The Miraflores Adventist Educational Institution (commonly known as Miraflores Adventist College, or CoAM for its Spanish acronym) (

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: ''Institución Educativa Adventista Miraflores — Colegio Adventista Miraflores'') is a private

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high school located in the urban district of Miraflores,

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. Established in 1919 by representatives of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as ''Industrial College'', the college is part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.

Spiritual aspect

Students are required to take religion classes each year. These classes cover topics in

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and

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doctrines. Instructors in other disciplines also begin each class period with prayer or a short devotional thought. The student body gathers every week in the auditorium for an hour-long chapel service. Outside the classrooms there is year-round spiritually oriented programming that relies on student involvement.

Notable alumni

* Walter Manrique Pacheco – educator; former

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(2000-2001) * Rubén Castillo Anchapuri – theologist and biologist; first President of the Peruvian Union University * Carlos Augusto Vela – musician; Head of the Superior Section of the National University of Music * Andy Icochea Icochea – musician; Director of the

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(2005-2011) and Artistic Director of PALS Children Chorus, USA

References

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Spiritual aspect

Notable alumni

See also

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