Type Jesuit, Catholic Gender Coeducational Founded 1956 | Grades K + 6 + 6 Enrollment 1,564 Staff 230 | |
Established 1956; 61 years ago (1956) Rector Fabricio Alaña Echanique, SJ | ||
Xavier, Guayaquil, (Unidad Educativa Javier) is a pre-primary through high school founded by the Society of Jesus in Ecuador in 1956. It became coeducational in 2004.
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History
Xavier was founded by the Jesuits in Guayaquil in 1956, with 52 students. Construction of today's campus began in 1957. The college went coeducational in 2004. After an earthquake in 2010 the Ecuadoran government contributed to the rebuilding of the school.
Programs
Programs include a fitness center, swimming pool, football fields, coliseum, and courts for volleyball, tennis, Rama sports football, and basketball. Xavier has an exchange program with Wheeling Jesuit University in the United States.
Activities include GAJ (Ignatian Apostolic Group), CEL (Camps Ecuatorianos Loyola), and MEJ (Eucharistic Youth Movement).