Jaume Vicens Vives Secondary School (Institut Jaume Vicens Vives in Catalan) is a Spanish state secondary school located in the city of Girona (Spain). It has around 900 pupils from ages 12 to 18 studying for Spanish secondary education qualifications (ESO from 12 to 16, and LOE Baccalaureate from 16 to 18). It was the first state secondary school in Catalonia to offer the International Baccalaureate.

School history

The Spanish Government founded the secondary school in 1845, as part of a major plan to improve access to secondary studies. To enable this, a school was founded in every provincial capital. On 17 September a new secondary school was established in Girona, at the ancient monastery of the Friars Minor Capuchin. With few resources, provided by the provincial government (called Diputació provincial) the school bought important collections in Paris of natural history, botany, chemistry and physics, as well as creating an important library for alumni and, at the same time, for the inhabitants of the city of Girona.

Since 1966 the school has been located in a new building, built in uptown Girona. This modern site was well-furnished for the education requirements of those times. Currently, the school is the leading secondary education centre in the province of Girona, with renovated facilities and some experimental courses, like the IB Diploma Programme since 1999. Also, the Senior Management Team led by Estanislau Puig created the "Institut Jaume Vicens Vives Foundation" (Fundació de l'Institut Jaume Vicens Vives), and a Board of Former Alumni, to support these new experiences.

Currently, the school is fitted with a gymnasium, a library, two computer laboratories, a physics lab, a biology lab and a chemistry lab, as well as two technology workshops, a theater and a farm.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, adjacent spaces such as the Bonavista park and the Muralles park were used as a PE field.

Principals of the school Julián González de Soto 1845–1848 Miquel Ametller i Marill 1848–1864 Josep Antoni Secret i Coll 1864–1867 Sebastià Obradors i Font 1867–1872 Francesc Castellví i Pallarés 1872–1875 Fèlix Pagès i Gimbernat 1875–1882 Joaquim d'Espona i de Nuix 1882–1921 Joan Camps i Bellapart 1921–1928 Eugeni Aulet i Soler 1928–1929 Antoni d'Espona i Puig 1930–1932 Joan Camps i Bellapart 1932–1936 Marcel Santaló i Sors 1936 Albert Balari i Galí 1937–1938 Ignasi Puig i Bayer 1939 Josep Gener i Salord 1940–1942 Joaquim Florit i Garcia 1943–1960 Santiago Sobrequés i Vidal 1960–1969 Ignasi Bonnín i Valls 1969–1976 Dolors Coquard i Oriol 1976–1979 Joaquim Mascort i Rafart 1979–1983 Neus Serra i Cornellà 1983–1986 Montserrat Boix i Pujol 1986–1989 Rafael Mas i Juli 1989–1992 Jordi Fornells i Matas 1992–1993Rosina Lajo Pérez 1993–1997 Estanislau Puig i Artigas 1997–2000Josep Quintanas i Bosch 2000–2004 Assumpta Ramoneda i Torné 2004–2008 Elisabet Saguer 2008–2014 Anna Masós 2014–2019Rosor Rabassedas2019–present

School song The school song was composed by Perfecte Moll in 1995 for the celebrations of 150th foundation of the school, with the lyrics by Francesc Amer. On 18 October 2016, the song was sung to mark the celebrations of the 175th foundation of the school.

Aura del sol (The sun's gentle)

Alcem nostres veus sobre la boirada com aus en l'estela d'un incert futur, floreixin els cors de nova esperança, sadolli la terra de vida i de llum...

Com branques novelles en ferma rabassa libant les escletxes de roques i fang, brandem en les fulles, verd, guia i mestratge, l'ànima de pedra de nous Catalans...!

Som ardent foguera d'un gresol de joia, som ànimes netes en un cant d'amor, som la Primavera d'una eterna aurora, som caliu i cendra de lluita i esforç.

I en les velles aules de glòries dormides, professors i alumnes aixequem el vol, parets que reviuen mil assignatures...: Som el Vicens Vives, som l'Aura del Sol…!

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References

External links INS Jaume Vicens Vives Homepage IB School Details