Collège Matteo Ricci
General secondary school in Belgium
50°50′30″N 4°20′22″E / 50.841568°N 4.339483°E / 50.841568; 4.339483Matteo Ricci College (French: Collège Matteo Ricci) is a Mixed Catholic secondary school in Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium. It opened in September 2019 and is a Jesuit college, the first Jesuit school to be opened in Belgium in the 21st century. It is located on Boulevard Poincaré, 400 metres north east of Brussels-South railway station.
History
In Brussels, the French-speaking Jesuits were already present at St Michael's College and St Jean Berchmans Church. In 2015, the Jesuits decided to build a new school in the Anderlecht municipality of the region and started the plans for its construction. There was a need for extra schools in the area, with many nearby schools being over-registered.[1][2] Construction of the school was supported by "those involved in the Brussels community life, by former students of the Jesuits and by the Society of Jesus, in dialogue with the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels."[3] In November 2017, it was reported that the Maimonides Jewish Athenaeum in Anderlecht would close because of a lack of students.[4] With the site of former athenaeum vacant, it was decided to open the new school there. In January 2019, it was reported by La Libre and RTBF that a new Jesuit college offering General Secondary Education was being built, affiliated to the General Secretariat of Catholic Education (French: Secrétariat Général de l’Enseignement Catholique) in French-speaking Belgium, and that it would open in September 2019.[5][6] The first director of the school is Anne L'Olivier, who was previously director at Notre-Dame de la Sagesse School.[3]
Facilities
The school opened with a capacity of 820 students. It has 5 buildings, including a sports hall and a performance hall.[3] As part of teacher training and introduction classes for new students, new teachers give supervised remedial classes to new students three weeks before the start of the academic year.[7]
See also
- Matteo Ricci
- List of Jesuit sites in Belgium
References
- ^ Monique Baus, Bruxelles concentre six nouvelles écoles dont deux islamiques: du positif pour les zones où les inscriptions posent problème?, La Libre, 27 August 2019, retrieved 30 October 2022
- ^ Monique Baus, Un collège jésuite ouvre ses portes à Anderlecht: qu'est-ce qui distingue ce type d'enseignement?, La Libre, 27 August 2019, retrieved 30 October 2022
- ^ a b c Michel Geyer and Marjorie Fellinger, Un nouveau collège jésuite fera sa rentrée des classes lundi à Anderlecht, bx1, 26 August 2019, retrieved 30 October 2022
- ^ Anderlecht: the Maimonides athenaeum has closed for lack of students, bx1, 10 November 2022, retrieved 1 November 2022
- ^ Christian Laporte, Un nouveau collège jésuite dès la rentrée prochaine à Bruxelles, La Libre, 24 January 2019, retrieved 30 October 2022
- ^ Un nouveau collège jésuite ouvrira ses portes à Bruxelles en septembre 2019, RTBF, 24 January 2019, retrieved 30 October 2022
- ^ Marie-Noëlle Dinant, Nicolas Scheenaerts and Corinne De Beul, Enseignement : des profs se préparent à leur première rentrée scolaire, bx1, 3 August 2022, retrieved 30 October 2022
External links
- Official website
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Secondary schools in the Brussels Capital Region
- Athénée royal de Bruxelles (FR)
- Atheneum Brussel
- Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
- Athénée royal Isabelle Gatti de Gamond
- Athénée Robert Catteau
- Athénée Léon Lepage
- Athénée Adolphe Max
- Centre d’Education et de Formation en Alternance (CEFA; FR)
- Centre scolaire Eddy Merckx (FR)
- St John Berchmans College
- Institut des Arts et Métiers
- Institut Bischoffsheim
- Institut De Mot Couvreur
- Institut Diderot
- Institut Lucien Cooremans (FR)
- Institut Saint-Louis (FR)
- Lyceum Martha Somers
- Institut Regina Pacis
- Lycée Dachsbeck (FR)
- Lycée Emile Jacqmain (FR)
- Athénée royal Léonardo da Vinci
- Atheneum Anderlecht
- Collège Matteo Ricci
- Institut Redouté-Peiffer
- Nightingale, school voor verzorging
- Athénée Royal d'Auderghem
- Centre scolaire du Souverain (FR)
- Ecole Secondaire Freinet
- The Japanese School of Brussels (lower secondary only)
- Atheneum Etterbeek
- Brussels International Catholic School (BICS)
- St Michael College, Brussels
- Institut Saint-Stanislas (FR)
- Technisch Atheneum Victor Hortaschool
- École Rodenbach (FR)
- Collège du Sacré-Coeur de Ganshoren
- Athénée Charles Janssens (FR)
- Institut Saint-Boniface Parnasse (FR)
- Institut Saint-André
- European School, Brussels III
- Centre Scolaire du Sacré-Coeur de Jette
- Collège Saint-Pierre (FR)
- Technisch Atheneum Jette
- Unesco Atheneum Koekelberg
- Athénée des Pagodes
- Athénée Emile Bockstael
- European School, Brussels IV
- Institut Paul-Henri Spaak
- John of Ruysbroeck College, Laeken
- Lycée Maria Assumpta (FR)
- Ecole Robert Dubois - Hôpital universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola (FR)
- Athénée communal Fernand Blum (FR)
- Institut communal d'enseignement technique Frans Fischer
- Lycée Emile Max
- Koninklijk Atheneum Emanuel Hiel
- École Josaphat (FR)
- Institut Sainte-Marie (FR)
- College Roi Baudouin
- Institut de la Saint-Famille d'Helmet
- College Roi Badoin Enseignement Technique et professionnel
- Institut Techn. Cardinal Mercie-Notre-Dame du Sacre-Coeur
- Institut Saint-Dominique
- Institut de la Vierge Fidèle
- Technisch Atheneum Zavelenberg
- Athénée Royal Serge Creuz
- Atheneum Toverfluit
- Athénée royal d'Uccle 1 (FR)
- Atheneum Ukkel
- Bogaerts International School
- Collège Saint-Pierre (FR)
- École Decroly (FR)
- European School, Brussels I
- French Lycee in Brussels
- Russian Embassy School in Brussels
- Athénée Royal Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
- European School, Brussels II
- École Vervloesem (FR)
- Institut de l'Angélus
- Athénée royal Crommelynck (FR)
- Institut Don Bosco (FR)
- Institut Mater Dei
- Meertalig Atheneum Woluwe
This list is incomplete.
Some international schools serving expatriates in the region are in Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant: See International schools in Belgium
Some international schools serving expatriates in the region are in Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant: See International schools in Belgium
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