Xavier, Guayaquil

Xavier, Guayaquil
Unidad Educativa Javier
Location
Vía a la Costa, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Information
Type Jesuit, Catholic
Established 1956 (1956)
Rector Fabricio Alaña Echanique, SJ
Staff 230
Grades K + 6 + 6
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment 1,564
Website Xavier

Xavier, Guayaquil, (Unidad Educativa Javier) is a pre-primary through high school founded by the Society of Jesus in Ecuador in 1956. It became coeducational in 2004.

History

Xavier was founded by the Jesuits in Guayaquil in 1956, with 52 students. Construction of today's campus began in 1957. The college went coeducational in 2004.[1] After an earthquake in 2010 the Ecuadoran government contributed to the rebuilding of the school.[2]

Programs

Programs include a fitness center, swimming pool, football fields,[3] coliseum, and courts for volleyball, tennis,[4] Rama sports football, and basketball.[5] Xavier has an exchange program with Wheeling Jesuit University in the United States.[1]

Activities include GAJ (Ignatian Apostolic Group), CEL (Camps Ecuatorianos Loyola),[6] and MEJ (Eucharistic Youth Movement).[7][8]

References

Coordinates: 2°10′2.99″S 79°56′1.89″W / 2.1674972°S 79.9338583°W / -2.1674972; -79.9338583

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