Colégio Centenário

View of the building burned down in 2007, probably from the 1970s (photo by Márcia Barreto).

The Colégio Centenário is a Methodist college located at Rua Dr. Tury, in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Your name derives from the founding date, March 27, 1922, at the very first year of centenary of the independence of Brazil ^[1]. Its founders were two American missionaries from the Methodist Church, Miss Louise Best and Miss Eunice Andrew ^[2]. Funding was obtained through a particular effort of Methodist Ladies' Societies of the United States of America, as part of celebrations of the Centenary Methodist Mission, and the cornerstone was laid on September 7 last year.

At first it was just a cottage ^[3], but over the years, several buildings were built and the school began offering courses at all levels, from preschool through college, for that is integrated the Methodist College in Santa Maria - FAMES (in the same buildings). The architectural style follows the model of universities in the United States of America, resembling the shape of a house, with a triangular roof and brick wall without coverage.

His motto from the beginning was to educate the mind to think, to act the body and heart to feel, reflecting the goal of an education of the student. Being originally a school only for girls, began accepting boys in the 1970s. Moreover, for decades there was a system of boarding school for girls, now decommissioned. In 2007, the building opening, the oldest and most historic, was a fire and has not been rebuilt ^[4].

Since 2006, the Methodist Colégio Centenário is part of the Education Network of Southern Methodist and is directed by a board representing the Methodist Church (whose presence in the city is also historically and Centennial), changing the way they manage, maintained since the time of founders.

Significant

• On the first anniversary of the school in 1923, the students placed green boughs of white cloth on the tables of the internship, giving rise to the colors of the college: white and green - to symbolize purity and hope . The college immediately incorporated his uniform custom.
• In the paleontological expeditions that occurred in Paleorrota, in the 40 and 50, Llewellyn Ivor Price stayed in college.

See also

• Paleorrota

References

1. ^ Histórico
2. ^ Nota sobre a fundação da escola
3. ^ Foto do chalé original
4. ^ Incêndio destrói escola

External links

• Sítio oficial