Instituto O'Higgins de Rancagua (original) (raw)

School in Rancagua, Chile

O'Higgins InstituteInstituto O'Higgins
Instituto O'Higgins main entrance
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Estado No. 719O'Higgins RegionRancaguaChile
Coordinates 34°10′27″S 70°44′31″W / 34.1742°S 70.7420°W / -34.1742; -70.7420
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Motto Formar buenos cristianos y honrados ciudadanos(To form good christians and honest citizens)
Religious affiliation(s) Catholic
Founded 9 February 1915; 109 years ago (1915-02-09)
Founder Andrés, Donato, Cristóbal y Salvador María Brothers
Authority Marist Brothers
Rector Pedro Díaz Cuevas
Age range 4–18
Number of students Over 2.000
Language Spanish
Colour(s) Green, white
Athletics Football, basketball, volleyball, athletics.
Mascot Loro (parrot)
National ranking 30º (1996–2006) [1]
Yearbook Anuario Alborada
Graduates (2014) 150
Affiliation FIDE
Website www.iomaristas.cl

Instituto O'Higgins is a private Catholic school located in the center of Rancagua, Chile. It is administered by the Marist Brothers.

It was founded in 1915 by four Marist Brothers, Andrés, Donato, Cristobal and Salvador María. Originally the institute was exclusively for boys, but since year 2000, girls have been allowed as well.[1]

In 1925 the school created his own soccer team, the Club de Deportes Instituto O'Higgins, that was merged in 1954 with the Braden Copper Company team, creating the O'Higgins Braden club. One year later, in 1955, O'Higgins Braden merged with América de Rancagua football club, forming the current Club Deportivo O'Higgins.[2]

This school has a sports park called Estadio Marista (Marist Stadium), located in the town of Machalí, near Rancagua.[3]

The rectors of the school had been:[1]

  1. ^ a b "Historia". io.maristas.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. ^ "1955-1959". ohigginsfc.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Rancagua es epicentro de los Juegos Maristas Femeninos". Diario VI Región (in Spanish). 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.