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Lorencita Villegas de Santos, Colegio Femenino


image by Ivan Sache, 7 July 2014

Colegio Femenino Lorencita Villegas de Santos is located in Bogotá. The institute is named for Lorenza Villegas (1892-1960), First Lady of
Colombia from 1938 to 1942.

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided red-white-green. Red is a symbol of love for the institute and passion for knowledge. White is a symbol of virtue and peace. Green is a symbol of hope.
http://colegio.redp.edu.co/lorencitavillega/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=41&Itemid=56 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 7 July 2014


Los Andes, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 04 July 2014

Colegio Los Andes was established on 8 August 1986 in Chinchiná by Juanita Gutiérrez Paris and Ana Rosa Pineda Cardona. The founders transferred in 1999 the management of the institute to a group of pupil's parents.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-green. The white stripe represents the immaculate Nevado del Ruíz, a symbol of purity and integrity. The green stripe represents the beauty of the natural environment and is a tribute to coffee, the main source of local, and, more generally, national income.
Source: http://colandes.edu.co/escudo-y-bandera/
The volcano Nevado del Ruíz (5,321 m), covered by glaciers, was the responsible of the Armero tragedy. On 13 November 1985, the eruption of the volcano generated a mud flow that completely destroyed the town of Armero, causing c. 25,000 deaths.
Ivan Sache, 04 July 2014


Los Andes, Colegio Mayor de


image by Ivan Sache, 14 October 2014

Colegio Mayor de Los Andes is located in the village of El Canelón, part of the town of Bogotá.
The flag of the institute is shown in the Institute's Etiquette Guidebook as horizontally divided blue-green. In the middle is placed a countercoloured disk (horizontally divided green-blue) inscribed with the institute's name and surrounding the institute's emblem. The emblem of the institute is a disk vertically divided green-white and charged with a phenix ensigned by an open book, the two countercoloured.
Source: http://www.colegiomayordelosandes.edu.co/home/formativo/manual-de-convivencia - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 14 October 2014


Los Andes, Escuela Normal Superior


image by Ivan Sache, 04 July 2011

"Escuela Normal Superior Los Andes" is located in La Vega (Cauca  Department). The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the institute's website, is horizontally divided blue-white-green. In the middle of the flag is placed the institute's emblem.
Blue represents the water resources of the Colombian Range, the  aspiration to infinite to reach deep knowledge. White symbolizes transparency, rightness, honesty and respect, values required to set up a peaceful pedagogy. Green symbolizes the natural resources of the fauna and flora, and hope.
On the emblem, the mountains represent the Colombian Range, the source of significant watercourses watering the national territory: rivers Patía, Cauqua, Caquetá and Magdalena forming the River Star, the center of the Colombian biodiversity. The circular shape of the emblem emphasizes that the institute is a center of convergence for all ethnical and sociocultural groups of the region.
Source: http://normallosandes.110mb.com/Simbolos.htm>
Ivan Sache, 04 July 2011


Los Andes, Liceo de


image by Ivan Sache, 29 July 2014

Liceo de los Andes was established on 13 September 1968 in Cali (Valle Department) by Narciso Cabal Salcedo (1901-1982), who would serve as the director until 1980. The institute is managed by the FUNED (Fundación para la Educación), a non-profit foundation set up on 29 December 1973 by the institute's founders.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided blue-white-blue.
Source: http://www.liceodelosandes.org/es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26:quienes-somos&Itemid=56 - Institute's website
Note: Liceo de los Andes does not seem to be connected with Colegio Inglés de los Andes, also located in Cali, except by the name and flag.
Ivan Sache, 29 July 2014


Los Arrayanes, Gimnasio


image by Ivan Sache, 08 August 2014

Gimnasio Los Arrayanes (GLA) was established in Bogotá by Resolution No. 250 of 5 November 2010, succeeding Nuevo Gimnasio San Luis Gonzaga. The institute has been managed since 2008 by Sociedad Educativa Nueva Inglaterra.
The flag of GLA is horizontally divided blue-white-green (1:8:1) with the institute's emblem in the middle. Green and blue are the institutional colours of GLA. Green is a symbol of growth, hope, friendship, service and respect, while blue is a symbol of justice, heavens, truth, loyalty and charity.
Source: http://www.gla.edu.co/Bandera.html - Institute's website
The emblem of GLE features the "minimalist" representation of a tree, alluding to the myrtle ("arrayanes") for which the institute is named. The trunk of the tree symbolizes the human condition, in permanent growth, and virtue. The tree's canopy is supported by two big branches, which represent the two other principles of GLA, science and citizenship. In the middle of the emblem are placed the interlaced blue letters "GLA". A blue scroll is inscribed with the institute's name in white capital letters.
Source: http://www.gla.edu.co/Escudo.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 08 August 2014


