Chamber recalls that their classrooms have undergone generations of Murcia, principals and experienced teachers, whose educational work has left a profound mark on Murcia society "
The CEIP Cierva Peñafiel is in luck.
Few schools in the municipality of Murcia many generations that attended his primary school years within the walls of this school that this year celebrates its first anniversary.
The Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, wanted to be present and attend the conference this morning to commemorate the anniversary of this school.
It was in 1909 when they drafted the bill, but in November 1910 saw the laying of the foundation stone.
The event organized on the occasion of this anniversary has had the presence of former and current members of the school community Cierva Peñafiel.
School board representatives, the AMPA, alumni and faculty have been with the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Education and Personal, Pilar Megía, during his presence in the center.
After unveiling the plaque commemorating the centenary by Miguel Angel House, has been a group performance of the school of drama school, established in 1932, with Nicolas Leal as Director of Central, and the operations director Manuel Manzanares Herrero, a student, and the mayor.
Graduate Schools
In 1903, Antonio García Alix and Juan de la Cierva Peñafiel, then Minister of Finance and Education, respectively, agreed with Andres Baquero for the construction of the first Public Graduate Schools: Almansa Baquero, El Carmen, and Peñafiel Cierva García Alix, whose inauguration was held on September 16, 1917.
All were designed by architect Pedro Cerdan Murcia, also author of the facade of the Casino, which used a style in which the combination of brick and white limestone ashlar and the wide ledges.
Is a property that is within the historical heritage of Murcia, located in the protective environment of Cultural Property of the Church of Santo Domingo de Murcia and is listed in the Special Plan of a Historical de Murcia (CHEST ) with intermediate level of protection for which we pay attention to the main structure and the facade, among other things.
The school was built Cierva Peñafiel according to the type most advanced of its time, with six sections and 13 school units available, although an entire wing of the ground floor was occupied by the Choir Murciano Fernández Caballero.
Named first and then graduate school group and was occupied wholly or partially, sometimes for decades, by bodies or institutions outside the primary, including the University and the School of Arts and Crafts.
Halfway through the 70's had 350 students.
According to statistics from the 925 students counted from 1961 to 1983, the most common occupations of the parents were, in descending order, masons, laborers, porters, drivers, mechanics, traders and farmers.
Today, the school Cierva Peñafiel has 10 units, 3 Child Care, with 75 students, and 7 primary school with 166 students.
When the center opened, José Tomás Martínez became the first director of the center, with Miguel Izquierdo and Diego Aguilera as temporary teachers.
Murcia generations who have attended classes remind some people of their history, including Casimir Lajara, who was caretaker for fifty years until his retirement in 1973.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia