Colégio de São Bento

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Address
Rua Dom Gerardo, 68 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Coordinates
Information
Type	Private All-male
Established	February 9, 1858 (1858-02-09)
Founder	Abade Frei Luís da Conceição Saraiva OSB
School district	Centro (city centre)
Rector	Dom Miguel Da Silva Vieira OSB (2010 - now)
Grades	1-12
Colour(s)	Red, Blue and Yellow
Mascot	Lion
National ranking	1st
ENEM average	761.7 (2011) - Highest Score in the Country
Newspaper	http://www.csbrj.org.br/jornal/
Religion	Roman Catholic

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 (Brazilian 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, Physics, Algebra, Geometry, Chemistry, Classic Culture, Brazilian and Portuguese Literature and Portuguese Language, History, French, Spanish and English Languages, Philosophy, Sociology, Geography and Art History, 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.

External links

• www.csbrj.org.br
• www.osb.org.br