The Diez de Octubre School (Chinese: 中華三民聯校; pinyin: zhōnghuá sānmín lián xiào; lit. 'Chung Wa-San Min United Colleges'; CDO), is a Peruvian private school headquartered in Lima—in the districts of Breña and San Miguel— and Chiclayo. It was founded in 1924 by a group of women from the Catholic Ladies' Association of the Chinese Colony. The college offers early, primary and secondary education studies.[2]
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| Motto | Hoy buenos, mañana mejores (Good today, better tomorrow) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Secular (formerly Catholic) |
| Established | 12 August 1924 |
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| Language | Spanish, English and Chinese (Cantonese)[1] |
| Colour(s) | Three colours: |
| Website | www |
The school, originally funded by the government of the Republic of China,[1] is the first Chinese school in the Americas.[3]
History
editIn 1924, a group of ladies from the Catholic Ladies' Association of the Chinese Colony, in their usual social welfare meetings, considered the urgent need to create an educational center for the benefit of the children of the Chinese residents, this being the first Chinese school in the Americas.
The "Chung Wa" school (Chinese: 中華; pinyin: Zhōnghuá), created in 1924, and the "San Min" school (Chinese: 三民; pinyin: Sānmín), created in 1936, served as the basis for the creation of the "Diez de Octubre" school in Breña in 1962.[4] The student population was always increasing and as a result of this, the promoters created the "Confucio" annex in the San Miguel district in 1982, and the "Sun Yat Sen" school in the city of Chiclayo in 2006.
Apart from the educational centers, the school also has a Leisure and Recreation Center, located in the Cieneguilla district, which the classes attend annually. The educator Juan León Lara was the manager and conductor of these works.
The school's three representative colours represent the following:[5]
- Blue: justice, freedom and Min Chʻüan.
- White: equality, brilliance and Min Sheng.
- Red: fraternity, sacrifice and Min Tsu.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Zeng, Xuyun (2021-03-06). "A Chinese school brings family from Taiwan to Peru". Far From China.
- ^ Joo de Siu, Teresa (2020). Apuntes de mi vida (PDF) (in Spanish). Cámara de Comercio Peruano China. p. 32.
- ^ "Proyecto de Ley: Ley que declara de interés nacional que se reconozca al primer colegio chino de América "CEP Peruano Chino Diez de Octubre – Breña", como Colegio Benemérito de la Tradición Educativa y Cultural China del Perú" (PDF). Congress of Peru. 2019-02-15.
- ^ Valladares Chamorro, Odalis Rocío (2012). Inmigrantes chinos en Lima. Teatro, identidad e inserción social. 1870-1930 (PDF) (in Spanish). Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. p. 77.
- ^ "Sobre Nosotros". Colegio "Diez de Octubre".