Greengates School
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Circunvalación Poniente No. 102 Balcones de San Mateo Naucalpan C.P. 53200 Mexico State Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 19°29′03″N 99°15′41″W / 19.4843°N 99.2614°WCoordinates: 19°29′03″N 99°15′41″W / 19.4843°N 99.2614°W |
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| School type | Private, coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None |
| Established | 1951 |
| Founders | Edward Foulkes and Frank Whitbourn |
| Status | Open |
| Headmaster | Rupert Cox |
| Faculty | approx. 110 |
| Grades | 15 |
| Years offered | Kinder 1 to Upper VI |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 3 to 19 |
| Enrollment | 1150 (2005) |
| Sixth form students | 82 (Class of 2015) |
| Average class size | 12 |
| Education system | International Primary Curriculum IPC, IGCSE, IB |
| Language | English |
| Schedule | 8:15 – 2:55 |
| Hours in school day | 7 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Campus size | 2.9 ha (7 acres) |
| Houses | Foulkes, Whitbourn, Brightman, Edinburgh |
| Colour(s) | Red, Yellow, Blue & White |
| Slogan | An Education with a Global Perspective |
| Sports | Main: Football, Rugby, Basketball and Volleyball |
| Nickname | GG |
| Team name | Lions |
| Accreditation | IB, CAMBRIDGE IGCSE, UNAM. |
| Test average | 93% |
| Newspaper | The Roar |
| Graduates (2014) | 72 |
| Website | greengates |
Greengates School (Spanish: Colegio Greengates) is a British-style international school located in the Balcones de San Mateo neighbourhood in Naucalpan, located north-west of Mexico City, Mexico. As of 2005, it has approximately 1,150 students of some 50 nationalities, derived mainly from the diplomatic and international business communities. During Forms 4 and 5 (Grades 9 and 10 in the American System), students study for the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations, while in their last two years of high school (Sixth form), students prepare for the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
The school preserves the philosophy of its founding statement: "...to provide an education for students which seeks not only to impart knowledge by the means of acquiring knowledge; to develop character and personality through self-discipline and service; to equip its pupils not only to earn their living but also to live creatively and happily in the world which they must inherit" Greengates School is perhaps the most international place in Mexico, catering for some 25 different nationalities. Recently the school has acquired more land, modernised its facilities and has leading edge technology, without increasing the number of students. Greengates School is nowadays regarded as more of an academic school in Mexico with satisfactory achievements in both, the IGCSE and IB courses.
Greengates School was founded by Edward Foulkes and his partner Frank Whitbourn in a house in Lomas de Chapultepec in 1951. Originally, the school had no uniform and only one school bus. Over the years, it moved several times to accommodate an increasingly larger enrolment. The school, originally meant to cater to the sons of British and Commonwealth diplomats and citizens in Mexico City, was becoming more popular with wealthy Mexicans living in Lomas de Chapultepec who sought a high standard of education for their children, which they found at Greengates.
In 1961, Foulkes left to start a new school, what would become the Edron Academy in the south-west of the city. Henry Coehlo bought his stake and began transforming the school. Soon afterwards, Andre Desouches bought Whitbourn's stake, and the Coehlo and Desouches families continue to own the majority of the school. Henry Coehlo stepped down as managing director in 2007, a post he held for over 40 years, and was replaced by Clarisa Desouches, the daughter of Andre Desouches.
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