Colegio Estilo is a private secular school in Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1959 by Spanish writer
Josefina Aldecoa
Josefina Aldecoa, originally known as Josefa Rodríguez Álvarez (8 March 1926 – 16 March 2011), was a Spanish writer and teacher who was born in León. She was married to the writer Ignacio Aldecoa, whose surname she adopted after his dea ...
, who was the Principal of Colegio Estilo for 52 years. The current Principal of Colegio Estilo is Susana Aldecoa. Colegio Estilo has today around 200 students and 30 teachers. It is a secular and artistic school, located in the area of El Viso, in Madrid, Spain.
History
Colegio Estilo was founded by
Josefina Aldecoa
Josefina Aldecoa, originally known as Josefa Rodríguez Álvarez (8 March 1926 – 16 March 2011), was a Spanish writer and teacher who was born in León. She was married to the writer Ignacio Aldecoa, whose surname she adopted after his dea ...
in October 1959 in Madrid, Spain. Colegio Estilo was born of the need for a free, modern, and pro-European school.
Located at
calle Serrano 182, in
El Viso
El Viso is a village located in the province of Córdoba, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the village has a population of 2,849 inhabitants.
It is next to Belalcázar, Hinojosa del Duque, Villaralto
Villaralto is located in the p ...
neighborhood, the impending closure of the school was announced in June 2019.
Willy Toledo
Guillermo "Willy" Toledo Monsalve (born 22 May 1970) is a Spanish actor and producer. Besides his stage career he is also noted as polemicist and for his political activism.
Biography
Guillermo Toledo Monsalve was born in Madrid on 22 May 19 ...
and
Marcos de Quinto studied at the Colegio Estilo.
Philosophy
![Colegio Estilo, 2016](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Colegio_Estilo%2C_2016.jpg)
Colegio Estilo follows the model laid out by the ILE (Free Institution of Teaching). Art is a core subject from the age of three and there is individual monitoring and follow-up of each student.
Much of the classwork is carried out without text books and it is the children themselves who decorate their workbooks.
[María Jesús Álava Reyes y Susana Aldecoa, La Buena Educación. Enseñar con libertad y compromiso para convertir a los niños en adultos felices. Madrid: La esfera de los libros, 2003. ]
Subjects
At Colegio Estilo, Language, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, History and Geography are taught in a creative way. It is the children themselves who craft their own books and notebooks. The students paint on easels, work with clay, fabrics, watercolors and all kinds of materials. Classical music often accompanies them as they work and create.
In general, students have five classes a week of English, three of Physical Education, two of Art, and one each of Music, Chess, Theatre, Creative Maths and Art History. In 5th and 6th grades children are introduced to French as a third language, as well as History of Religions.
Principals
*
Josefina Aldecoa
Josefina Aldecoa, originally known as Josefa Rodríguez Álvarez (8 March 1926 – 16 March 2011), was a Spanish writer and teacher who was born in León. She was married to the writer Ignacio Aldecoa, whose surname she adopted after his dea ...
(Principal of Colegio Estilo from 1959 until her death in 2011)
* Susana Aldecoa (Principal of Colegio Estilo since 2011). Before being the Principal, Susana Aldecoa was the Assistant Principal of Colegio Estilo for more than 30 years.
Fees
* Pre-school: €489 / month
* 1st and 2nd grades Primary school: €510 / month
* 3rd grade: €516 / month
* 4th grade: €530 / month
* 5th and 6th grades: €572 / month
* Lunch and snacks provided by school: €180 / month
* Material: €300 / year
References
Bibliography
Amelia Castilla. Memoria de un colegio : "Estilo", una experiencia de educación en libertad sobre la base de la comunidad. Madrid : Biblioteca Nueva, 2002.
María Jesús Álava Reyes & Susana Aldecoa. La Buena Educación. Enseñar con libertad y compromiso para convertir a los niños en adultos felices. Madrid: La esfera de los libros, 2003.
External links
* Official website o
Colegio EstiloJosefina Aldecoa, escritora y fundadora del Colegio Estilo: "Tengo 80 años y todos los días me levanto para ir al colegio"
(El País, 17 de marzo de 2011)
* [http://www.publico.es/actualidad/refugio-josefina-aldecoa.html Anna Flotats. El refugio de Josefina Aldecoa. El Colegio Estilo de Madrid mantiene vivas las bases pedagógicas de la Institución Libre de Enseñanza] (El País, 20 de febrero de 2011)
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Schools in Madrid
Private schools in Spain
Art schools in Spain