| Asti Leku Ikastola | |
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| Address | |
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Grumete Diego, 19 Basque Country Spain , , 48910 | |
| Coordinates | 43°18′58″N 3°01′47″W / 43.3162°N 3.0296°W |
| Information | |
| School type | private school, private school |
| Motto | It is modified annually |
| Established | 1963 |
| Founders | Sabin Ipiña, Juantxu Beitia, Alejandro Echevarría, Félix Arambarri and others |
| Principal | Jesús Bilbao |
| Age | 2 to 18 |
| Language | Basque, Spanish, English, French |
| Website | https://astileku.eus |
| In Basque, the official name of the educational center is "Asti Leku" (which means literally "leisure place"). The term "ikastola" means "school" in Basque. The equivalent in English would be "Asti Leku School" or "Asti Leku College". In addition, in Spain there is a difference between "college" (private/independent education) and "school" (public/state education). So it could be translated with both terms. | |
Asti Leku Ikastola is a Basque private school, created in 1963, located in Portugalete (Biscay). It currently has 1,800 students (approx.) and is one of the largest private schools in the Basque Autonomous Community and in the whole Basque Country.
The school contains both primary and secondary school (high school), and it offers kindergarten, primary education, secondary education, Spanish Baccalaureate education and Selectividad,[1] from 2 to 18 years. It is one of the private schools most known and prominent in the Basque Country.[2][3]
The school has been the alma mater of a President of the Basque Government, deputies, mayors of different cities and other politicians and notable alumni. In addition, its teaching team has included a President of the Basque Government, a Leader of the Opposition in the Basque Parliament, deputies and other notables.
The school was created in the Francoist Spain and its objective was to instill the Basque language, the Basque culture and the historical and cultural values of Basque Country.[4]
The owner of the school is the enterprise "Asti Leku Cooperative Society"[5] (teaching cooperative enterprise), and it is associated in Ikastolen Elkartea, association of all the Basque Country's cooperative owned private schools. As of 31 December 2020, the cooperative "Asti Leku S. Coop." had a total of 2,409 cooperativist member families (the families are the owner members of both the cooperative and the school).[6]
- ^ Similar to the A Level, required for university entrance.
- ^ PORTUGALETE, J. P. / (17 January 2022). "Asti Leku Ikastola, formando personas para el futuro". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Asti Leku, pertsonak hezten". Deia (in Spanish). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Asti Leku, pertsonak hezten". El Correo (in Spanish). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Asti Leku Sociedad Coop". Empresite España – Buscador de Empresas y Negocios de España (in Spanish).
- ^ "Asti Leku Cooperative Society. Annual report. 2020" (PDF). es. 2020. p. 13.