Valldemia Marist High School

The Collegi Maristes Valldemia, or Valldemia Marist High School is located in Mataró, Catalunya in Spain. The school’s origins can be traced back to the Catalan Academy at the Can Miralpeix (View of the Fish Home) New School at the Country Manor, founded in 1856 by three Marist Brothers, Hermenegild Coll i Valldemia, Pelegrí Ferrer and Ramon Cuspinera. The school was founded with the objective to provide a modern education, comprehensive and Christian. [Citation
last=Cusachs I Corredor
first=Manuel
title=COL•LEGI DE VALLDEMIA 1855-1888: Dels inicis al seu traspàs als Germans Maristes
journal=Fulls del Museu Arxiu de Santa Maria
volume=85
issue=1
year=2006
pages=32–47
id=ISSN: 0212-9248 ]

Thirty-one years later, in 1888, the school acquired its current location on Carrer Sant Josep, in a building that was to become known as the Valldemia School of Mataró. [ Citation
last=Llovet
first=Joaquim
title=MATARÓ: dels origins de la vila a la ciutat contemporània
publisher=Caixa d’Estalvis Laietana
place=Barcelona
year=2000
pages=327
id = ISBN: 84-923896-2-1 ]

The school received its first international recognition at the Paris Exposition in 1900, a Gold Medal in recognition of quality education. During the convulsive years that marked the Spanish Civil War Valldemia was converted into a hospital and blood bank. [Citation
last=Cusachs I Corredor
first=Manuel
title=COL•LEGI DE VALLDEMIA 1855-1888: Dels inicis al seu traspàs als Germans Maristes
journal=Fulls del Museu Arxiu de Santa Maria
volume=85
issue=1
year=2006
pages=32–47
id=ISSN: 0212-9248 ]

Today, the school has 1200 students from ages 3 to 18, who are taught by a staff of 90 teachers. [Citation
last = Parrell
first = Claudi
title = Col•legi Maristes Valldemia - Mataró
url= http://www.maristesvalldemia.com
access-date = 2007-05-27]

References

External links

* [http://www.maristesvalldemia.com School homepage]