MY BELEN BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOLLOW US Search ABOUT ADMISSIONS ACADEMICS STUDENT LIFE JESUIT IDENTITY ATHLETICS SUPPORT BELEN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 back next OUR FACILITIES The Belen Jesuit campus is situated on 33.7 acres of land in west Miami-Dade County. The Michael B. Fernandez and Family Main Building includes The Ramón Guiteras Memorial Library, Dining Hall, Carlos M. Barañano Technology Center, counseling center, Fr. Benito Vieñes, SJ Observatory, and classrooms. The Ignatian Center for the Arts is home to the Ophelia & Juan Js. Roca Theater and Olga & Carlos Saladrigas Art Gallery along with the Leopoldo Nuñez Rehearsal Hall, classrooms, and the center's administrative office. The Raúl and Nidia Rodríguez Science Pavilion is home to our science classes with specialized labs for physics, biology, and chemistry. The Pavilion also houses the Fides et Ratio Patio. The Roberto C. Goizueta Innovation Center has two locker rooms, a lobby, and indoor courts on the first floor. The second floor is a mix between a maker space, a science lab, and a STEAM Center. Click here to read more about the Innovation Center. The Gian Zumpano Aquatic Center is home to the Wolverines seven-time State Champion Swim Team and three-time State Champion Water Polo Team. Four tennis courts are located behind the Gian Zumpano Aquatic Center. These multi-functional courts will also function as basketball and volleyball courts. Click here to read more about our athletic facilities. The Arroyo Quad aims to create a space where alumni and students can be reminded of those Jesuits who dedicated their lives to God and served at our school. Click here to read more about the quad. The Dining Hall features 13 high definition monitors, two 176” HD projectors and screens, and 30 Bose speakers. The kitchen is state of the art and can easily service the busy lunch periods as well as special events. The focal point is a historical mural that represents the school’s history from Cuba to Miami in photographs. The Administration building houses the following offices: President, Advancement, Admissions, Business, Technology Director, and Alumni Association. The Cosculluela Hall is also located in this building. Continuing a tradition of over 140 years, the Belen Observatory for Astronomy and Meteorology is at the service of its students and the Miami community. Belen Jesuit is the only school in the United States equipped with a 16” telescope with a CCD camera for astrophotography. Weather forecasts are radioed daily to various cities in Florida. The observatory was made possible by donations from the Belen Jesuit Class of 1972. Click here to view Belen's Clear Sky Clock. The campus continues to improve with the construction of the Our Lady of Belen Chapel. The chapel will provide a place for either the entire middle or high school to gather for prayer and Mass. It will be a place where alumni can return to get married or to have their child baptized. "It will be a place where HE will be present at every moment," said Father Willie. The Our Lady of Belen Chapel is scheduled to be completed in 2021. BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL 500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184 phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org AMDG OPEN SITEMAP Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.