Colegio Nueva Granada
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Colegio Nueva Granada, is a bilingual private high school
in Bogotá
, Colombia
Colegio Nueva Granada was founded in 1938 by Fred Dever, Doris de Samper and Irving Byington.
Colegio Nueva Granada teaches a U.S college-preparatory curriculum. Students study for both the U.S High School Diploma
and the Colombian Bachillerato Diploma
. The school teaches English at a high level and a varied curriculum including Foreign Languages, Sports, and Technology. The school's staff includes foreign as well as Colombian teachers.
Students from this school are accepted at some of the world's most prestigious universities. Yearly over 50 top universities visit the campus to recruit interested students in their fields.
In 2004-5 it had 1,659 students at levels from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12. Of these 1,121 were Colombian nationals, 197 were dual citizens of Colombia and the USA, 176 were US nationals and 165 were of other nationalities.
Students participate in sports including volleyball, soccer, baseball, hockey, basketball, chess, ping-pong and track and field. The school participates in known tournaments as the Uncoli, Asocoldep, and Binational Games, the latter held on campus this year, sheltering more than 200 national students from other cities.
Among the social projects in which students participate, Hogar Nueva Granada, Alianza Educativa and personal student Social Service Hours are the most important. Hogar Nueva Granada and Alianza Educativa are projects formed to help children and families in need with health and education programs to ensure their futures as Colombian citizens.
Yearly students teach English to approximately 40 children, ages 7 to 14, from the surrounding neighborhoods of Juan XXIII and Bosque Calderón in Bogotá.
Others participate in the continuing education program for adults, 18 to 40 years old. This is a joint program, with CAFAM with the help of teachers from Colegio Nueva Granada, and Universidad Javeriana, to prepare adults to validate elementary school and also to get ready for ICFES
exams in the higher levels of education.
and Mexico meeting in the week of October 13 of 2006. Around 1000 people from all over America came to the school.
This is a good school
.
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High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
Colegio Nueva Granada was founded in 1938 by Fred Dever, Doris de Samper and Irving Byington.
Colegio Nueva Granada teaches a U.S college-preparatory curriculum. Students study for both the U.S High School Diploma
Secondary education in the United States
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last six or seven years of statutory formal education. Secondary education is generally split between junior high school or middle school, usually beginning with sixth or seventh grade , and high school, beginning with...
and the Colombian Bachillerato Diploma
Education in Colombia
Education in Colombia includes nursery school, elementary school, high school, technical instruction and university education. A typical colombian studies 11 years and attempts to complete the secondary level of education.- History :...
. The school teaches English at a high level and a varied curriculum including Foreign Languages, Sports, and Technology. The school's staff includes foreign as well as Colombian teachers.
Students from this school are accepted at some of the world's most prestigious universities. Yearly over 50 top universities visit the campus to recruit interested students in their fields.
In 2004-5 it had 1,659 students at levels from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12. Of these 1,121 were Colombian nationals, 197 were dual citizens of Colombia and the USA, 176 were US nationals and 165 were of other nationalities.
Students participate in sports including volleyball, soccer, baseball, hockey, basketball, chess, ping-pong and track and field. The school participates in known tournaments as the Uncoli, Asocoldep, and Binational Games, the latter held on campus this year, sheltering more than 200 national students from other cities.
Among the social projects in which students participate, Hogar Nueva Granada, Alianza Educativa and personal student Social Service Hours are the most important. Hogar Nueva Granada and Alianza Educativa are projects formed to help children and families in need with health and education programs to ensure their futures as Colombian citizens.
Yearly students teach English to approximately 40 children, ages 7 to 14, from the surrounding neighborhoods of Juan XXIII and Bosque Calderón in Bogotá.
Others participate in the continuing education program for adults, 18 to 40 years old. This is a joint program, with CAFAM with the help of teachers from Colegio Nueva Granada, and Universidad Javeriana, to prepare adults to validate elementary school and also to get ready for ICFES
ICFES
ICFES is an acronym for Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educación Superior . It is a Colombian organization that manages and evaluates the education and Institutes in Colombia...
exams in the higher levels of education.
House system
Colegio Nueva Granada followes the House system tradition. Through the grades, students and teachers form part of one of the four houses (Falcons, Eagles, Hawks and Osprey). Houses compete in both academic and athletic tasks, crowning a winner at the end of the school year, depending on the overall points the house received.Tri-Association
The school was the host of the The Association of American Schools of Central America, Colombia, CaribbeanACCAS
-Mission:The Association of Colombian-Caribbean American Schools is one of the three regional associations affiliated with the Tri-Association. Its membership of 21 schools supports the continuation of an American education in the Caribbean region and Colombia...
and Mexico meeting in the week of October 13 of 2006. Around 1000 people from all over America came to the school.
This is a good school
Accreditation
The school is accredited by the Colombian Ministerio de Educación Nacional and the US-based Southern Association of Colleges and SchoolsSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...
.
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