Benemerito De Las Americas
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El Centro Escolar Benemérito de las Américas (CEBA) is a private high school operated by the LDS Church.
and other members of the church began to build schools in Mexico for child members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS).
The first movement to organize the system of schools in Mexico was initiated by by President Claudio Bowsan, the president of the LDS Mexican Mission. He bought land in Churusbusco to construct a school and organized a committee to establish schools in Mexico. This committee, composed of President Marion G. Romney, President Joseph T. Bentley, and President Claudio Bowsan, with the help of the First Presidency of the LDS church decided to establish schools in Mexico.
When the Centro Escolar Benemérito de las Américas was founded it had 125 students and consisted in primary, secondary, and preparatory schools. Today it is just a preparatory school, accommodating day students as well and boarding students. There are more than 2,100 students.
The Centro Escolar Benemérito de las Américas was founded in 1964 by Professor Albert Kenyon Wagner and his wife Leona Farnsworth Romney, who were the directors until 1975.
History
On December 27 in 1832 Parley P. PrattParley P. Pratt
Parley Parker Pratt, Sr. was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1835 until his murder in 1857. He served in the Quorum with his younger brother, Orson Pratt...
and other members of the church began to build schools in Mexico for child members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS).
The first movement to organize the system of schools in Mexico was initiated by by President Claudio Bowsan, the president of the LDS Mexican Mission. He bought land in Churusbusco to construct a school and organized a committee to establish schools in Mexico. This committee, composed of President Marion G. Romney, President Joseph T. Bentley, and President Claudio Bowsan, with the help of the First Presidency of the LDS church decided to establish schools in Mexico.
When the Centro Escolar Benemérito de las Américas was founded it had 125 students and consisted in primary, secondary, and preparatory schools. Today it is just a preparatory school, accommodating day students as well and boarding students. There are more than 2,100 students.
The Centro Escolar Benemérito de las Américas was founded in 1964 by Professor Albert Kenyon Wagner and his wife Leona Farnsworth Romney, who were the directors until 1975.