Salesian school

A Salesian school is an educational institution run by the Roman Catholic Salesian Congregation of Saint John Bosco (or Don Bosco), and one that uses his methods. Salesian schools are dedicated to young people in an educational and formative environment. According to promoters, a Salesian school is a home, church, playground, and school where students find a new way of life, and prepare for their future as good citizens of their country, while being faithful to their own religion.

Culture

The figure at the center of a Salesian school is Saint John Bosco or Don Bosco, who is also known as "Father, teacher, and friend of the youth." Don Bosco was a 19th-century visionary from Italy who created a system of education for boys and girls from marginalized areas of society. For Don Bosco, "Prevention" meant helping a youth before he or she gets into trouble. Don Bosco's system has three aspects: loving kindness; reason, and religion. These three aspects have been the object of studies by scholars throughout the 20th century.

Salesian schools strive for strict discipline and order, while avoiding any kind of physical punishment, however, in his book The Devil's Advocate - Child abuse and the men in black, author and former Salesian pupil Graham Wilmer MBE, describes the levels of violence he and other pupils suffered at the hands of Salesian priests in Salesian schools in the British Salesian Province.

In Latin America, the Salesians have been a key factor in the formation of national curricula, while helping provide street children with an education. The Salesian school system involves the family, as the system holds that family and background are as important as a student's performance in school. Salesian schools give a lot of importance to Parents Associations and other groups where parents are invited to participate.

Operating in 124 countries, the Salesian system could be viewed as a kind of "globalized" education, imposing the same concepts. Although culture was very important to Don Bosco, he respected local and national identities. What can be considered global is the system itself with Don Bosco at its center, however, every Salesian school keeps its own cultural identity. For these reasons, Salesian schools have been welcomed in 124 countries, even in non-Christian nations.

List of Salesian schools

Name	City	Territory	Country
Nagle College	Bairnsdale	Victoria	Australia
Salesian College (Brooklyn Park)	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia
Salesian College (Rupertswood)	Rupertswood	Victoria	Australia
Salesian College (Chadstone)	Chadstone	Victoria	Australia
Salesiano Valparaíso	Valparaíso	Valparaíso	Chile
Salesian English School	Shau Kei Wan	Hong Kong	China
Auxilium ISC School, Kottiyam	Kollam District	Kerala	India
Salesian College	Sonata	West Bengal	India
Salesian College	Celbridge	County Kildare	Republic of Ireland
Salesian Polytechnic	Tama New Town	Tokyo	Japan
Salesian High School (South Korea)	Gwangju	Gyeonggi	South Korea
Salesian High School	Eswatini	Manzini	Swaziland
Salesian School, Chertsey	Chertsey	Surrey	United Kingdom
Salesian College, Farnborough	Farnborough	Hampshire	United Kingdom
Salesian College, Battersea	Battersea	Greater London	United Kingdom
Thornleigh Salesian College	Bolton	Greater Manchester	United Kingdom
Salesian College Preparatory	Richmond	California	United States
Salesian High School	Los Angeles	California	United States
Archbishop Shaw High School	Marrero	Louisiana	United States
Salesian High School (New Rochelle)	New Rochelle	New York	United States
Salesianum School	Wilmington	Delaware	United States
Mary Help of Christians Academy	North Haledon	New Jersey	United States
Xavier College	Gawler Belt	South Australia	Australia

See also

• Don Bosco School (disambiguation)
• St John Bosco College (disambiguation)