St. John's College, Belize

St. John's College
SJC at Loyola Park
Latin: Collegium Sti. Joannis Berchmans
Former names
St. John Berchmans' College
MottoMen and women for and with others
TypePrivate selective secondary school and university college
Established1887; 137 years ago (1887)
FounderFr. Cassian Gillett, S.J.
Religious affiliation
Catholicism (Jesuit)
Academic affiliations
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities The Association of Tertiary Level Institutions in Belize (ATLIB)
PresidentMirtha Peralta
Total staff
150
Students2,267
Address
Princess Margaret Drive
, ,
Belize

17°30′45″N 88°11′55″W / 17.51250°N 88.19861°W / 17.51250; -88.19861
CampusUrban
Patron saintJohn Berchmans
Colors   Navy and white
NicknameSt. John's, John's, SJC
Sporting affiliations
ATLIB Sports
MascotWildcat
Websitewww.sjc.edu.bz

St. John's College (abbreviated as SJC, and locally known as St. John's or John's) is a private Catholic selective secondary school for boys and private co-educational university college, located in Belize City, Belize. Founded in 1887 by the Society of Jesus as St. John Berchmans' College, a high school for boys only, it has since grown and now offers a wide variety of liberal arts and science courses at the secondary, British A-level, and United States junior college levels.[1]

For management purposes, St. John's is organised into three divisions:[1]

  • St. John's College High School, Belize (oldest, established 1887)
  • St. John's College Junior College (established 1964)
  • St. John's College University (established 2023)

Key centres and institutes within the university college are the School of Music, School of Nursing, the Belizean Studies Research Centre,[2] and the MAGIS Center,

  1. ^ a b "SJC History". St. John's College. Retrieved 19 June 2015.[self-published source?]
  2. ^ "Belizean Studies". SJC. Retrieved 2017-09-24.