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The Grange School, Santiago
The Grange School is a private school in La Reina, Santiago, Chile. It was founded June 4, 1928, by John A. S. Jackson, an Anglo-Chilean born in Valparaíso and educated at Cambridge University. In 2006, the British newspaper ''The Guardian'' listed The Grange School as one of the best UK-curriculum international schools in the world. Education Guardian, December 12, 2006 The Grange School is a member of The Independent Association of Prep Schools, The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, The Latin American Heads Conference, and The Association of British Schools in Chile. Extracurricular Activities The Grange School offers a total of 4 sports, 2 for girls and 2 for boys. |
La Reina
La Reina (Spanish: "The Queen") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region created in 1963 from an eastern portion of the Ñuñoa commune. It belongs to the Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile. La Reina is a residential commune inhabited by mostly mid to upper-mid income families and high-income groups. The Eulogio Sánchez Airport and Military Hospital are both located in the southern part of the commune. Demographics According to the 1999 census of the National Statistics Institute, La Reina spans an area of and has 96,762 inhabitants (44,293 men and 52,469 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population grew by 4.7% (4,352 persons) between the 1990 and 1999 censuses. The 2003 projected population was 96,551. *Average annual household income: US$42,248 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 7.8% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 86.23, high, 4 out of 52 (2005) *Human Development Index: 0.883, 5 out of 341 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |