Colégio Marista Dom Silvério , or CMDS, is a private Marist school located on the southern region of Belo Horizonte , in Brazil . Its courses go from pre-school to high school, which in the Brazilian educational system is usually identified with ages from 4 to 17.
5-703: CMDS was founded in 1950, and hosts more than 3,000 students. Part of the school's finances were used for the seven-year-long construction of Marista Hall . The school is named after Dom Silvério Gomes Pimenta, a Catholic priest of the early twentieth century who was a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras , the Brazilian Academy of Literature. The current principal of CMDS is Professor Edison de Souza Leite. 19°56′33″S 43°56′05″W / 19.9426°S 43.9347°W / -19.9426; -43.9347 This Brazilian school-related article
10-493: A good part of the construction was financed by students of the Colégio Marista Dom Silvério, Marista Hall is a target of jokes and dissatisfaction, because thousands of students paid for it but never benefited from it, having left school before construction was completed. Further dissatisfaction came when Chevrolet began to sponsor the centre in 2005; as a result the place changed its name to "Chevrolet Hall". There
15-495: A great diversity of spaces. It includes a multipurpose room, a theater, an arena, courts, and a parking lot; this structure is suitable for a wide variety of cultural, artistic, and sports events, be it of a technical, commercial or recreational nature. Construction began in March 1997, and the original deadline was December 1998. However, this deadline was progressively postponed, and the building did not open until June 25, 2003. Since
20-586: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Marista Hall 19°56′31″S 43°56′03″W / 19.942082°S 43.934192°W / -19.942082; -43.934192 Arena Hall (originally known as the Marista Hall ) is an events centre in Belo Horizonte , Brazil , located on the campus of the Colégio Marista Dom Silvério . The goal was to create an environment with
25-403: Is a community in orkut dedicated to "refusing" the new name, mostly former and current students of college who feel their contributions to the site should be recognized in its name. In 2016, GM chose not to renew the contract for naming rights and the venue became known as the "BH Hall" until March 2017, when fuel company Ipiranga secured the naming rights. Beginning 19 March 2017, the centre
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