Colégio de São Bento explained

Colégio de São Bento
Native Name:Colégio de São Bento do Rio de Janeiro
Motto:Ora et Labora
Motto Translation:Pray and Labor
Type:Private All-male
Rector:Dom Miguel Da Silva Vieira OSB (2010 - now)
Founder:Abade Frei Luís da Conceição Saraiva OSB
Grades Label:Grades
Grades:1-12
Address:Rua Dom Gerardo, 68
City:Rio de Janeiro
State:Rio de Janeiro
Country:Brazil
Coordinates:-22.8977°N -43.1797°W
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
District:Centro (city centre)
Colours:Red, Blue and Yellow
Mascot:Lion
Newspaper:http://www.csbrj.org.br/jornal/
Free Label 1:Religion
Free 1:Roman Catholic
Testname:ENEM
Testaverage:761.7 (2011) - Highest Score in the Country
National Ranking:1st

Colégio de São Bento is a Benedictine school for boys in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a history that dates back more than 150 years. It was founded in 1858 on the hills overlooking Rio de Janeiro's harbor and the Guanabara Bay, by the adjacent Benedictine monastery (Portuguese: Mosteiro de São Bento). Although the school is still run by the monastery, students who attend it may come from any denomination or religion.

All students follow a broad course of study, which includes Theology, Music, Algebra, Geometry, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Classic Culture, Brazilian and Portuguese Literature, Geography, History, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English Languages, Philosophy, Sociology, as well the History of Music, Architecture and Fine Arts, among other subjects.

The school has been consistently rated the best Brazilian high school by ENEM (National High School Assessment Test), showing the highest ranking of college admissions in the country. Its graduates, who refer to themselves as Benedictines include Brazilian leaders from government and business, renowned doctors, educators, poets, musicians and writers.

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