St. Andrew's Scots School

Saint Andrew's Scots School
(Spanish: Escuela Escocesa San Andrés)
Address
Nogoyá 550
Olivos, Vicente López Partido, Buenos Aires Province CP 1636
Argentina
Information
Funding type Private
Motto Sic itur ad astra
(Thus one goes to the stars)
Religious affiliation(s) Presbyterian Church
Patron saint(s) Saint Andrew
Established 1 September 1838 (1838-09-01)
Status Open
Headmaster Gabriel Rshaid
Gender Co-educational (girls only at inception)
Language English, Spanish, French, Chinese (Mandarin), Portuguese
Hours in school day 7:50 until 15:30 or 16:30 (depending on schedule)
Campus 3
Campus type Field
Houses Brown, Dodds, Fleming, Monteith
Color(s)          Navy blue and white
Slogan "Sic Itur Ad Astra"
Sports Basketball, football, field hockey, rugby, swimming, volleyball
Nickname Santo
Team name Club San Andrés
Affiliations University of San Andrés
Website sanandres.esc.edu.ar

The Saint Andrew's Scots School (Spanish: Escuela Escocesa San Andrés), also referred to as Saint Andrew's, is an Argentine bilingual school in Olivos, Vicente López Partido, Buenos Aires Province.

Established in 1838 in downtown Buenos Aires, it is the oldest school of British origin in South America.

The school offers early childhood, primary and secondary education and has a university founded in 1988.

The school's campus is located in Benavídez, Tigre Partido, inside the urban area known as Greater Buenos Aires.

History

A youth football team of the school of 1934

The school was established in Argentina on September 1, 1838, by a group of Scottish immigrants who wanted to educate their children in their native language, culture and religion. At the beginning only girls were admitted, although the school accepted boys soon after.

The first location of the school was in Piedras 55, in downtown Buenos Aires. The institution was later moved to the neighbourhood of Constitución, where children from many nationalities attended. The chapel moved to the streets of Belgrano and Perú where it still remains.

In 1882, Scotsman Alexander Watson Hutton (considered the father of Argentine football), arrived to Buenos Aires after being hired by St. Andrew's as headmaster. Hutton encouraged the teaching of sports at the school, which conflicted with the position of the authorities of not considering sports as important as he did. Due to his disagreeing with the policies of the establishment, Hutton resigned one year later. After leaving St. Andrew's, Hutton founded his own institution, the Buenos Aires English High School, where he applied his ideas on the teaching of sports in Argentina.[1][2]

In 1947, the school moved to Olivos, Vicente López Partido, and in 1988 the institution opened the University of San Andrés.[3]

Sports

Football pioneers

The team that won the first Argentine Primera División title in 1891

In 1890 the college established "St. Andrew's Athletic Club", whose football team was formed by railway workers.[4] The sport had been introduced in Argentina in 1867, with St. Andrew's being one of the first clubs of the country.

St. Andrew's won the first Primera División championship organised in 1891,[5] by the Argentine Association Football League, the first football association in the country and predecessor of current Argentine Football Association.

After winning the title (shared with Old Caledonians), St. Andrew's did not take part in official competitions until 1894, being dissolved soon after.

Present days

In 1911 the principal of the school, William Hardie, founded the Club San Andrés, a sports club that only admitted alumni and students.[6] Sports currently practised at the club include rugby union, field hockey and association football. Its rugby team plays at the Torneo de la URBA Grupo I, the first division in the league system of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires.[7]

Today the school has many sports such as athletics, badminton, basketball, association football, rugby union, swimming, tennis and volleyball.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Un poco de historia" – St. Andrew's official site
  2. ↑ Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina, by Jorge Iwanczuk. Published by Autores Editores (1992) – ISBN 9504343848.
  3. ↑ Historia del Colegio – official website Archived 2011-11-14 at the Wayback Machine..
  4. ↑ La primera fecha! by Jorge Gallego on CIHF, 16 Apr 2016
  5. ↑ "Desempates en el fútbol argentino: 1891–2008", Centro para la Investigación de la Historia del Fútbol (CIHF), 20 January 2009
  6. ↑ "Quiénes somos: institucional – historia" at Club San Andrés website
  7. ↑ San Andrés at URBA website
  8. ↑ Educación Física: Programa de Estudios at School website

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