basque but since 2010 some subjects are taught in English. French is also taught.

The first lay director, Amaia Arzamendi, was appointed in 2009. The alumni association had a new beginning in 2016.

Academics

Since 2010 the school has been working on a new pedagogical model. Programs have been initiated to respond better to student diversity: curricular diversification (1998), adaptations (2011), educational reinforcement programs and programs for students with high capacities (2012).[4] The new model involves methodologies like "learning by doing" and more active participation of the students. The terms "educating" and "teaching" have been replaced in part by the terms "accompanying" and "training" people to work toward building the world we want.[5][6][7]

The new model is presented to the teaching staff, in part, through a 3-day summer camp, part of which is at the University of Deusto Campus.[8][9] Sharing the shool's experiences of this new model, the Director of Ignatius Donostia, Amaia Arzamendi Sesé, made a presentation at the International Conference on Thinking 2015.[10][11]

In the pursuit of intercultural education, the students in 1st baccalaureate had a question session with Aziz, president of the Islamic Federation of Euskadi.[12] Students also received enlightenment on the refugee situation from those directly involved in responding to it: Miguel González, director of the Ellacuría Foundation and coordinator of the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM), Loiola-Etxea, Centro Loyola-Donostia, and the NGO ALBOAN.[13][14]

Sports and cultural activities

Student activities include sports (soccer, handball, tennis, skating, judo, rhythmic gymnastics...), chess, drawing, choral group, theater, music, and English (Jesuits Welcome Project). One program helps students up to age 12 practice their English in summer.[15] The school also sponsors a summer program in which about 1,000 children play, sing, and present plays in Basque, in a couple dozen centers around the city.[16] The choir group participates in exchange performances with other Jesuit schools.[17]

The College participates in student interchange between countries for the learning of the language and culture. During the baccalaureate students may opt to study in Sweden or at St. Joseph Center of Tivoli in Bordeaux, France. Twinning is also done through the Erasmus+ program in Wrocław, Poland,[18][19] and elsewhere.

In its efforts to train people for others,[20] the school has achieved an 85% participation rate in its Friday afternoon service projects with older people, people with autism, and people with intellectual disabilities.

Ignatian Routes enables students to walk in the footsteps of Ignatius of Loyola, the paths he walked.[21]

Fields of Work places students at work camps, with the aim of contributing to the construction of a better world.

In Tudela, Navarre, students help at the centers for the elderly. Second graders assist at a camp for children from economically distressed migrant families where the kids work as monitors.

Camps and Camino de Santiago are two summer activities that involve more than 300 Arrupe Leisure Club students in places of leisure where young people continue to learn, through games and dynamics, our defining values.[22]

References

  1. ↑ Administrador. "Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola Ikastetxea (San Sebastián)". www.educacionjesuitas.es. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  2. ↑ "Academia Sanse futbol club". Academia Sanse futbol club. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  3. ↑ "Felix Garín (Colegio San Ignacio)". Timpik. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  4. ↑ "Nuestra historia desde 1929 - Jesuitak Donostia". Jesuitak Donostia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  5. ↑ "Alumnos protagonistas del cambio - Jesuitak Donostia". Jesuitak Donostia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  6. ↑ "DONOSTI Proyección de la película "Katmandú, Un Espejo en el Cielo" |". eduqual.org. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  7. ↑ "Formación y evaluación por competencias - Jesuitak Donostia". Jesuitak Donostia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  8. ↑ "SummerCamp - Loyolanet". Loyolanet (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  9. ↑ "SummerCamp 2015: formación para profesionales de la educación". infosj.es. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  10. ↑ "Jesuitak Donostia en el ICOT 2015 (International Conference of Thinking - Bilbao)". infosj.es. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  11. ↑ "What is Icot". ICOT 2015 - Congreso Internacional de Pensamiento | Educacion | COAS. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  12. ↑ "Conociendo el islam y personas musulmanas en Jesuitak Donostia". infosj.es. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  13. ↑ "Los educadores de Jesuitak Donostia reciben formación sobre la situación de las personas refugiadas". infosj.es. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  14. ↑ Ucín, José María Guibert; Martínez, Cecilia; Bilbao, Saioa (2013-05-10). Migraciones y diversidad / Migrazioak eta aniztasuna: Retos para la construcción social / Gizarte-eraikuntzarako erronkak (in Basque). Universidad de Deusto. pp. 65f. ISBN 9788498304220.
  15. ↑ "Explorers. Inglés". kutxa.eus. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  16. ↑ "Haurrak beti jolasean". www.donostiaeuskaraz.eus. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  17. ↑ "Intercambio de cantantes". infosj.es. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  18. ↑ "Alumnado de Jesuitak Donostia en la polaca capital europea de la cultura". infosj.es. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  19. ↑ "Las capitales europeas de la cultura se unen en Jesuitak Donostia". infosj.es. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  20. ↑ "Men for Others". onlineministries.creighton.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  21. ↑ "Ruta ignaciana de donostiarras en Madrid". infosj.es. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  22. ↑ "PARAescolares - Jesuitak Donostia". Jesuitak Donostia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-09.

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