Colegio Cardenal Newman


Colegio Cardenal Newman or Cardinal Newman College is Catholic, bilingual, day, co-educational primary and secondary school in San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in Greater Buenos Aires.
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Values

All its students are expected to complete seven IGCSE exams in year 10 and receive an International Baccalaureate diploma in their last year at school. The college is located in the area of San Isidro. It was founded by the Irish Christian Brothers who still provide staff. The motto of the college is "Fight the Good Fight" which is taken from St. Paul's first letter to Timothy in which Paul writes "fight the good fight of faith to win for yourself eternal life"." The Christian Brothers seek to educate men with the vision of his founder, Edmund Ignatius Rice. "Honesty, loyalty, solidarity, and deep moral values; give them the strength to fight for good causes, with honor and moral integrity". The college is an important centre for Rugby union in Argentina and Club Newman has close connections with it.
According to the newspaper Perfil, the college's bilingual and Catholic education, as well as its high tuition and monthly fees, has made it an elite school since its foundation and it remained as of 2015 one of the most expensive private schools in Argentina.

Origins

The college was founded in 1948 as the result of many years' effort by the Irish immigrant community in Argentina to obtain a pastoral and education ministry from the Irish Catholic Church. The Passionists had arrived in the mid-19th century and one of their priests, Father Fahy, who had established a boys’ school in 1860, suggested then that the Christian Brothers should take it over. However, this request was refused by the order because they were concentrating their efforts in the United States and, later, in Australia and New Zealand, where much greater numbers of Irish people had migrated. In 1946, Father Dominic Moore, provincial of the Passionist Order, visited the Superior of the Christian Brothers in Dublin, and once again promoted a new foundation in Argentina. His request was accepted, and in November 1947, Brothers Joseph Ignatius Doorley and Cornelius O’Reilly arrived in Buenos Aires. Father Moore found a suitable building in Belgrano 1548 and the new school was named after Cardinal Newman. Colegio Cardenal Newman was opened on the Belgrano site on 29 March 1948. The national education programme in Spanish was followed during the morning, allowing the afternoons to be devoted to English. Brother Alphonsus L. Pakenham was the first Rector. He presided over a community of 7 brothers, 8 lay teachers, and 148 students, 27 of whom were boarders. In 1949 the roll increased to 200 boys and there "would have been more had there been more vacancies". The Christian Brothers encouraged the playing of Rugby Union and so began a great tradition at the college which led also to the founding of Club Newman in 1975.

Development

In 1971 the college changed its location to San Isidro. The ample campus included large classrooms, spaces for extracurricular activities and sports. The school continues to promote rugby union and to value its connection with Club Newman. The membership of that club consists mostly of alumni of the school and their families. Although traditionally a boys' school, the college decided in 2021 to become co-educational over time.
There have been complaints by former pupils of significant sexual abuse at the college.

Rectors

  • Brother Alphonsus L. Pakenham,
  • Br. Hayes
  • Br. John Burke
  • Br. O'Brien
  • Br. Gallagher
  • Br. Derham
  • Br. Finnegan
  • Br. Keohane
  • Sr. Alberto Olivero

Notable alumni

Academic

Art and Music

  • Eugenio Cesar Aleman,, also known as Chapete; drummer of the pop group Los Helicópteros. He is also an architect
  • Guillermo Carlos Cazenave, musician and writer resident in Europe for more than four decades; also a journalist, specialized in many different musical styles
  • Donald Clifton McCluskey,, popularly known as Donald. Pop and ballad singer, who achieved fame in the 1960s and 1970s. He is also a lawyer
  • Francisco Prati,, first drummer of the famous folk-pop group Sui Generis. He is also an architect
  • Federico Peralta Ramos, Mar del Plata, Argentina, artist, representative of dadaism and of the avant-garde of the sixties.
  • Juan Forn, writer.

Business

Law

  • Alberto B. Bianchi, Argentinian legal scholar; constitutionalist

Media

  • Carlos José Contepomi, known by his alias "Bebe", Argentine journalist, writer and media presenter, specialising in popular music
  • Carlos Campolongo,, journalist, psychologist and lawyer

Military and police

Politics and public service

Sport