Type Private Affiliations Catholic, Jesuit Phone +51 54 232758 Mascot A Wolf | Grades Preschool – secondary Website [1] Founded 1898 | |
Established 1898; 119 years ago (1898) Address Alfonso Ugarte, Arequipa, Peru Motto Ser más, para servir mejor Similar Colegio Prescott, Colegio Max Uhle, IE San Juan Bautista d, Universid La Salle, Club Social del Contador | ||
Colegio San José is a private Catholic school located in Arequipa, Peru. The school was founded in 1898 by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and provides instruction at the preschool, primary, and secondary levels. It is a selective school that excels in academics and athletics. Among 2,439 in Peru, it is one of 22 which have received an "excellent" rating. It has the second largest campus of all the schools in Perú, and it is also the second oldest school in town, after Sagrados Corazones. The school currently competes with Prescott School, Lord Byron School, and Max Uhle.
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History
The first Jesuit school in Arequipa was founded in 1578 under the name Colegio de Santiago but was soon closed by Viceroy Francisco de Toledo, who opposed the school. However, Toledo was deposed in 1581 and the school re-opened. It remained in operation until 1767, when Charles III of Spain expelled all Jesuits from Peru.
The present school opened in 1898 in the Plaza de Santa Marta. The name "Colegio San José" actually resulted from the confusion that followed when a school in Ecuador sent an oil painting to Arequipa as a gift and the packaging referred to the city San José, where a similar package had headed. The vice-provincial, Fr. Ildefonso del Olmo, S.J., assumed the reference indicated the chosen name of the new school. In 1956 the school moved to its present location on Avenida Alfonso Ugarte.
In 1966 a graduate student at Loyola University Chicago did a Master thesis on student values at the school.
Voluntary service
In August of 1998 the San Jose Voluntaring group was born, first serving at the Intensive Care Unit of Social Security, now Essalud. and then at Asilo Lira, Honorio Delgado Hospital, and Hogar de Cristo. This grew to 60 regular volunteers formed into 7 groups. By 2014 the volunteers were reaching out to seven different works.
Alumni
The school has an alumni association called ASIA-San José, part of the Latin American Confederation of Jesuit Alumni. (ASIA is an acronym for the Latin Antiqui Societatis Iesu Alumni, or Society of Jesus Alumni.)