Escola Estadual Professor Pedro Calmon, School in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Escola Estadual Professor Pedro Calmon is a public school in Coronel Fabriciano offering the final years of lower secondary education (ages 11 to 14), regular upper secondary education (ages 14 to 18) and adult education. It is the first school building constructed in the city, standing on one of the main streets of the centre, between the City Hall and the Saint Sebastian Parish Church. The building belongs to the architectural complex that also includes the church (1949) and the Parish Hall (1959).
Founded on May 8, 1952, the school replaced the Reunidas Doutor Moacir Birro School on Pedro Nolasco Street and was the first school building erected in Coronel Fabriciano. Its name was chosen by governor Juscelino Kubitschek for Pedro Calmon, a Bahian professor who had come to Minas Gerais to receive the Medal of the Inconfidence. It began with primary grades only; in 1979 it reached the 8th grade, and in 1994 it switched to the final years of primary plus secondary education.
The name honors Pedro Calmon, a professor from Bahia who visited Minas Gerais to receive the Medal of the Inconfidence; governor Juscelino Kubitschek chose it for the school. The building belongs to the architectural complex formed with the Saint Sebastian Parish Church (1949) and the Parish Hall (1959), declared municipal cultural heritage on April 28, 1999.
The school stands on one of the main streets of downtown Fabriciano, between the City Hall and the Saint Sebastian Parish Church, so it is reached on foot from the centre. The building is part of the architectural complex with the church (1949) and the Parish Hall (1959). Physical education classes were long held in the schoolyard, since the multi-sports court was only built in the 2013 revitalization.
The school's 2010 and 2011 Enem scores were the lowest among schools in Coronel Fabriciano and the whole Vale do Aço Metropolitan Region. The 2013 revitalization was meant to include a multi-sports court, discussed since 1990, while physical education classes had been held in the schoolyard.
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