TEACHINGS OF OUR PATRON, SANTO DOMINGO SAVIO AND HIS TEACHER, SAN JUAN BOSCO

Santo Domingo Savio, was born near Turin in 1842. At the age of twelve, his father introduced him to Don Bosco. - What can this cloth be used for? Savio asked. - To make a good suit and give it to Our Lord. - It is understood. Well, I'm the fabric and you're the tailor: let's make that suit. And in this way entered Sunday at the school of Don Bosco, called "the Oratory". This attitude of Santo Domingo, to understand being a complement in each situation, that the purposes are made with other people and that each of them has the same importance for achievements, becomes the basis of the academic activity that is carried out at the group and that is stimulated and strengthened continuously in Santo Domingo Bilingüe School.
Don Bosco repeated to him: "Constant joy, fulfillment of duties without losing heart, commitment to piety and study, participate in recesses, which can also be sanctified." In class he was always among the first; also in this, I wanted to set an example; I knew that every minute of time is a treasure. It has been understood by the academic community of the Santo Domingo Bilingual School, that when an activity is carried out that benefits all of us, we must deploy all our collaboration, time and joy and this must also be applied individually.

He went out of his way for his companions. He advised them, corrected them, consoled them, reconciled them. He did not tolerate bad words and less blasphemous words. He died on March 9, 1857. Pius XII proclaimed him Holy in 1954.

The dream or vision of his mentor, Don Bosco, in his youth, marked all his subsequent activity with the children, "everyone knows that to work with children, you have to love them; but the important thing is that this love is manifested in a way that is understandable to them ". In the case of Don Bosco, love was evident, and it was that love that helped him form his ideas about punishment, at a time when no one questioned the crudest superstitions about that point. Don Bosco's methods consisted in developing a sense of responsibility, in suppressing the occasions of disobedience, in appreciating the efforts of the boys, and in a great friendship. In 1877 he wrote: "I do not remember ever using a punishment proper, by the grace of God, I have always been able to get children to observe not only the rules, but even my minor desires." But to this quality, there was a perfect awareness of the harm that can be done to children by a too indulgent love, and this was constantly repeated by Don Bosco to the parents.

Because Santo Domingo is the most valued disciple of Don Bosco, and who exemplarily practices the pedagogical principles of the master, in addition to his human reference and detachment from the material in favor of others; the academic community honors his memory by taking up his name for the College, but also and most importantly, his teachings in the real and spiritual fields.

The Directives and teachers of Santo Domingo Bilingüe School, understand education as the most human and formative activity; as an apostolate in light of current events, requires an attitude and interest to share knowledge, to find new forms of human relationships, to understand the difficulties and strengths of our fellow human beings and particularly to be an example of life.