EDEN IS

NEAR US
COMENIUS Multilateral School Partnership
IES Arcebispo Xelmrez I
Santiago de Compostela
Country: Spain
Political System: Parliamentary
Monarchy
Population: 46.7 million
Capital: Madrid
Area: 505,988 sq km
Autonomous Regions: 17
Major languages: Spanish
(Castilian),
Galego (Galician), Euskera
(Basque),
and Catalan (Catalonian).
Monetary unit: 1 euro = 100 cents
Autonomous Region: Galicia
Population: 2.800 million
Capital: Santiago de Compostela
Area: 29.574 sq km
Shoreline length: 1.498 Km
Provinces: 4: A Corua, Lugo, Ourense e
Pontevedra
Languages: Galego (Galician), Spanish
(Castilian)
Town: Santiago de Compostela
Population: 98.000
Area: 220 sq km
Santiago means:
World Heritage Administration
Culture Art History leisure
monuments parks
Architecture hospitality
pilgrimage religion the Way
Gastronomy - Life
INMACULADA SQUARE
PLATERIASSQUARE
OBRADOIRO SQUARE
QUINTANAS SQUARE
THE CITY OF CULTURE
CERVANTES SQUARE
THE GALICIAN
CENTRE OF
CONTEMPORARY
ART
SCHOOLS IN SPAIN CAN BE:
PUBLIC /STATE-FUNDED= FREE
PRIVATE /STATE-FUNDED = PRIVATE partially GRANTED BY
THE STATE & mainly RELIGIOUS
PRIVATE = TOTALLY PAID BY THE STUDENTS & SECULAR or
RELIGIOUS
TYPE OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF EDUCATION AGE RANGE
VOLUNTARY
EDUCATION
NURSERY
EDUCATION
3-6
COMPULSORY BASIC
EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION 6-12
LOWER SECONDARY
EDUCATION (ESO)
12-16
POST-COMPULSORY
UPPER SECONDARY
EDUCATION
HIGHER SECUNDARY
EDUCATION
(BACHILLERATO:
mainstream branch)
16-18
INTERMEDIATE
VOCATIONAL
TRAINING
HIGHER EDUCATION
ADVANCED
VOCATIONAL
TRAINING 18+
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
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Our School
Name: IES Xelmirez I
Type of school: Public Secondary School (IES)
Number of students: 1000 students approx.
Number of teachers: 90 teachers approx.
In 1984 the building of the IES Arzebispo Xelmrez
I moved to the current location, just in the very
centre of Campus Vitae of the University of
Santiago.
It is placed in a privileged green area, very close
to the historical centre and the business district of
Santiago. It has a wide variety of facilities and
public services which can be used both by teachers
and students.
Founded in 1845, IES Xelmrez I was the only Secondary School
in Santiago for over a century, so it is the oldest secondary school
in Santiago and the second oldest in Galicia.
It takes its name after the first Archbishop of Santiago de
Compostela, Diego Xelmrez. (1070-1140).
Many distinguished Galician characters from the literary,
cultural and political world, such as Valle-Incln, Castelao,
Granell, Murgua, Pondal, Montero Ros..., studied in this school.
Throughout its history, our school has been located in many
different places in Santiago.
Two of the most notorious ones were set where the University
Rectorate and the Autonomous Galician Government are
located nowadays.
Deputy head of
Lower & Upper
secondary
education
Secretary
Deputy head of
Vocational and
Adult
education
Asisstant head
teacher
Headteacher
Compulsory Secondary Education for
Teenagers (ESO 12-16)
Compulsory Secondary Education for
Adults (ESA 16+)
Post-Compulsory Education
(Bachillerato 16-18)
Vocational Studies of Audiovisual
Arts ; Intermediate (16+)
Adult Literacy Programme.
A PRESENZA DAS TICs
A CHALLENGE TO SCIENCE

Over 5.000 volumes of great value.

Mainly from the 16th to 19th c.
Restricted access so that these
valuable volumes may be well-cared
for and preserved.
THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
540 tools and small collections used in the
Chemistry, Physics and Natural History
laboratories and classrooms for more than 170
years.
It is open to all the people who want to see it.
Ies Xelmrez I
Santiago de Compostela