Loyola College Guatemala

Private primary and secondary school in Guatemala City, Guatemala

14°38′35″N 90°30′25″W / 14.64306°N 90.50694°W / 14.64306; -90.50694InformationTypePrivate primary and secondary schoolReligious affiliation(s)CatholicismDenominationJesuitsPatron saint(s)Ignatius LoyolaEstablished1958; 66 years ago (1958)DirectorOrlando AguilarGradesPre-K-12GenderCo-educationalEnrollment1,146Websitewww.colegioloyola.edu.gt

Loyola College Guatemala is a private Catholic pre-school, primary and secondary school, located in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Jesuit-run school traces its origins to 1958 at the elementary school at La Merced Catholic church.^{[citation needed]}

History

Loyola College remains on 12th Avenue near 5th Street. In 1965 the preprimary opened and in 1968 the high school. In 1971 the primary added an afternoon session and the pre-primary moved to 12th Avenue 3-69 Zone 1. In 1972 an afternoon session opened for pre-primary. By the 1980s there were over 2,000 students at all three levels.^{[citation needed]}

The College has received three government awards: Order José Rolz Bennet the Municipality of Guatemala and the Order of Quetzal granted by the Government of Guatemala both in 2007, and in 2008 the Pedagogical Order Juan Jose Arevalo granted by the Ministry of Education.^{[citation needed]}