Colegio Bolivar
| Colegio Bolívar | |
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Cl 5a #122-21 Cali Colombia |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1947 |
| Director | Dr. Joseph Nagy |
| Accreditation | AdvancED |
| Yearbook | Kiosko |
| Information | +57 2 4855050 |
| Website | Colegio Bolivar Website |
Colegio Bolivar is a private, non–denominational, American school located in Colombia's third largest city (population more than 3 million), Cali.
Founded in 1947 to serve the dependents of expatriate personnel assigned to Cali, the school's population has shifted over the years from a majority of expatriate students to a majority of Colombian nationals, made up for the most part of dependents from multinational businesses, faculty members, alumni, and Cali's business community.
The community, including just over 1,300 students, is divided into four school sections: Preprimary, Primary, Middle, and High. Each is led by its own principal and has its own faculty and facilities. The school, whose primary language of instruction is English, is college preparatory, with almost 99% of the graduates continuing onto higher education in Colombia and abroad.
Located on a thirty-five acre campus at the foothills of the Andes, Colegio Bolivar consists of ten classroom blocks, a science building, a library/media center, an auditorium, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, a cafeteria, an administration area, several athletic fields, and a great deal of open space. Cali's weather allows for the unusual feature of truly "open" classrooms: the rooms themselves have only three walls, with the fourth open to the outdoors.
Colegio Bolívar is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Colombian Ministry of Education. Both the US High School and the Colombian Bachillerato programs are offered, and diplomas are awarded for each.
The 105 faculty members, 16 teaching assistants and seven administrators of whom 46% are North Americans and third country, and 54% Colombian. Nearly 80% are either native English speakers or have near native fluency. Twenty-five of the faculty are "import" teachers, those brought specifically from the U.S. for employment with Colegio Bolivar. The staff includes twenty one master's degrees and five PhD's.
This is an English language school, beginning with English as a Second Language in the pre-school (K4 and K5) and early elementary school. While all students have at least one hour of Spanish language study daily, virtually all other academic classes are taught in English. By upper elementary school, the students are all academically bilingual. Traditionally, some 20-30% of the graduates attend universities in the United States where they matriculate as any North American would, with none of the special requirements of the average foreign student.
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