Established 1845 Enrollment 900 (approx.) Phone +34 972 20 01 30 Number of students 900 (approx.) | Grades 7-12 Colour(s) blue and white Founded 1845 Faculty 87 | |
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Type State secondary coeducational Affiliation Generalitat de Catalunya Address Carrer Isabel la Catòlica, 17, 17004 Girona, Spain Similar Institut Santa Eugènia, Estadi Municipal Montilivi, Universitat de Girona, Institut públic Narcís Xifra, IES Vallvera | ||
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Jaume Vicens Vives Secondary School (Institut Jaume Vicens Vives in catalan) is a Catalan state secondary school located in the city of Girona (Spain). It has around of 900 pupils from ages 12 to 18 studying the Spanish secondary education programs (ESO from 12 to 16, and LOE Baccalaureate from 16 to 18). It is the only state secondary school in Catalonia to offer the International Baccalaureate.
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Senior Management Team
School history
The Spanish Government founded the secondary school in 1845, as part of a large plan for ameliorate the secondary studies. For this, a center was founded in every capital of province. So, the 17 September a new secondary school was established in Girona, at the ancient monastery of the Friars Minor Capuchin. With little resources, provided by the provincial government (called Diputació provincial) the school bought important collections in Paris of natural history, botanics, chemistry and physics, as well as it created an important library for the alumni and, at the same time, for the inhabitants of the city of Girona.
Since 1966 the school has been located in a new building, build in Girona uptown. This modern site was well-furnished for the education requirements of those times. Actually, the school is the leading educational center at the province of Girona, with renovated facilities and some experimental courses, like the IB Diploma Programme since 1999. Also, the Senior Management Team led by Estanislau Puig created the "Institut Jaume Vicens Vives Foundation" (Fundació de l'Institut Jaume Vicens Vives), and a Board of Former Alumni, to support these new experiences.
School Hymn
The school hymn was composed by Perfecte Moll in 1995 –for the celebrations of 150th foundation of the school–, with the lyrics by Francesc Amer, but it is actually never used, and practically no students know that it exists. On 18 October 2016, the hymn was sung again because of the celebrations of the 175th foundation of the school.
Aura del sol (The sun's gentle)
Alcem nostres veus sobre la boirada
com aus en l'estela d'un incert futur,
floreixin els cors de nova esperança,
sadolli la terra de vida i de llum...
Com branques novelles
en ferma rabassa
libant les escletxes
de roques i fang,
brandem en les fulles,
verd, guia i mestratge,
l'ànima de pedra
de nous Catalans...!
Som ardent foguera
d'un gresol de joia,
som ànimes netes
en un cant d'amor,
som la Primavera
d'una eterna aurora,
som caliu i cendra
de lluita i esforç.
I en les velles aules
de glòries dormides,
professors i alumnes
aixequem el vol,
parets que reviuen
mil assignatures...:
Som el Vicens Vives,
som l'Aura del Sol…!