Colegio Alexander Bain
Colegio Alexander Bain is a private school system in Mexico.[1] Its junior-senior high school program is Bachillerato Alexander Bain, S.C., located in Tlacopac, San Ángel, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City.[2] It also operates the Colegio Alexander Bain, a preschool and primary school in Tlacopac; Instituto Alexander Bain (IAB) in Pedregal de San Ángel in Álvaro Obregón, serving preschool and primary school; and the Alexander Bain Irapuato (ABI) school in Irapuato, Guanajuato, serving preschool through junior high school (secundaria).[1]
There is also the Escuela Alexander Bain in Álvaro Obregón;[3] it was affiliated with the other Bain schools until circa 2006. It is adjacent to the Colegio Alexander Bain.[4]
The system was named after a Scotsman, Alexander Bain.[5]
As of 2016[update] Sergio Rivero Beneitez, the son of the founder of the bachillerato, María Luisa Beneitez Brown, is the director of that school.[4]
History[edit]
The first school, Escuela Alexander Brown, opened in 1956. In 1964 it moved to its current location.[4]
María Luisa Beneitez Brown opened the bachillerato in 1972,[4] and it began using the UNAM educational program that year.[6]
Instituto Alexander Bain opened in 1975. Mrs. Ofelia Arriaga de Nájera was the first director.[7] She is the sister of the school's founder.[4]
On May 8, 1990, the bachillerato began using the International Baccalaureate Diploma program, and on December 20, 2000, it began using the Middle Years Program.[2]
As of 1995[update] the bachillerato campus had 16 teachers.[6] That year the colegio opened.[4]
Around 2006 the children of the founders took control of the schools and began a legal conflict. The owner of the Escuela Alexander Bains filed a lawsuit to keep the name.[4]
The Irapuato campus opened in 2006.[4]
In 2016 an issue between the building and the owners of Colegio Alexander Bain (Barranca de Pilares) caused it to temporarily close.[4] The school was evicted from the premises due to the longstanding legal conflict.[8]
Campus[edit]
As of 1995 its bachillerato campus in Mexico City has a library, one computer lab, one projection room, a soccer (football) field, a basketball field, eight volleyball fields, an auditorium, six wings, and two workshops.[6]
Bachillerato:
- Silvia Vargas, daughter of Mexican federal government official Neson Vargas - At age 18 she was kidnapped on the way to school and later murdered[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Planteles." Colegio Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016.
- ^ a b "Bachillerato Alexander Bain, S.C.." International Baccalaureate Organisation. Retrieved on September 24, 2016. "Las Flores 497 Álvaro Obregón San Ángel Tlacopac México D.F. 01049 MEXICO "
- ^ "Contacto Archived 2016-09-25 at the Wayback Machine." Escuela Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016. "Hortensia No. 6, Col. Florida Entre Tecoyotitla y Camelia"
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Cobos, Adriana; Domínguez, Alejandro (2016-07-06). "Pleito entre dueños deja sin escuela a niños del Alexander Bain (philosopher)". Milenio. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ "¿Quién fue Alexander Bain? Archived 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine" Escuela Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016.
- ^ a b c Catalogo de Instituciones con Estudios Incorporados a la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. UNAM, 1995. p. 204. "2159 Bach Alexander Bain, S.C. Ubicacion: Las Flores #497 Tlacopal, San Angel Delegacion Villa Alvaro Obregon Mexico, D.F. 01040[...]Esta Institución tiene incorporado sus estudios a la UNAM, desde 1972.[...]Su planta docente es de 16 profesores,[...]El plantel cuenta con la siguiente instalación:[...]""
- ^ "Somos Alexander." Instituto Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016.
- ^ a b "Dueños de predio desalojan el Colegio Alexander Bain (philosopher)". La Crónica de Hoy. 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
External links[edit]
- Colegio Alexander Bain (in Spanish)
- Bachillerato Alexander Bain, S.C. (in Spanish)
- Instituto Alexander Bain (in Spanish)
- Escuela Alexander Bain (in Spanish)
- Alexander Bain Irapuato (in Spanish)