Carlos Pereyra School (''Escuela Carlos Pereyra'') is a private

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basic education institution run by the

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region of Torreon,

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. It was founded by the

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in 1942 and offers grades from preschool through high school.

History

The members of the National Union of Catholic Students (UNEC) with the assistance of Leobardo Fernández launched the school in 1942. It was affiliated with the

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(UNAM) and named after Carlos Pereyra a historian and diplomat, and native of

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, Coahuila. High school classes began in law and social sciences, in physics and chemistry, and in physics and mathematics.

Campus

The Carlos Pereyra School has a 15 hectare campus in the northern part of the city of Torreon, near the

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, a jesuit university. The campus has a chapel, a gymnasium-auditorium (Gimnasio-Auditorio Loyola), three auditoriums, physics and chemistry labs, computer labs, a general library (Biblioteca San Luis Gonzaga), a children's library, soccer fields, basketball and voleiball courts and a 400 meter track.

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