Colegio Nuestra Señora de Andacollo

Colegio Nuestra Señora de Andacollo is a Catholic primary and secondary school administered by the Congregation of Holy Cross since 1976 in Santiago, Chile.

In the midst of a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of then Santiago, full of tenements and house of ill-repute, was lifted the tower of a chapel that shared the same land as the Confraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer.

In spite of always counting on the support of persons of good will, the economic highs and lows from the beginning of the school's history endangered the institution's future.

As this building acquired increasing importance, the archbishop of Santiago erected it formally as a parish in June 1912., appointing Rev.

The idea was: "To take the child from the first years in school, provide a Christian education and a practical instruction, without disregard for the catechesis and sports on Sundays.

The goal is to improve the neighborhood morally and materially and to promote hygiene and savings and to establish,as possible, organizations and unions.

The oldest attendance registry of the school dates covers the period from 1915 to 1919, with teacher Felix Berrios Bustamante, who was later named rector in 1919.