Academia del Perpetuo Socorro (English: "Academy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help") was founded in 1921 as a Catholic parochial school of the Perpetuo Socorro Parish at the Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The school is located in Miramar in Puerto Rico's capital city of San Juan. Students, teachers and alumni commonly refer to their school as Perpetuo.
The goal of the Academia del Perpetuo Socorro is the complete development of the student - spiritually, mentally, morally, socially, culturally, and physically in order to live a full life and to prepare for his/her final goal - union with God. To this end, the school works to create a Catholic academic community in which faith, knowledge, and recreation are shared in a spirit of freedom, love, and creativity. The school, however, does not emphasize religion over other subjects, accepts students of all faiths and does not impose religious requirements such as baptism, confirmation or church attendance as a condition for continued attendance.
Mottoedit
"Esto Perpetua" translated as "This Endures" stressing how the Catholic values and formal academic education learned at this school, symbolized in the school seal by the oil lamp over the open book, (as in burning the midnight oil) are to permeate individuals and society forever.
Clubsedit
Choir
Drama Club
United Nations
Honor Society
Jr. Honor Society
Honor Academy
Helping Hands
Law Club
Youth Ministry
Pro-life
Psychology Club
Environmental Club
Math Club
Spanish Forensics
Zeitgeist Literary Magazine
Elipsis
Student Council
Girl Up
Positive Thinking Club
Sports teamsedit
Academia del Perpetuo Socorro has the largest gymnasium in the Caribbean. This gymnasium has three wooden volleyball courts that can also be transformed into two basketball courts. The gymnasium also has a small gym where athletes, faculty members, and students can go to do exercise.
Perpetuo has a varsity program in ten sports:
Golf
Basketball
Bowling
Baseball
Tennis
Volleyball
Softball
Soccer
Indoor soccer
Cross-country
Track and field
Swimming
In popular mediaedit
The school is featured prominently in Magali García Ramis's novel Felices Días, Tío Sergio. The school was the main film location for the movie Casi casi (2006) and forms the basis for the fictional school featured in the film.
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago, Catholic catechist and liturgist who was beatified by Pope John Paul II, hs image is depicted on one of the stained-glass windows on Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church next to the school
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