Markham College
| Markham College Colegio Markham |
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| Location | |
| Calle Augusto Angulo 291, Miraflores Lima, Peru |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private day |
| Motto |
Studiis et rebus honestisr (("For honourable studies and pursuits")) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Nonsectarian |
| Established | 1946 |
| Chairman of the Board of Governors | Mr. Raúl Otero Bossano |
| Headmaster | Mr. Marco Bassino Pinasco (acting) |
| Grades |
Pre-Kindergarten Kindergarten Primary 1-6, Secondary 1-4, Lower/Upper 6th |
| Gender | coeducational |
| Enrollment | 2,000 approx. |
| Houses | Cochrane Guise Miller Rowcroft |
| Color(s) |
Brown Gold |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Yearbook | The Markhamian |
| Affiliation | Round Square G20 Schools Group ADCA UDCA Latin American Heads Conference British Schools of Peru (BSP) International Baccalaureate Programme University of Cambridge International Examinations Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award London College of Music (LCM) |
| Former pupils | Old Markhamians |
| Alumni Association | Old Markhamian Association |
| Primary language | English |
| Website | www.markham.edu.pe |
Markham College is amongst the most prestigious schools in Lima, Peru. Founded by British expatriates, Markham promotes a mixture of British and Peruvian education. Markham is an independent, non profit-making, co-educational, bi-lingual, secular, day school of approximately 2,000 students aged 4–18.
Its students fulfill the Peruvian national curriculum as well as the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) program from the University of Cambridge. Many students subsequently enrol in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
Markham has a very active Social Service policy both through Round Square and the IB CAS element. Each year many hundreds of its students go to help in both national and international service projects.
Students are known as Markhamians, while alumni are identified as Old Markhamians.
The school was named after the British historian and explorer Sir Clements Robert Markham (1838–1916).
The first students entered Markham College in March 1946. By 1978, it had grown to about 1,200 students and it was necessary to acquire a second site. The transfer of the Lower School to this site began in 1979. Students enter the school at the age of 4+ and transfer to the Upper School at the age of 11+. Currently, there are around 155 students in each year group. Competition for places is severe and currently (2016) there are very few spaces in most year groups.
In 1992, the school became co-educational with girls being admitted in roughly equal numbers to boys. In recent years, it has accepted slightly more girls than boys.
In 2004, the school became part of Round Square, an internationally recognized organization of schools which follows the IDEALS of Kurt Hahn, and Markhamian delegations have attended Round Square conferences both regionally and globally ever since. The school is also a member of the G20 Schools Group.
In the second year of primary school (P2) students are nominally divided into four "houses" which compete in sports, academics and other activities. They are called Cochrane, Guise, Miller and Rowcroft, and named after Lord Cochrane, Vice Admiral Guise, General William Miller (all military figures) and Thomas Edward Rowcroft, the first British diplomat in Peru. Their colours are red, blue, green and yellow, respectively. Houses compete in a series of events, among them a swimming competition and an athletics event, to obtain the Founder's shield.
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