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Colegio La Anunciación was established in 1892 in Timaná (Huila Department)
by His Grace Stefano Rojas (1859-1933), Bishop of Tolima (1895-1900) and of
Garzón (1900-1922). Until 1984, the institute was ran by the Dominican Sisters
of the Presentation, a congregation founded in 1695 by Marie Poussepin
(1653-1744; beatified on 20 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II). From 1985 to
2004, the institute was ran by the Little Sisters of the Annunciation, a
congregation founded in 1943 by Mother María Berenice (María Ana Julia Duque
Henkler; 1898-1993). It is now jointly ran by the congregation, the parent's
association and the Timaná foundation for education (FUNDET). The institute's
buildings were proclaimed "architectural heritage of historical interest" in
1993 by the Departmental Assembly of Huila.
The flag of the institute is
horizontally divided light blue-white-yellow. Blue is a symbol of the Marian
spirit and of the devotion to the Virgin of the Annunciation. White is a symbol
of purity. Yellow is a symbol of the Eucharist.
http://colegiolaanunciacion.es.tl/Bandera-y-Escudo.htm
- Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 18 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 24 July 2014
Institución Educativa Distrital Colegio La Aurora is located in Usme
(Bogotá).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided
yellow-brown-red.
http://cibercaminantes.freehostia.com/quienessomos.html - Institute's
website
image by Ivan Sache, 24 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 29 January 2009
"Institución Educativa Departamental Rural La
Balsa" was founded in the village of La Balsa, Municipality
of Chía, Department of Cundinamarca, on 23 December 2003 (Decree
No. 5741), succeeding "Colegio Básico La Balsa"
recognized on 18 September 1997 (Decree no. 1437).
The symbols of the institute are prescribed by Decree No. 002 of
the Board of Directors of the institute, issued in 2005, and
available on the website
of the institute. The flag and arms were selected in a
students' competition, while the anthem was composed by the
Director of the institute. The flag and arms were designed after
the winning proposals made by Jamaica Sarmiento Wilmer Alejandro
and Sierra Casallas Luis Alejandro. The flag is horizontally
divided light blue-white-dark blue. Light blue represents
loyalty, confidence, wisdom, faith, truth and eternal heavens.
White represents light, kindness, purity, perfection and peace.
Dark blue represents knowledge, integrity, seriousness and power.
The same colours are used in the shield, on which the light and
dark blue field are separated by a thin white ascending diagonal
stripe.
Ivan Sache, 29 January 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 2 February 2009
"Institución Educativa La Campiña" was founded in
1976 by Oswaldo Espitia in the village of La Campiña (founded in
1973), Municipality of Yopal, Department of Casanare.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on
the website of the
institute, is divided blue-yellow according to the ascending
diagonal and charged with a three-rayed orange sun placed along
the hoist.
Blue represents the education and the values provided in the
institute, constance and investigating spirit.
Yellow represents the light guiding the students to fulfill the
motto of the institute, "Ciencia y Libertad" (Science
and Liberty), and transform their social status.
The three rays of the sun represent the three levels of education
provided by the institute, pre-school, basic and median.
Ivan Sache, 2 February 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 19 October 2014
Escuela Normal Superior Lácides Iriarte was established in Sahagún (Córdoba
Department) by Municipal Ordinance No. 1 of 23 October 1962. Classes started on
15 March 1963. The institute was named for the famous educationalist Lácides A.
Iriarte (d. 1968).
The flag of the institute is divided blue-white-green according to the
descending diagonal. Blue represents the sky above the immense savannah. White
represents humility, beauty, and peace. Green represents the fertility of the
fields and aspiration to a better future.
