Salesianos San Rafael, Spain
Salesianos San Rafael, was founded in 1963. The school is located on Porta de la Morera in Elche, in front of the Jardín del Huerto del Cura, which provides a natural environment for school life. It was in this school that the presence of the Salesians in Elche began more than 50 years ago. The official name of the school is the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, commonly known as the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB).
Early childhood and primary education classes are taught at San Rafael with 18 primary units (3 at the 1-6 level), 6 children’s units (2 at the 3, 4 and 5 year level) and two support classes. Integration allows the school to pay attention to the diversity of students.
The school has 25 classroom teachers, 75 pupils aged 10-11 and 32 pupils with special needs.
In addition to the necessary classrooms and facilities, the school also has its own kitchen, school canteen, sports hall and chapel/social room for the center’s own celebrations. It also has a computer room, a music room and separate recreation areas for pre-school and primary schools, which means that the integration of the little ones is gradual.
After school, the center offers a variety of extracurricular activities, making students and their families feel “at home” in the Salesian environment.
The San Rafael School has the Salesian Center of San José Artesano as its affiliation center for compulsory secondary education. The aim of the center is to educate with a preventive system, to dream of a better world. He improves the living conditions of the young people of his time, committed to their destiny, with the aim of transforming society.
The mission of the schools of the Province of the Salesians of Mary Help of Christians is to offer comprehensive quality education, based on the values of the Gospel and the educational system of Don Bosco, with the aim of shaping all dimensions of personality for building a new model of society.
In this educational process, the Educational-Pastoral Community presents a model of personal growth and development to every young person, which is oriented towards the discovery of their own life project, in which they find meaning and inclusion.
The school gives personalized attention to each young person, with special attention to the most disadvantaged and needy in an open and inclusive environment. He pays attention to the development of physical, cognitive, emotional and spiritual skills of students, through active programs and methodologies. It has a preventive system as a model of education and relationships within the Educational and Pastoral Community, supports young people in their integration into the world of work.
Selected innovative projects in relation to the project topic:
- “Emotional” (a program for the development of emotional skills as well as their management)
- “Valents” (bullying prevention program) – is part of the daily routine of the educational process and support for students
- recently launched socio-emotional management program promoting “inclusive playgrounds”.
In addition, the center serves students with cognitive and learning disabilities and strives to be inclusive to the greatest extent possible.
The school believes that it is important to prevent mental problems in both boys and girls and as an educational community to know how to detect these situations in time in students, as well as how to manage them. Delving deeper into the topic of learned helplessness will certainly be beneficial.
In the center, one meeting a week is dedicated to tutoring. These meetings are organized and organized. The aim of these meetings is to improve group cohesion, take care of students’ mental health, develop emotional competences: emotional awareness, emotional regulation, self-management, interpersonal intelligence, life skills and well-being. In addition to communication styles, there is also psychoeducation about bullying, education about values such as tolerance and respect. The aim of these meetings is to improve the cohesion of the group and take care of the mental health of the students.
