Borja School, Cuenca
| Borja School, Cuenca Unidad Educativa Particular Borja | |
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| Location | |
| Baños, Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador | |
| Information | |
| Type | Jesuit, Catholic |
| Established | 1937 |
| Rector | Jose Rodriguez, SJ[1] |
| Director | Irene Lopez |
| Staff | 116 teachers |
| Grades | Pre-primary – high school |
| Gender | All boys |
| Enrollment | 1,966 |
| Campus | 91 acres |
| Affiliation | Network of Jesuit schools in Ecuador |
| Website | UnidadBorja |
Borja School, Cuenca, Ecuador, (Unidad Educativa Particular Borja – UEPB) is an all-boys school founded by the Society of Jesus in 1937 on property donated by the widow of Rafael Borja.
History
"Rafael Borja" School was founded in the Baños, Azuay district of Cuenca, Ecuador, on October 12, 1937, on property donated by Mrs. Rosa Malo. Its first location was the current one at the site of El Dorado Hotel. After two years it moved to a building next to the new Cuenca Cathedral. In 1956 the school moved again, to Pumapungo. The boarding school St. Francis Borgia was founded in 1946 at the initial headquarters of the school, and in 1959 moved to the building next to the Jesuits' Santo Cenaculo Church. Because of the archaeological importance of Pumapungo, the Central Bank of Ecuador purchased the building and the land, so the Jesuits returned to the area of Baños and built the present school.[2]
Facilities and activities
Facilities include library, technology and science laboratories, regulation football fields, running track, sports auditorium. and soup kitchen for the children and the elderly. Sports include association football, basketball, and athletics. Service activities include Hogar de Cristo and Fe y Alegría.[3]
References
Coordinates: 2°55′18.18″S 79°2′58.99″W / 2.9217167°S 79.0497194°W