Source:
http://normalsuperiorsahagun.edu.co/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234&Itemid=334
- Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 19 October 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001
Colegio Lacordaire (Cali) - 2:3 flag, horizontally divided
black-white-yellow. <www.lacordaire.edu.co>,
located by Dov Gutterman, gives a detailed explanation
of the colour symbolics (in Spanish): Black and white are colours
specific to the Dominican Order. Yellow is specific to the
Collegio Lacordaire. Black is the colour of penitence and
mortification, necessary to reach triumph and perfection, black
absorbs light as well as prayer, study and communitiy life absorb
truth. White is the colour of purity, joy, truth etc. and
constitutes the invisible armour that shall protect the young
students from error and evil. Yellow is the colour of light and
spiritual wealth etc.
More information from 'Petit Larousse Illustre': The Dominican
Order (also called Order of Preaching Friars) was founded in 1215
by St. Dominic, a Castilan monk (c.1170-1221, canonized in 1234)
and confirmed by Pope Honorius III in 1216. The Order was founded
to fight the Cathar heresy, and its rule was a community
democratic life totally devoted to predication of God's World.
Henri Lacordaire (1802-1861) was a French priest who took the
Dominican cloth in 1827 and restored the Order in France in 1830.
He was elected deputy in Marseilles in 1848 and founded the
Christian-Democrat review 'L'Ere Nouvelle' ('The New Era'),
Because of the political troubles of May-June 1848, he abandoned
politics and journalism and devoted the rest of his life to the
restoration of the Dominican Order, establishing several schools
and colleges.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001
image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 February 2007
Universidad de La Costa - (University of the Coast) is the
commonly used name for the Corporación Universitaria de La Costa
(University Corporation of the Coast). The university is located
in the city of Barranquilla, and the university flag can be seen
at <www.cuc.edu.co>
Ron Lahav, 13 February 2007
image by Ivan Sache, 6 January 2009
"Colegio Campestre La Estrella" (CICE) is located in
the municipality of Itagüí.
The flag of CICE, as shown graphically on the website
of the institute, is horizontally divided green-yellow-blue
Green represents the natural environment, which is the support of
a field institute.
Yellow represents light, spiritual resources and power.
Blue represents virtue, respect and honesty under the Colombian
sky.
Ivan Sache, 6 January 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 03 December 2014
Institución Educativa Técnica La Floresta was established in 1996 in La
Floresta, the seat of the municipality of San Juan Nepomuceno (Bolívar
Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-white-green with the
institute's emblem in the middle.
Source:
http://institucionlafloresta.es.tl/SIMBOLOS.htm - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 03 December 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 25 July 2014
Colegio La Floralia is located in Cali (Valle del Cauca Deaprtment).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-blue.
http://colegiolafloralia.galeon.com/colegio2.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 25 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 29 March 2009
"Gimnasio La Fragua" (lit., "The Forge")
was founded in 1984 at Neíva, Department of Huila, by ASPAEN
("Asociación para la Enseñenza), the organization set up
in Colombia by the Opus Dei movement.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and on a photo
and described
on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided into six
yellow end green stripes, with a white triangle placed near the
hoist and charged with the "GF" monogram of the
institute surmonted by four yellow stars.
Green represents the strength and faith in the future of the
educational community, as well as its contribution to educational
science and technology and to the protection of the environment.
Yellow represents light, life and divine energy.
White represents positive energy, transparency, beauty and
honesty.
The four yellow stars are the highest aspirations of the
institute, its mission and vision, its human principles and
values, its objectives, its efficiency and educational quality.
The monogram is made of the letters "G" and
"F", interlaced to represent fraternity and solidarity.
Ivan Sache, 29 March 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 7 July 2014
Institución Educativa Distrital La Gaitana was established in La Gaitana
borough, part of the municipality of Suba (Bogotá), by Resolution No. 2,723 of 9
September 2002, as the merger of CED La Gaitana (est. 1989) and CED Villa Maria
(est. 1994).
