Anglo Colombian School


The Anglo Colombian School is a non confesional bilingual private school, founded in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1956 by Jaime Jaramillo Arango, and inspired by the best principles of British education.
The Colegio Anglo-Colombiano has been affiliated to IB World School since February 1980. It offers the full International Baccalaureate Organization programmes: the IB Primary Years Programme, IB Middle Years Programme and IB Diploma Programme. And it is the IB International Organization that gives the aprouvment marks and the final diplomas to our students..
British education includes the principal importance of free thinkers, the respect for own and proper thought, the necessary construction of critical thinking, and the solidarity promoted by house system.
The Anglo Colombian School is one of the most renowned laic schools in Bogotá and is one of the few schools that continue the British tradition of formal uniform. The uniform is composed of a dark green tie with stripes the colour of the house to which the student belongs, a white shirt, a dark green blazer and grey trousers. It holds a very strict policy regarding grade repetition and discipline in general. Additionally, the majority of the classes are in English and the staff is composed of both foreign and Colombian high cualified teachers.
The Anglo Colombian School offers an extremely ample variety of IB Diploma subjects, including: English A, Spanish A and B, German B, French B, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Business Management, Geography, History, Philosophy, global politics, psychology, Design Technology, Information Technology in a Global Society, Computer Science, Mathematics, Mathematical Studies, Visual Arts, Music, Film and Theatre.
The Colegio Anglo Colombiano also offers a large variety of complementary extracurricular activities, ranging from karate to piano and from football to ballet.
The school is affiliated to the Uncoli Organization. The Uncoli is a union of international schools in Bogotá. They are the governing body of all inter-school competitions and provide the organizational support for sporting and artistic events among the schools. As its sport facilities are very diverse and appropriate for big events, it is often chosen to host Uncoli tournaments.
The school theatre: "Centro Cultural William Shakespeare", located in the school campus, contains 551 seats, of which 321 can be retracted in order to provide a much bigger stage. The theatre is used to hold big assemblies or conferences, the annual dance choreography competitions and any other cultural events that may require such conditions. The school permits cultural outside events, that enriches the Anglo community, to be hosted in the theatre, as it is one of Bogotá's biggest and most well-equipped theatres.
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House system

These are the corresponding naval officers and colours for each of the houses:
HouseAdmiralColour
RodneyGeorge Rodney, 1st Baron, Admiral Blue
HoodSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount, Admiral Green
NelsonHoratio Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, Vice-Admiral Red
BeattyDavid Beatty, 1st Earl, Admiral Yellow
DrakeFrancis Drake, Vice-Admiral Black

House events involve dance competitions, debates, academic decathlons, sports day, creative writing and poetry composition contests and overall academic performance of students. The house that wins the most events is announced at the end of the school year. This allows for students to develop teamwork skills and unity towards their house since they are young.
The Anglo Colombiano School hosts one of the most important educational United Nations Model, called CACMUN, held every year. In this conference, high academic level schools from all Colombia have important participation such as Colegio San Carlos, Gimnasio los Caobos, The English School (Colegio de Inglaterra), or Colegio Los Nogales, among many others.

Notable alumni and exalumni