Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola is a private,

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, all-male

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run by the U.S. Central and Southern Province of the

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. It was founded by the

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in 1952.Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, Quick Facts.
It has educated some of the most influential figures in Puerto Rico such as

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and

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Location

The school was originally located in Santurce but the Jesuits moved it to its current location in San Juan, Rio Piedras in 1955. Colegio San Ignacio resembles a small university campus as it has several buildings: two identical buildings consisting of classrooms, named San Luis Gonzaga (formerly "Building A") and San Francisco Javier (formerly "Building B"); one building with a computer center on the first floor and a humanities library on the second floor; the Padre Pedro Arrupe Building which houses classrooms and offices; the cafeteria building; "Building C" which houses the science classrooms and laboratories and a science and math resource center; the Complejo Cultural, a state-of-the-art humanities building completed in the year 2004 which houses English, Spanish, music, drama, and oratory classrooms and an auditorium; the administration building which houses most of the administrative staff. San Ignacio is near its sister school, Academia María Reina, an all-female school.

Academics

Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola seeks to offer a superior, Catholic education in the Jesuit tradition to all young men who show aptitude, motivation, and their families' support, and so to serve society and announce the Kingdom of God. The school has programs in waste reduction, agroecology, water conservation, and reduction of plastic bottling and consistently receives Eco-School certification from The Organization for Sustainable Environment. San Ignacio participates in the Jesuit Virtual Learning program. It also has a special program for gifted students, with administrative and teaching staff trained at the

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. Nine advanced placement courses are offered.

Pastoral program

All students participate in a retreat experience each year, culminating in a 4-day Kairos retreat offered to those in 12th grade. The school celebrates the

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each morning before classes; students may attend if they wish. A Family Formation Program offers talks, workshops, and

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experiences to assist parents in raising adolescents in today's world. Service opportunities include tutoring at public schools, assisting at a center for special education, a home for abused children, and a home for the elderly, and work on environmentalism. For service opportunities, some join the Friends of Jesus and Peer Ministers groups.

School anthem

Translated from Spanish: Lion of my shield, martial and rampant, raise your eyes and light the path that gives life. With your warrior chest advance each step, forward to triumph. Already you strained your body, hard as granite. On steady foot raised from the ground, rhythmically beating, you advance with a roaring scream, the march of war. Undaunted in battle who can frighten you? You will see at your advance on all sides the fierce enemy will fall before the radiance of your regal banner.

Athletics and activities

San Ignacio participates in the Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance in football, basketball, baseball, bowling, cross country, golf, indoor soccer, swimming, track and field, tennis, and volleyball. Students organizations include Student Council, Chorus, National Honor Society, Peer Ministers, and Cultural Tours. Clubs are sponsored in areas such as school band, debate, United Nations, chess, art, science, medicine, theater, cinema, mathematics, technology, ECO-Ignatian, business, investors, robotics, photography, French, history, and engineering.

Notable alumni

Academia

* Fernando Pico, class of 1958, historian and Jesuit, specialist on the

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Arts, education, & publicity

, actor, class of 1957 *

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, writer, photographer and filmmaker, class of 1977 *

Armando Riesco Armando Riesco (born December 5, 1977) is a Puerto Rican actor. Early life Riesco was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, to Cuban immigrants who resettled there. He was raised in San Juan where he attended Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola. He then ...

, actor, class of 1995 *

Alfredo De Quesada Alfredo de Quesada is a Puerto Rican film, television and theatre actor. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Cuban immigrants who resettled in Puerto Rico, De Quesada was raised in San Juan where he attended Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola and went ...

, actor, class of 1994 *

Jorge Rodriguez Beruff Dr. Jorge Rodriguez Beruff (born May 1, 1947) is a Puerto Rican historian who served as Dean of the College of General Studies of the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR). He previously chaired the Social Sciences Departmen ...

, historian, author and dean: UPR General Studies Faculty *

Héctor Feliciano Hector Feliciano (born 1952) is a Puerto Rican journalist and author whose book "''The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art''" has shed light on an estimated 20,000 works of art plundered by the Nazis; eac ...

, journalist, author, professor, class of 1970 *

Rafael Luis Bras Rafael Luis Bras (born 1950) is a Puerto Rican civil engineer best known for his contributions in surface hydrology and hydrometeorology, including his work in soil-vegetation-atmosphere system modeling. Bras served as the provost and executive ...

, Provost of the

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* Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, Chancellor of

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, former President of

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, historian, former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Family Affairs, class of 1980

Politics

* Ruben Berrios Martinez, Class of 1957; President of the

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, former Senator and gubernatorial candidate *

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, 2012 candidate for Resident Commissioner for the Popular Democratic Party. *

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, Executive President of the

, former Senator *

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, class of 1968, President of the

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(1985–1986) * Luis G. Rivera Marín, Class of 1978;

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(2017-2019), Secretary of the

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(2009–2012), Executive Director,

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(2012–present) * Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl, Class of 1977; 2012 gubernatorial candidate for the Puerto Rican Workers' Party * Gabriel Guerra-Mondragón, Class of 1959;

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(1994-1998)

Science & Healthcare

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, Class of 1966, first male graduate of Columbia University School of Nursing, senior director of American Association of Critical-Care Nurses *

Daniel Colón-Ramos Daniel Alfonso Colón-Ramos is the McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology at Yale University School of Medicine, where his lab studies the cell biology of the synapse during development and learning. He is also the founder of ...

, Class of 1994, McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology at Yale University School of Medicine, member National Academy of Medicine

References

External links

Official website Colegio San Ignacio
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