CE AVE MARIA SAN CRISTOBAL

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The Ave María-San Cristóbal Teaching Center was founded in 1926 thanks to the efforts of Don Pedro Manjón Lastra, nephew of Don Andrés. This one, carries out the works of restoration of the deteriorated temple of San Cristóbal thanks to the donations of numerous benefactors. Counting on the cession of the temple and of a terrain annexed to it by the archbishopric of Granada, the works begin.In 1926 the temple of San Cristóbal reopens, along with some educational dependencies and an annexed house that coincided with the present building of Infantile Education.

At the beginning, only one Day School for children and one night school for adults were installed in San Cristóbal. In 1927 the educational complex of San Cristóbal consisted of the temple, three classrooms, patio and a house for the chaplain. In September 1929, new units were inaugurated for girls in the neighborhood. In the 1933-1934 academic year, there were six very crowded classrooms in San Cristóbal.As for the Vocational Training center, it will start teaching regulated courses in its current location in the 1960-1961 academic year.However, professional training has been a constant concern in Ave Maria since its founding in the 19th century. After an unsuccessful attempt by D. Andrés Manjón himself in 1905 to create the first vocational training school in Granada, it will be necessary to wait until 1954 for the then General Director of the Board, Mr. José Jiménez Fajardo, to start up a series of workshops to start in various trades - masonry, carpentry, electricity, ... - to young people in the area. It begins with 52 children and 59 girls in the Casa Madre facilities on the slope of Chapiz.Subsequently, an ideal site is sought -between the Nazari wall, Murcia road and the Alberzana garden-, the project is carried out and the construction works are carried out. Classes will begin in their current and final location in October 1960.

n 1970, the General Law of Education includes for the first time Vocational Training within the educational system and the center requests and obtains the recognition to impart First and Second Degree of Vocational Training in different specialties.In 1975 Vocational Training for deaf students begins. In principle, in special groups and later integrated with the rest of the students and with specific supports. This center was the first in Andalusia in the care of deaf students in Vocational Training.At the beginning of the eighties, the center grew in all aspects: it obtained recognition first for 600 students and then for one thousand in Vocational Training, the initial project was extended, new specialties were introduced and the workshops and all the center of the services and of the necessary and updated material to impart a quality education.From the 2000-2001 academic year, the Primary and Vocational Training centers were integrated into a single one - the CE Ave María San Cristóbal - which offers society a wide and complete educational offer that ranges from Early Childhood Education to Cycles Higher Degree Training A quality offer based on experience, its facilities and material resources and above all on a cohesive educational team, with enthusiasm and committed to the integral education of its students.