The flag of the institute is vertically divided
green-white-red with a bird in the middle of the white stripe. Green represents
aspiration to a better future for Colombia. White represents the national
aspiration to peace. Red is a symbol of force and constancy required to
establish a better society.
http://informaticaymultimediosbogota8.wikispaces.com/*Colegio+La+Gaitana+I.E.D.
- Institute's webpage
Ivan Sache, 7 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 09 September 2014
Institución Educativa La Graciela was established in La Graciela borough,
part of the municipality of Tuluá (Valle Department) by Decree No. 1,843 of 5
September 2002, as the merger of six smaller institutes.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided orange red-green-yellow.
Source:
http://sedelagraciela.blogspot.fr/ - Institute's blog
Ivan Sache, 09 September 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 03 July 2011
"Escuela Normal Superior La Hacienda" is located in Baranquilla. The flag of
the institute is shown graphically on the institute's blog as horizontally
divided blue-red with a white triangle placed along the hoist.
Source:
http://jorge429.wordpress.com/escuela-normal-superior-la-hacienda/
Ivan Sache, 03 July 2011
image by Ivan Sache, 26 July 2014
Colegio de Las Hijas de María de las Esclavas was established on 15 February
1939 in Bogotá by María Mercedes López Michellsen de Cuéllar and her fellows
from Colegio de las Religiosas Esclavas del Sagrado Corazón
The flag of the institute is white with a blue border and the institute's emblem
in the middle.
Source:
http://www.colhdm.edu.co/ElColegio.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 26 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 20 October 2014
Institución Educativa La Independencia was established on 26 November 2002 in
Medellín (Antioquia Department), as the merger of Liceo La Independencia (est.
on 5 March 1996) and Escuela Refugio del Niño.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided green-white-red. Green is a
symbol of hope, faith, friendship, commitment, and respect. White is a symbol of
peace, purity, integrity, obedience, and firmness. Red is a symbol of love,
empowerment, compromise, and responsibility.
Source:
http://www.ieindependencia.edu.co/index2.php?id=8257&idmenutipo=1462&tag= -
Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 20 October 2014
"Collegio La Inmaculada" was founded in 1967 by
Mother María Pilar Izquierdo Albero in Chia.
The flag of the institute, as shown on a photo available on the institute's
website, is horizontally divided white-light blue with the
emblem of the institute in the middle. White and light blue are
the traditional Marian colours.
The emblem of the institute is an open book placed behind a
torch. The left side of the book is white with the name of the
institute in dark blue; the right side of the book is dark blue
(much darker than the flag field) with a white flower sumronted
by the motto of the institute, in dark blue letters, "Amor /
Ciencia / Virtud" (Love / Science / Virtue).
Ivan Sache, 15 December 2008
image by Ivan Sache, 16 September 2014
Institución Educativa La Inmaculada Concepción is located in the Santo Tomás
borough, part of the municipality of Guarne (Antioquia Department).
The flag of the institute, designed by Nicolás Cano, is horizontally divided
white-green-red. White is a symbol of force and transparency. Red is a symbol of
belonging to Colombia, whose heroes shed their blood for liberty. Green is a
symbol of belonging to Antioquia.
Source:
http://www.inedinco.edu.co/index2.php?id=8968&idmenutipo=1528&tag= -
Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 16 September 2014
I wonder if this flag you report from this school in
Guarne is a branch or is the same as the flag of the
Colegio La Inmaculada located in
Medellín.
Esteban Rivera, 17 September 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 10 September 2014
Institución Educativa La Libertad is located in the La Libertad sector of
Villatina borough, part of the municipality of Medellín (Antioquia Department).
Colegio La Libertad was established on 15 October 1996 by Resolution No. 936, as
the merger of Escuela La Libertad (est. on 13 November 1986) and Escuela Urbana
Integrada Comunitaria la Paz (est. by Municipal Decree No. 1,258 of 16 December
1993). Institución Educativa La Libertad was eventually established by
Resolution No. 16,258 of 27 November 2002.
