
OUR SCHOOL
Forty years ago, in 1981/1982, the Sakoneta Public School and the Mendibil Pre-Primary School were almost overcrowded with 1130 students. During these years, the expansion of the building and the neighbourhood made the need for a new school a priority, in order to provide an adequate response to the situation.
Because of this situation, in 1981 the Basque Government began to study where a new school could be built, buying the necessary land. So at that moment they managed to surround themselves with green spaces and a perfect area of position.
CEIP Txomin Aresti School was built as a building in a very innovative and unique form, the original form of which is now standing out. It consists in most of a triangular construction, with an inner courtyard, which allows it to enjoy extraordinary clarity. Apart from this, each room has windows facing outwards, which offer enormous brightness. As the year progressed, and as the cycle of Pre School Education moved from Mendibil to this building, due to the shortage of space, another cubic building was added to it, adding new facilities and new spaces. These new spaces consist of a reform room, an English room, a library, a teacher’s room, and several toilets.
As for the opening of the school, it should be on 15 October 1984, but due to the unfinished works, it could not be held on that day. As a result of this delay, at Christmas of that year, a number of proclamations were made in front of the City Hall by the family, teachers ( Prego Axpe, who was then the principal) and students, calling for the opening of the school. In January 1985, when Iñaki San Juan was mayor of Leioa, the school was officially opened, with 384 students.
As far as the course of the school was concerned, there were a number of different and innovative activities, one of which was the principal at the time, who organized the competition for the design of a logo, with the intention of giving the school its own identity. It is important to mention the high participation of the student body, although in the end the choice was made by Iñigo Lopez. Then, with the celebration of his 25th anniversary, Felix Ortiz de Zarate, a great janitor and collaborator of the school, updated it and gave it the impression it has today.
After 10 years of solo career, in 1995/1996, a new Txomin Aresti was created with Mendibile and Sakoneta. This merger was not complete until 2013-2014, when all the Children’s and Primary Schools were finally assembled in the same building. Today at our school we have 403 students from Preschool to Primary, where the language model is D. As for the staff, it is now composed of 41 people, and there are also non-teaching staff.
As for the character who names the school, Txomin Aresti was appointed mayor in 1979, becoming the first mayor of democracy. In these circumstances he had to swim against various currents, always thinking of the best of the townspeople. He worked tirelessly for change, but unfortunately he couldn’t accomplish his goals, because he died when he was young. So he couldn’t realize the dreams that had led him to become mayor, even though his legacy was known.

Staff
HH 2.1: Kontxi HH 2.2: Estibaliz HH 3.1: Nekane HH 3.2: Arrate HH 4.1: Itsasne HH 4.2: Maria HH 5.1: Rosana HH 5.2: Iratxe LH 1.1: Nerea LH 1.2: Ander LH 2.1: Katrin LH 2.2: Itziar LH 3.1: Marisa/Ander LH 3.2: Aritz LH 3.3: Maria LH 4.1: Puri LH 4.2: Iratxe LH 4.3: Enrike LH 5.1: Patricia LH 5.2: Era LH 6.1: Xabier LH 6.2: Janire |
P.H.: Lur Kortabitarte P.H.: Raquel Gómez Music: Susana Abelairas English: Marta Díaz English: Iratxe Azkona English: Mertxe Tascón Language Assistant: Margo Cox Religion: Make López Canteen responsible: Begoña Garaizar Special educational needs teacher: Paki Blanco Special educational needs teacher: Sara De Prado PT: Izarne PT: Haritz Irizar Speech-Language-Hearing: Kristina Gago Consultant teacher: Elena Beltran Hipi: Ohiana Litago BeA: Of Zuriñe Martia BeA: Igone Rico HH Assistant: Mila Korta HH Assistant: Sandra Vazquez Mentor: Olatz Lekerika Mentor: Igone Rico Head teacher: Ibon Gonzalez Cornejo Head of studies: Jaione Elguezabal Secretary: Raquel Rodriguez |


Members of the highest body
Ibon Gonzalez Jaione Elguezabal Raquel Rodriguez Enara Díaz Félix Ortíz de Zárate Oihana Martitegi Izaskun Rementeria Aritz Alboniga Oscar Pérez Maria Galende Amaia Tornos Nuria González Naiara Ibáñez Laura Diego Natalia Arribas |
Sonia Del Rincón Asier Aragón Mikel Sánchez Javier Royo Lorena Zuluaga Naroa Cabrera Marisa Santamaria Milagros Corta Olatz Lekerika Igone Rico Zelai del Campo Itziar Satrustegi Concepción Altuna Patricia Márquez Elena Beltran |

Non-teaching staff
Susana Jimenez: Cleaner María Calvo: Cleaner Arantza Cabreizo: Cleaner María Antonia Sanchez: Cleaner María Roca: Cleaner Iraide Arbeo: Cleaner Belen Urriz: Educator Itziar Díez: Educator Irune Zaballa: Educator Igone Urkiaga: Educator Félix Ortiz de Zarate: Caretaker |

Organizational chart


Txomin Aresti School’s Timeline
- 1981 – The Basque Government seeks land for the construction of a new school.
- 15 October 1984 — Planned opening of the Txomin Aresti School. (The building was delayed, and was not opened that day).
- 1984 Christmas – Protests in front of the City Hall.
- On January 7, 1985, the school was finally opened.
- 1985- Iñigo López creates the first logo of the school (renewed in 2010).
- 1995-1996- Txomin Aresti school was born recently after the merger of three schools.
- 2003-2004 – Implementation of the SGC (Quality Assurance System for School Education and Management).
- In June 2004, The School obtained K-H accreditation from the Basque Government.
- 2013-2014- Finally, primary and preschool education are in the same school.
- 2014- At ICT we got a school certificate with a high level of maturity.
- 2022- All together we continue to write the story of Txomin Aresti School…


Our schedule:
Monday to Friday:
8am – 16pm
Come to school:
Iparragirre etorbidea, 76
Leioa 48940
Bizkaia
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