Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola

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Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola

Established	1952
Type	Private all-male middle and secondary (Spanish language)
President	Fr. Mario Alberto Torres
Principal	Mildred Calvesbert
Students	722
Grades	7–12
Location	San Juan, Puerto Rico PR
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Newspaper	El Estandarte
Website	www.sanignacio.org

Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola is a high school founded by the Society of Jesus in the town of Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1952. The original school was located in Santurce, but by 1956 the Jesuits moved the institution to its current location. Colegio San Ignacio is one of the most prestigious and recognized academic institutions on the island and has educated many of the most influential and outstanding leaders of Puerto Rico.

It is considered a college preparatory school, since 100% of graduates go on to pursue college degrees and around 50% of them study outside of the island, mainly in the continental United States. Many of them attend top-ranked colleges and universities, such as Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Yale University, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Princeton University, Brown University and Washington University in St. Louis.

1 School Mission
2 Campus
3 School Anthem
4 Notable alumni
5 External links

[edit] School Mission

To offer a catholic education of excellency, according to the Jesuit tradition, to young men, without any distinctions, that show aptitude, motivation and their families support, and in this way, help our society and announce the Kingdom of God

[edit] Campus

Colegio San Ignacio resembles a small university campus, composed of 27 acres, since it has several separate buildings: two identical buildings consisting of classrooms, another bulding that opened in the school year 2005-2006, which contains the Drama, Music, Art, Oratory and most importantly, Virtual classrooms. It also includes an Auditorium, The administrative building houses the most of the administrative staff. There is a small plaza in the works for kids to play in during lunch. It is located next to the indoor basketball court.

As part of the curriculum, physical activities are involved, and for such there are three basketball courts (two outdoor hardcourts and one indoor wooden court), an olympic pool, one indoor volleyball court, two tennis/volleyball courts, a quarter mile track, a baseball field, and a soccer field.

[edit] School Anthem

León de mi escudo
marcial y rampante/
levanta los ojos/
y alumbra el sendero/
que brinda la vida/
tu pecho guerrero/
y avanza con paso/
triunfal adelante.

Ya tensas tu cuerpo/
de recio granito/
tu firme pisada/
levanta en la tierra/
redobles con ritmo/
de marcha de guerra/
que canta rugiente/
el clarín de tu grito.

Indomito lucha/
¿quién puede arredarte?/
Verás que a tu paso/
por ambas orillas/
el fiero enemigo/
caerá de rodillas/
al brillo que irradia/
tu regio estandarte.

León de mi escudo/
marcial y rampante/
levanta los ojos/
y alumbra el sendero/
que brinda la vida/
tu pecho guerrero/
y avanza con paso/
triunfal adelante!

[edit] Notable alumni

David Chafey, President of the gay club PR
Carlos J. Ortíz, Managing Director - Capital Markets Division, UBS Financial Services of Puerto Rico
Alfredo Lopez Senior Vice President- Citygardener Inc.
Rubén Berríos, Leader of the PIP (Partido Independentista de Puerto Rico]
Jaime Fortuño, Senior vice president advertising firm Lopito Ileana & Howie
Fernando Martín García, ex Senator
Carlos M. Garcia, President of Santander Securities; executive vice president of Santander BanCorp
Amb. Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, Former U.S. Ambassador to Chile
Jimmy Ferrer- Basketball Star
Eduardo Colón -