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1892

Foundation of the San Estanislao School
by Mr. José Olavarrieta y López.

1902

Application for the School’s official recognition.

1932-1935

Mr. Andrés Chiclana Molino acquires the school property.

1935

Mr. Felipe Segovia Martínez acquires the school and changes its name to “San Estanislao de Kostka”.

1936

With the outbreak of War, Mr. Felipe is mobilized and appointed to literate soldiers. Mrs. Carmen is therefore in charge of the school, which is then seized by the anarchists.

The School is renamed as “Numancia”.

1939

With the end of the War, the school retakes its name: “San Estanislao de Kostka”.

1942-1946

SEK 1946
First regulation of internal regime.

First study trips, festivals, and academic events.

First transport service.

1947

SEK 1947
Mr. Felipe founds a new headquarter in Arturo Soria.

1952

First prize of the School Contest convened by the Embassy and the Students Association of Chile in Spain (1953).

First “newspaper mural” (1955) of the school, the precursor of the first SEK magazine (1958).

First course on “Ethical and Civic education”.

Creation of the medical service of the College and the Psychology Cabinet.

Publication of the first “SEK Objectives” (1959).

25^th anniversary of the Institution.

1962-1982

The son of Mr. Felipe and Mrs. Carmen, Dr. Felipe Segovia Olmo, joins SEK management.

Creation of bodies such as the Educational Renewal Commission, the “Re-Exionary for Teachers”, the Psychopedagogical Institute of Fine Arts, the SEK Music Quartet, the science hut, the astronomical observatory, etc.

Publication of the first issue of Didascalia magazine, aimed to Spanish-speaking educators.

Opening of the first Nursery School (1969).

Death of Mrs. Carmen Olmo (1979).

Her grandson, Dr. Jorge Segovia Bonet, joins the The institution (1980). The incorporation of Dr. Jorge Segovia Bonet (1980), grandson of Mr. Felipe and Mrs. Carmen, to SEK marks the beginning of the development stage, as well as the international expansion and the progress in both the quality and innovation of the most important educational offer in the entire history of SEK.

First “Sociological study on school failure in Spain” (1982).

SEK Chile
Opening in Santiago de Chile of the first “SEK International School” in America (1982).