SEK History / 130th Anniversary

1892 →
«San Estanislao School´s»
Foundation by
Mr. José Olavarrieta
y López.

1902 →
Application for
the School official
recognition.

1920 →

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 War,
Mr. Felipe
is mobilized and
appointed to literate
soldiers. Mrs. Carmen
is therefore in
charge of the School,
which is renamed
as «Numancia».

1939 →

With the end of the
War, the School
retakes its name:
«San Estanislao
de Kostka».
1942-1946 →
– First regulation
of internal regime.
– First study trips,
festivals and
academic events.
– First transport
service.

1947 →
Mr. Felipe decides
to found a new
headquarter in
Arturo Soria street.

1952 →
– 25th anniversary
of the Institution.
– Creation of the School´s
Medical Service and
the Psychology Cabinet.

1962 →
– The son of Mr. Felipe
and Mrs. Carmen,
Dr. Felipe
Segovia Olmo,
joins SEK management.
He opens the first
centers in the
outskirts of Madrid.
– Opening of the first
«Nursery School».
– Publication of
the first issue of
Didascalia magazine,
aimed to Spanish-speaking
educators.
– Death of Mrs.
Carmen Olmo
1980 →
The incorporation of
Dr. Jorge Segovia
Bonet to SEK, supposes
the beginning of the
international
expansion stage.

1982 →
Opening in Santiago
de Chile of the first
«SEK International
School»
in America

1984 →
SEK Ecuador
inauguration.

1986 →
SEK Panamá

and SEK Guayaquil
inauguration.

1988 →
SEK Paraguay

and SEK Costa Rica
inauguration.

1990 →
SEK Chile
University
inauguration.

1992 →
Inauguration of the first
SEK in England.

International School
Eirís acquisition.

1993 →
Ecuador SEK
International
University
inauguration.

1994 →
International
School Levante
acquisition.

1995 →
SEK Pacífico
inauguration.

1996 →
SEK Las Américas
inauguration.

1997 →
SEK Budapest
International School
inauguration..

1999 →
Boca Prep
International School
inauguration.

2000 →
SEK Guatemala
inauguration.

2004 →
Grantham Prep
International School
inauguration.

2005 →
SEK Guadalajara
inauguration.

2005 →
Hout Bay International School

and SEK Los Valles
inauguration.

2006 →
– IES origin.

Heldelberg Intenational
School inauguration.

2007 →
St. John’s
International School
inauguration.

2008 →
Blouberg
International School
inauguration.

2017 →
– Udine International
School inauguration.

– 125th anniversary

2018 →
SEK Austral

and SEK Colombia
inauguration.

2019 →
IUNIT, Higher
Educational Center (Madrid)
inauguration.




2021 →
IES GLOBAL
SCHOOL
inauguration
to impart
online education
Worldwide


2022 →
SEK Bucharest

and Cesário Verde International School inauguration.
