OUR SCHOOL HISTORY

On April 06th 1954 the Teresian sisters met to give birth to a new Project: the new school would offer   bilingual education with a Christian approach.

This Project was a great idea of one of the students at Saint Teresa’s academy in San Antonio Texas, she was Nicaraguan, her name was Grace Chamorro, and she finally decided to become part of the Teresian Family. It was through her family that they could fulfill their dream.  They helped the Society of Saint Teresa of Jesus to start their mission.

At the beginning the Society was asked to work in the city of Granada, offering the sisters Mrs. Carazo father’s house.

Later, it was God’s will to move their mission to Managua, the capital.  It was the perfect place to achieve all their goals to serve all Nicaraguan Society.

When all the Teresian sisters who founded the school came to Managua, they realized they had five acres of land that were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Chamorro Carazo.  They also received another donation by the Minister of Economy Dr. Rafael Huezo and his wife.   The Society of Saint Teresa of Jesus promised to look for all professional bilingual personnel to work at school which was one of the main needs they had in Nicaragua in those days.

They opened the new school year on May 17th 1954 with two hundred five new students and eleven Teresian sisters who were part of the mission. On February 14 1959 was the first high school graduation at COLEGIO TERESIANO.

Two years later the school was accredited by the Catholic University of America giving students the opportunity to enroll.

This accreditation increased the number of students at school and built a new school by 1959.

By 1963 they established two different Educational programs: Secondary school in Spanish and High School, so the school was growing easily.  This allowed old graduates to form an association, and a vocational club and alliance.  In 1968 an earthquake damaged one of the building halls used by the sisters.

In 1972 there was second earthquake devastation; it was stronger than the first one in 1968. It destroyed the whole school, but the teresian sisters didn’t want to abandon the vicinity.   Therefore they started classes as soon as they could.  First they rented a place and then they built new halls with rustic material. The terrible devastation couldn’t stop the school mission, rather it made all the Teresian sisters continue their love for teaching and all their devotion for Nicaraguan people.