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The Saint Andrew's Scots School (), also referred to as Saint Andrew's, is an
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bilingual school in Olivos,
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,
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. Established in 1838 in downtown Buenos Aires, the school offers early childhood,
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and secondary education and has a university founded in 1988. The school's
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is located in San Fernando,
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, inside the urban area known as
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.


History

The school was established in Argentina on September 1, 1838, by a group of
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immigrants who wanted to educate their children in their native language, culture and religion. At the beginning only girls were admitted, although the school accepted boys soon after. The first location of the school was in la casa del boton de chimpan, in downtown
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. The institution was later moved to the neighbourhood of Constitución, where children from many nationalities attended. The chapel moved to the streets of Belgrano and Perú where it still remains. In 1882, Scotsman
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(considered the father of Argentine football), arrived to
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after being hired by St. Andrew's as headmaster. Hutton encouraged the teaching of sports at the school, which conflicted with the position of the authorities of not considering sports as important as he did. Due to his disagreeing with the policies of the establishment, Hutton resigned one year later. After leaving St. Andrew's, Hutton founded his own institution, the
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, where he applied his ideas on the teaching of sports in Argentina. In 1947, the school moved to Olivos,
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, and in 1988 the institution opened the
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. A new campus by Jeffrey J. Berk Arquitectos was inaugurated in 2018 with interior design by
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.


Sports


Football pioneers

In 1890 the college established "
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", whose
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team was formed by railway workers.La primera fecha!
by Jorge Gallego on CIHF, 16 Apr 2016
The sport had been introduced in Argentina in 1867, with St. Andrew's being one of the first clubs of the country. St. Andrew's won the first Primera División championship organised in
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,"Desempates en el fútbol argentino: 1891–2008", Centro para la Investigación de la Historia del Fútbol (CIHF)
20 January 2009
by the
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, the first football association in the country and predecessor of current
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. After winning the title (shared with Old Caledonians), St. Andrew's did not take part in official competitions until
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, being dissolved soon after.


Present days

In 1911 the principal of the school, William Hardie, founded the
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, a
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that only admitted alumni and students. Sports currently practised at the club include
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,
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and
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. Its rugby team plays at the Torneo de la URBA Grupo I, the first division in the league system of the
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. Today the school has many sports such as
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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.Educación Física: Programa de Estudios at School website
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See also

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*
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*
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