Los Cedros, Colegio Gimnasio


image by Ivan Sache, 13 November 2010

Colegio Gimnasio Los Cedros, located in Medellín, was founded in 1972.
The flag of Colegio Gimnasio Los Cedros, as shown graphically on the institute website, is horizontally divided yellow-black. Yellow (gold) is a symbol of knowledge, firmness, faith, purity and greatness of aspirations and ideals. Black is a symbol of prudence, honesty and obedience, of pain as well.
Source: http://www.gimcedros.edu.co/presentacion.php?sec=presentacion&id=2
Ivan Sache, 13 November 2010


Los Farallones, Gimnasio


image by Ivan Sache, 10 January 2004

The College was founded in Valle del Lily in 1974. Its flag is blue with a pink diamond in the middle, touching the upper and lower borders of the flag and flanked by two smaller green diamons touching the left and right borders of the flag, respectively. A blck logo made of a combination of the G and F letters is placed in the pink diamond
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 10 January 2004


Los Libertadores, Institución Universitaria


image by Ivan Sache, 14 Febuary 2004

The 'Fundacion Universitaria Los Libertadores' was founded in Bogota in 1982. Its flag is horizontally divided green-white-red with the emblem of the Institute in the middle of the white stripe. The emblem is made of the heads of the three 'Libertadores', who are: 'El Libertador', Simon Bolivar; 'El Hombre de las Leyas', Francisco de Paula Santander; 'El Precurso de la Independencia', Antonio Narino. The heads are surrounded by a laurel wreath.
Source: http://www.ulibertadores.edu.co:8089/?idcategoria=35, located by Dov Gutterman, updated by Ivan Sache.
Ivan Sache, 14 Febuary 2004

A photo of the flag of the university is shown on this page.
Green represents esperance, honour and friendship.
White represents integrity, purity, and eloquence.
Red represents fire, highness, value and strength.
The heads of the three Libertadores are surrounded by 42 leaves of laurel.
Ivan Sache, 17 December 2008


Los Periodistas, Colegio

"Colegio 'Los Periodistas'" was founded in 1992 in Bogotá.
The flag of the institute, as described on the website of the institute, is "white and blue with the emblem of the institute in the middle".
The emblem of the institute is a shield divided per bend sinister white-blue, with overall a white parchment outlined in blue and charged with the blue letters (seemingly) "CL", the interlaced "C" and "L" also forming a "P", and a blue border charged with the name of the institute in white letters, "INSITITUCION" (left), "EDUCATIVA" (bottom), "DISTRITAL" (right), and "LOS PERIODISTAS" (top).
Ivan Sache, 17 January 2009


Los Sauces, Gimnasio


image by Ivan Sache, 07 August 2014

Gimnasio Los Sauces was established in 1986 in Bogotá by María Hilda Segura de Rosas and Jorge Enrique Rosas Silva and officially authorized on 10 February 1987.
The flag of the institute is vertically divided (1:2), white at hoist and horizontally divided red-green at hoist. White is a symbol of peace. Red is a symbol of joy and surpassing. Green is a symbol of natural environment, life, and aspiration to a better future.
Source: http://www.gimsau.edu.co/Simbolos.html - Institute's website
Photo: https://picasaweb.google.com/108040573515349246235/InauguracionJuegosSaucistas#5995836756197569602
Ivan Sache, 07 August 2014


Loyola, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 18 July 2014

Colegio Loyola is located in Toscana borough, part of the municipality of Medellín (Antioquia Department).

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided gray-green-red by two three-segmented broken lines. The green stripe is charged with a white ring and two white horizontal lines.
http://www.iecolegioloyola.edu.co/index2.php?id=9445&idmenutipo=1592&tag= - Institute's website
image by Ivan Sache, 18 July 2014


Lucrecio Jaramillo Vélez, Liceo


image by Ivan Sache, 28 July 2014

Lice o Lucrecio Jaramillo Vélez was established in 1967 in Medellín (Antioquia Department). The institute is named for Lucrecio Jaramillo Vélez, director of the University of Antioquia from 1965 to 1969.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-yellow-green. White is a symbol of liberty, integrity, and firmness Yellow is a symbol of life, power, constancy, and knowledge. Green is a symbol of hope, youth, and future. White and green are the colours of the University of Antioquia, the institute's alma mater.
Source: http://www.ljv.edu.co/portal/institucion/s%C3%ADmbolos-institucionales.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache
, 28 July 2014


