Carlos Pereyra School (Escuela Carlos Pereyra) is a private Catholic basic education institution run by the Society of Jesus in La Laguna region of Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942 and offers grades from preschool through high school.

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Carlos Pereyra School Escuela Carlos Pereyra
Collegio Jesuita en Torreon
Location
Calzada San Ignacio de Loyola 250 Ejido La Unión Torreon , Coahuila Mexico
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Type	Private, Roman Catholic, Coeducation Basic Education institution
Motto	Spanish: Alabanza al que Lucha English: Praise for the Struggle
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Established	1942; 82 years ago (1942)
Founders	Isaac Guzman V. Fr. Leobardo Fernández SJ UNEC
Rector	Fr. Ricardo Cámara Lugo SJ
Grades	K-12
Campus	15 hectares (150,000 m2)
Sports	Football Basketball Volleyball Track & Field
Mascot	Lobo (Wolf)
Tuition	$6,730 MXN per month (high school)
Affiliations	Mexican Jesuit Schools System
Website	Carlos Pereyra School

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The members of the National Union of Catholic Students (UNEC) with the assistance of Leobardo Fernández launched the school in 1942. It was affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and named after Carlos Pereyra a historian and diplomat, and native of Saltillo, Coahuila. High school classes began in law and social sciences, in physics and chemistry, and in physics and mathematics.^[1]

The Carlos Pereyra School has a 15 hectare campus in the northern part of the city of Torreon, near the Iberoamerican University Torreón, a jesuit university. The campus has a chapel, a gymnasium-auditorium (Gimnasio-Auditorio Loyola), three auditoriums, physics and chemistry labs, computer labs, a general library (Biblioteca San Luis Gonzaga), a children's library, soccer fields, basketball and voleiball courts and a 400 meter track.

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