Source:
http://www.ielalibertad.edu.co/ - Institute's website
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided blue-wine red, with the
institute's emblem in the middle. Blue is a symbol of peace and tenderness. Wine
red represents the relation with earth and arts. The emblem is bordered by a
yellow ring, symbolizing the spiral growth of the ascending human being,
inscribed with the institute's name. Inside is placed an inverted ogival rib,
which represents the divine trinity that raises us towards knowledge. The ogival
rib is charged with mountains, representing the difficulty of the ascension that
requires much tenacity, force, work, compromise and love. It is also charged
with a flying dove, a symbol of spirituality and peace.
Source:
http://www.ielalibertad.edu.co/index2.php?id=336&idmenutipo=112&tag=col -
Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 10 September 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 5 February 2009
This College was founded in 1915. Its flag is horizontally
divided white-red.
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>
(defunct), located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004
"Colegio La Merced" , located at Bucaramanga,
Department of Santander, is ran by the Tertiary Capuchin Sisters
of the Holy Family (known in the Hispanic world as
"Amigonianas"). The congregation was founded on 27
April 1885 by Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer (1854-1934),
appointed Bishop of Segorbe (Spain) in 1913, and also the founder
of the Tertiary Capuchin Priests and Brothers of Our Lady of
Sorrows ("Amigonianos") on 12 April 1889. See: <bishopamigo.org>.
The flag of the institute, according to a photo and the
description available on the website of
the institute, is horizontally divided white-red.
White symbolizes purity and peace.
Red symbolizes love.
Ivan Sache, 5 February 2009
image by Ivan Sache,
6 July 2014
Institución Educativa Distrital Colegio La Merced was established in 1974 in
Bogotá.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-blue with
a thin red horizontal stripe in the middle.
http://colegiolamerced.edu.co/simbolos.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 6 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 7 February 2009
"Escuela Normal Superior La Merced" was founded on 1
February 1913 in Yarumal, Department of Antioquia, by the
Tertiary Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family (known in the
Hispanic world as "Amigonianas"). The congregation was
founded on 27 April 1885 by Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer
(1854-1934), appointed Bishop of Segorbe (Spain) in 1913, and
also the founder of the Tertiary Capuchin Priests and Brothers of
Our Lady of Sorrows ("Amigonianos") on 12 April 1889.
The third house of the congregation in Colombia was set up in
Yaruma in 1912. See: <bishopamigo.org>.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on
the website
of the institute, is horizontally divided white-blue.
White represents purity, integrity, obedience and victory.
Blue represents justice, heavens, truth, charity, inner beauty
and reward.
Ivan Sache, 7 February 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 30 July 2014
Liceo Campestre La Misión was established on 5 July 1983 in Cali (Valle
Department) by Luis Carlos Rengifo and Nidia Giraldo, as Jardín Infantil Marco
Antonio. Renamed Colegio Marco Antonio in 1985, the institute adopted its
current name in 1994.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided red-white-blue with the
institute's emblem in the middle.
Source:
http://www.lcm.edu.co/web/about/institucional/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 30 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 31 October 2014
Escuela Normal Superior de La Mojana was established in Majagual (Sucre
Department) in 1985, as Escuela Normal Piloto Departamental de la Mojana.
Classes started on 2 February 1992. La Mojana (more or less, the Wet Area) is a
large territory encompassing 28 municipalities in the Bolívar, Antioquia, Sucre,
and Córdoba Departments. Watered by rivers Cauca, San Jorge, and Loba, the area
is threatened by catastrophic winter floods (see
http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-12865614).
The flag of the institute, adopted in 2008, is presented in the Teacher's
Induction Guidebook as horizontally divided blue-yellow-green. Blue represents
the heavens reflected in wet areas, canals, and rivers. Yellow represents the
agricultural resources and prosperity, mainly provided by rice cultivation.
Green represents the soil's fertility. Green is also a tribute to Sucre
Department, while green and yellow are a tribute to the municipality of Majagual.
