A Boarding School for Girls of Impoverished Families
Early orphanage boarders,
mid-1920's
mid-1920's
One of three dorms for the
boarders. Photo from 2001
boarders. Photo from 2001
Escuela Hogar Maria Jáuregui de Pradère
Buenos Aires, Argentina
True to its roots, the Maria Jáuregui de Pradère Boarding School is a non-profit institution that focuses on
helping the least fortunate obtain a basic education.
The school is located in the town of Victoria, a suburb of Buenos Aires, about 25 miles (40 kms) from
downtown. The campus is located on about 10 acres. The school itself has 18 classrooms and three all-girl
dorms with a total of 62 beds separating the girls by age groups. Each of the three dorms has a Dorm
Mothers (Celadoras) that oversees the girls and sleeps in the dorms. However, due to lack of funds there
are currently only about three dozen Boarders.
helping the least fortunate obtain a basic education.
The school is located in the town of Victoria, a suburb of Buenos Aires, about 25 miles (40 kms) from
downtown. The campus is located on about 10 acres. The school itself has 18 classrooms and three all-girl
dorms with a total of 62 beds separating the girls by age groups. Each of the three dorms has a Dorm
Mothers (Celadoras) that oversees the girls and sleeps in the dorms. However, due to lack of funds there
are currently only about three dozen Boarders.
The school teaches 1st through 9th grades, with some 440 students in three categories:
- Co-ed Morning Students that attend only normal classes in the mornings (Externos), from 8 a.m.
through 1 p.m. About 170 pupils take this option. Monthly tuition is $258 pesos (about US$60) for
calendar year 2010. - Boys and girls that attend normal classes in the mornings (8 am through 1 pm), then remain on
campus until 5 pm while they do homework and Workshop. Some 230 children are on this plan.
Monthly tuition for these Full Day students (Doble Turno) is $330 pesos (about US$82), which
includes lunch. - The school currently only has about 40 Boarders (Pupilas), all of whom are girls. These girls arrive
Monday morning and remain on campus until Friday at 5 pm. Monthly tuition and boarding is $800
pesos (about US$200) in calendar 2010.
Workshops
The school arranges for people to provide workshops for the students on Friday afternoons; the intent is to
give them skills to prepare them for adulthood. Recent workshops include Cooking; Waitressing, Baking,
Hairdressing; Office Skills; Hygiene; and Self-Defense.
The school arranges for people to provide workshops for the students on Friday afternoons; the intent is to
give them skills to prepare them for adulthood. Recent workshops include Cooking; Waitressing, Baking,
Hairdressing; Office Skills; Hygiene; and Self-Defense.
Day Trips & Year End Trips
Because Boarders are not allowed off campus during the week, people are asked to donate their time and
some money to take Boarders to the movies, malls or sightseeing trips downtown. The school also works
with the Boarders to help them raise money to pay for a graduation trip, typically a weekend-long trip a few
hours outside of Buenos Aires.
Because Boarders are not allowed off campus during the week, people are asked to donate their time and
some money to take Boarders to the movies, malls or sightseeing trips downtown. The school also works
with the Boarders to help them raise money to pay for a graduation trip, typically a weekend-long trip a few
hours outside of Buenos Aires.
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