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Colegio Villa María (Peru)
Villa María School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for girls, located in the city of Lima, Peru. The Peruvian- American school is operated by the Congregation of the Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, that has its origins in Pennsylvania, United States. The school's teaching is in Spanish and English with a curriculum based on Christian values and the Marian spirit. History In 1922, in conversations between the Archbishop of Lima, Monsignor Emilio Lissón, and the Archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal Dennis Dougherty, it was agreed to create an English-speaking Catholic school in Lima. Said project was to be entrusted to the religious order, the ''Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary'', who arrived in Peru on December 12 of the same year to begin its realization. On January 3, 1923 the congregation settled in a rented house and in that same place the first course of what would be the Villa María School began, classes began on Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private School
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation. Private schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students for Tuition payments, tuition, rather than relying on taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be eligible for a scholarship, lowering this tuition fee, dependent on a student's talents or abilities (e.g., sports scholarship, art scholarship, academic scholarship), need for financial aid, or Scholarship Tax Credit, tax credit scholarships that might be available. Roughly one in 10 U.S. families have chosen to enroll their childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