Source:
http://www.iensdelamojana.majagual-sucre.gov.co/apc-aa-files/34653937666566363365333562386165/MANUAL_DE_INDUCCION_NORMAL_MOJANA.pdf
- Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 31 October 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 25 November 2014
Institución Educativa La Pintada was established in the urban area of
La Pintada (Antioquia Department) as the merger of Liceo La Pintada,
Escuela Margarita Correa and Escuela Luis Felipe Fernández.
The school was originally established by Municipal Agreement No. 3 of
30 December 1970, while La Pintada was still a borough of Santa
Bárbara, as Escuela Tulio Villegas Jaramillo, a secondary seat of
Liceo Tomas Oziel Eastman. IDEM La Pintada was established by
Departmental Decree No. 869 of 2 May 1978 and made a secondary seat of
Colegio Damasco in 1986. Liceo La Pintada was eventually established
by Resolution No. 2,664 of 8 July 1996.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-blue.
White, a symbol of peace, represents transparency.
Blue represents the immensity of the heavens and waters, and the
preservation of principles, values, honour and generosity.
Source:
http://www.ielapintada.edu.co/index.php/quienes-somos/simbolos-institucionales - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 25 November 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 25 July 2014
Institución Educativa La Plazuela is located in the village of La Plazuela,
part of the municipality of Zapatoca (Santander Department). The institute is
managed by the Zapatoca municipal administration.
The flag of the
institute is horizontally divided blue-white-green with the institute's coat of
arms in the middle. Blue represents the local water resources. White represents
the moral and spiritual peace of the people of Zapatoca. Green represents the
local natural resources: woods, crops and pastures, which supply the community
with fresh air, food and protection.
The emblem of the institute is a
shield surrounded dexter by cocoa pods and sinister by coffee flowers,
representing the local agricultural diversity. The shield is quartered,
featuring four elements that represent integral education:
- a book
(cognition);
- the Olympic rings (sports, recreation and integration);
- a
hammer (work);
- a red cross (religion and health).
The scroll placed
above the shield is inscribed with the institute's motto, "CIENCIA PAZ PROGRESO"
(Science Peace Progress).
http://celaplazuela.wordpress.com/about/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 25 July 2014
"Colegio Nacionalizado La Presentación" is located
at Duitama, Department of Boyacá.
Photos available on the website
of the institute show two different versions of the flag.
On photos
taken during the Colours ceremony 2008, the flag is horizontally
divided blue-white with the emblem of the institute in the
middle.
On photos
taken during the "Intercolegiados" sports event, 17
July 2008, the flag is horizontally divided white-blue with the
emblem of the institute in the middle.
To make the things even simplier, the flag used during the Colours
ceremony at the Higueras section of the institute seems to be
horizontally divided white-blue, without the emblem (but the
emblem on the other flags is quite small, therefore it may have
remained hidden in the flag folds).
The emblem of the institute shows, on a white disk bordered by a
blue ring with the name of the institute in white capital
letters, a blue disk outlined in yellow, charged with a yellow
bee in the middle and ten yellow disks on the border, and
surmonted by a yellow cross.
Ivan Sache, 14 January 2004
image by Ivan Sache, 08 October 2014
Instituto Técnico Educativo La Presentación is located in San Luis de
Palenque (Casanare department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided blue-white-blue with the
institute's emblem in the middle.
Source:
http://danzasanluisdepalenque.blogspot.fr/2012/09/festivaldanzafolcloricacolombianaslp.html
The emblem of the institute features a bee flying on a white disk surrounded by
a white ring inscribed with "INSTITUTO TECNICO" (top) / "LA PRESENTACION"
(bottom) in black letters, bordered with ten yellow disks and ending in its
upper part as a cross.
Source:
http://2feriadelainnovacion.blogspot.fr/
Ivan Sache, 08 October 2014