Instituto Nacional Mejía

Instituto Nacional Mejía
Address
Vargas N13-93 y Arenas Quito, Pichincha Ecuador
Coordinates	0°12′44.9814″S 78°30′17.715″W / 0.212494833°S 78.50492083°W
Information
School type	Public, High school
Motto	Latin: Per Áspera Ad Astra (Through the rough to the stars)
Religious affiliation(s)	Laicism
Patron saint(s)	Jose Mejía Lequerica
Founded	1 June 1987
Founder	Eloy Alfaro
Rector	Dr. Jorge Andrade Villacrés
Principal	Dr. Milton Cahueñas Estrella
Number of students	approximately 5000
Language	Spanish
Schedule type	morning and evening
Color(s)	Yellow  and  Blue
Sports	Soccer, basketball, athletics, tennis, judo
Mascot	Joy
Nickname	Patrón Mejía
Website	www.inmejia.edu.ec
Central Building Facade of the Central Building for Today

Instituto Nacional Mejía is a public secondary educational institution in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. It was founded on June 5, 1897.^[1] Depends Ecuador Government through the Ministry of Education.

Mision

It is a secular and experimental High School that educates, prepares and graduates its students with a critical - reflexive mind, and provides them with a scientific humanist instruction which is compromised with social change and national development.

Motto

The school motto is the Latin phrase Per áspera ad astra literally translated as "On the rough path to the stars", but more commonly translated as "Per Aspera Ad Astra" (by the rough peniente to the summit).

Fiestas del Mejia

Each year, the celebrations for the anniversary of its creation are a huge spectacle ^[2]

References

1. Biography of Eloy Alfaro
2. "Desde este viernes 19 empiezan las Fiestas del "Mejía" :: Ecuadorinmediato :: Celebración en grande del prestigioso colegio quiteño". Ecuadorinmediato. 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2012-08-29.

Coordinates: 0°12′44.9814″S 78°30′17.715″W / 0.212494833°S 78.50492083°W