Anchieta College (Porto Alegre)

Anchieta College (Porto Alegre)
Portuguese: Colégio Anchieta
Location
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Brazil
Coordinates30°1′42″S 51°10′32″W / 30.02833°S 51.17556°W / -30.02833; -51.17556
Information
Former nameColegio dos Padres
TypePrivate primary and secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)Catholicism
DenominationJesuit
Patron saint(s)José de Anchieta
Established13 January 1890 (1890-01-13)
FounderFrancisco Trappe
DirectorJohn Claudio Rhoden
Director-GeneralFr. Jorge Álvaro Knapp, S.J.
Staff300
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment3,000
Websitewww.colegioanchieta.g12.br

The College Anchieta is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The institution is one of the twenty-two works of the Society of Jesus in Southern Brazil. The school has more than three thousand students and approximately three hundred members on its staff. It belongs to the Jesuit Basic Education Network of Brazil.