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Brazil
Name and Address of School		Head of School
Colégio Santa Escolástica		Maria José Bordieri De Godoi
Rua Padre José Manoel de Oliveira Libório, 77

Sorocaba - SP

BR-
Phone	+55 (15) 3412 2801	Fax	+55 (15) 3233 5523
e-mail
Web Site	www.colegiosantaescolastica.com.br
Type of School		Co-Ed	yes
Number of Students	618	Age range	1 - 17
Male	263	Number of teaching Staff	56
Female	356	Staff of Religious Order	4
Religious Diversity	95% catholics 5% other religious
Ethnic Diversity	Brazilians and Angolans
Address of Head where different from above
		Phone	+ 55 (15) 3412 2829
		Fax
		e-mail


School Statement
The Saint Scholastic School was funded in 1905, which arrived of the Tutzing Missionary Benedictines sisters. The sisters arrived two years before in Brazil, and began their work in Olinda, Pernambuco. On September,28^Th .1905, they arrived in Sorocaba, brought to Baltazar Fernandes, to give spiritual and intellectual assistence for the population. The sisters' educative activities began in the room of the Saint Benedict's monastery, which was closed since the death of Friar Barauna in 1890. The number of pupil increased quickly, like this, the sisters looked for spacious room and changed for the large house in the Rosary square, built in 1870 for hands of slaves. The Saint Scholastic School still keeps: * Social Services * “ Recanto Esperança do Menor”= takes care the necessities of devoid children. * “Habiteto” = offers support spiritual and material for the devoid families, develops close to the mother's club Arts and Crafts, which are sell and help in the sustenance of the houses. * Pastoral care of vacations * Preparation for the sacraments. Nowadays, The Saint Scholastic School keeps courses of kindergarden, primary school in nine years and secundary school.
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