Luis Amigó, Fundación Universitaria


image by Ivan Sache, 10 November 2014

Fundación Universitaria Luis Amigó (FUNLAM) was established in 1984 in Medellín (Antioquia Department) by the Tertiary Capuchins, a congregation founded in 1889 by Luis Amigó Ferrer and active in Colombia since 1905. Still headquartered in Medellín, FUNLAM operates five Regional Centers located in Apartadó, Bogotá, Cali, Manizales, and Montería. FUNLAM is organized in the Faculties of Administrative, Economical, and Accounting Sciences; Social Communication and Advertizing; Law and Political Sciences; Education; and Philosophy and Theology; Engineering; Psychology and Social Sciences.
The flag of FUNLAM is prescribed in the Manual of Corporative Visual Identity (Special Release, 2008) as horizontally divided in three equal stripes, white, orange, and blue. Orange and blue are the corporative colours of FUNLAM. Blue is a symbol of knowledge, serenity, and force. Orange is a symbol of life and dynamism.
The colours are specified as:
- Orange: Pantone 1505 C, CMYK (%) 0-42-77-0.
- Blue: Pantone 2758 C, CMYK (%) 100-80-0-26
The rules of use of the flag are:
- the flag shall not have folds;
- the flag shall not be used as a tablecloth or be covered with another flag;
- the flag shall not be either hung or fixed to a wall;
- the flag shall always be hoisted on a mast, never on a staff;
- the flag shall not touch the ground;
- the flag shall not be added ribbons or knots.
Source: http://www.funlam.edu.co/modules/institucionalfunlam/item.php?itemid=45 - FUNLAM website
Photos:
http://www.surgam.org/articulos/498-Especial/Fotografias/slides/COLOMBIA2.(Doctorado%20y%20Tatiana)%20033.html
http://www.surgam.org/articulos/498-Especial/Fotografias/slides/COLOMBIA2.(Doctorado%20y%20Tatiana)%20046.html
http://www.surgam.org/articulos/498-Especial/Fotografias/slides/HONORIS%20102.html
http://www.surgam.org/articulos/498-Especial/Fotografias/slides/HONORIS%20120.html
http://www.surgam.org/articulos/498-Especial/Fotografias/slides/HONORIS%20139.html
Ivan Sache, 10 November 2014


Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento, Colegio Departamental


image by Ivan Sache, 10 July 2014

Colegio Departamental Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento is based in Ciudad Porfia, part of the municipality of Villavicencio (Meta Department). The institute is named after Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento (1943-1989), a Colombian journalist and liberal politician, murdered by hitmen, probably hired by the drug cartels, during a demonstration in Soacha (Cundinamarca Department).

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided red-white-red-white-red-white-red with a white triangle placed along the hoist and charged with the institute's emblem. The flag, designed by the student Miguel Angel Melo Cujiņo, was selected in an internal contest organized in 2009. The text says that the flag is made of eight red stripes and four white stripes, while the drawing shows it with four red stripes and three white stripes. Red is a symbol of the blood shed for liberty and independence, and of Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento's thought. White is a symbol of peace.

The emblem of the institute is made of four main elements: the flags of Colombia and of Meta Department, the bust of Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento, and flowers, twigs and leaves. The bust of Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento is a symbol of the institute's philosophy and educational principles. The vegetal elements represent the natural environment surrounding the institute and the immensity of the plain. Yellow is a symbol of the resources and of the prosperity of the Meta Department.
http://www.sigueonline.co/portalcolegio/galan/index.php?lk=5 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache
, 10 July 2014


Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento, Colegio (Inírida)


image by Ivan Sache, 7 January 2009

"Colegio Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento" is located at Inírida, Department of Guainía.
The institute is named after Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento (1943-1989), a Colombian journalist and liberal politician, murdered by hitmen, probably hired by the drug cartels, during a demonstration in Soacha, Department of Cundinamarca.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the Secretary of Education of the Department of Guainía, is white cross.quartered red-blue by a white cross.
Ivan Sache, 7 January 2009


Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento, Colegio (Girón)


image by Ivan Sache, 31 December 2009

"Colegio 'Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento'" is based at Girón, Department of Santander.
The institute is named after Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento (1943-1989), a Colombian journalist and liberal politician, murdered by hitmen, probably hired by the drug cartels, during a demonstration in Soacha, Department of Cundinamarca.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute (after the "Pacto de Convivencia" of the institute), is horizontally divided red-white-green with the emblem of the institute in the middle. Red represents energy and the power of the ideas defended by the institute. White represents transparency and integrity of the members of the educational community. Green represents the highness of the mountains and the pride and frankness of the community.
The emblem of the institute is made of the four interlaced capital letters "C" ("Colegio"), L ("Luis"), "C" ("Carlos") and "G" ("Gálan"), all outlined in blue [in black on the drawings], placed above a semi- circular scroll charged with "COLEGIO LUIS CARLOS GALAN SARMIENTO" in red letters [on the drawings, COLEGIO LUIS CARLOS G. in black letters]. The emblem is inscribed in a virtual triangle whose vertical altitude is made of an L-shaped arrow pointing to the infinite, symbolizing universality. Below the emblem is the name "GIRON", the seat of the institute and a component of the national historical and cultural heritage. Blue represents the perdurability of ideas as well as the transcendancy and highness of the inhabitants of Santander; the red letters symbolize the fieriness of their speech and the strength of their convictions [on the drawings, the writing is white on a red background].
The four letters also represent four words:
- The first "C", for "Compromiso" (Compromise), representing the pact between our great leader and the Colombian people, fervently supported by our community;
- "L", for "Libertad" (Liberty), defended by our charismatic policy and expressed both in teaching and training;
- The second "C", for "Calidad" (Quality), provided by the institute to the local youth;
- "G", for "Grandeza" (Greatness), expressed by our director and a characteristic of all members of the institute. The interlacing of the letters symbolizes union and solidarity among the different members of the educational community.
Source: <lcgssedec.wordpress.com>
Ivan Sache, 31 December 2009


Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 16 July 2014

Institución Educativa Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento was established in San Rafael borough, part of the municipality of Cúcuta (Norte del Santander Department) by Municipal Decree No. 79 of 24 November 1989. The institute is named for Luis Carlos Gálan Sarmiento (1943-1989), a Colombian journalist and liberal politician, murdered by hitmen, probably hired by the drug cartels, during a demonstration in Soacha (Cundinamarca Department).

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided gray-white-gray.
http://colgalancucuta.wordpress.com/about/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache
, 16 July 2014


Luis Ernesto Vanegas Neira, Instituto Técnico Agropecuario


image by Ivan Sache, 28 November 2014

Instituto Técnico Agropecuario Luis Ernesto Vanegas Neira is located in the village of Inspección de Rioblanco (Municipality of Rioblanco, Tolima Department). Escuela Rural Mixta Puerto Saldaña was built in 1970 by Father Argemiro Vasquez. In 1980, the school was transformed into a Colegio depending of Colegio San Rafael de Herrera, and, after 1989 of Colegio Francisco Julián Olaya (Resolution No. 14 of 25 January 1989). Instituto Técnico Agropecuario Luis Ernesto Vanegas Neira was eventually established in 1997. Because of the threat of the guerilla, the number of students dramatically deceased while most educationalists required the transfer of the school to Ibagué, to no avail.
The flag of the institute is described in the Institutional Education Project as horizontally divided yellow-blue-green. Yellow is a symbol of economical abundance. Blue represents river Saldaña and another five rivers. Green is a symbol of the natural environment, the crops and their products.
Source: http://intellectum.unisabana.edu.co:8080/jspui/bitstream/10818/2440/1/131520.pdf
Ivan Sache, 28 November 2014


Luis Gabriel Castro, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 17 July 2014

Colegio Municipal Luis Gabriel Castro was established in El Rosario (Nariņo Department) by Municipal Decree No. 10 of 7 November 1988. The institute is named for the El Rosario-born journalist, educationalist and historian Luis Gabriel Castro (1896-1955; http://jesusgerardogarcia.blogspot.fr/2009/01/luis-gabriel-castro.html - biography).

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-green. White is a symbol of solidarity, responsibility, work and peace. Green is a symbol of environment.
http://www.colcastro.edu.co/simbolos.html - Institute's website

Photos
http://www.colcastro.edu.co/images/galeria/lightbox/1392230870.jpg
http://www.colcastro.edu.co/images/galeria/lightbox/1392230915.jpg
Ivan Sache, 17 July 2014


Luis López de Mesa, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 03 July 2014

Colegio Luis López de Mesa was established in 1930 in Barrancabermeja (Santander Department) to teach the children of the North American workers hired by the Tropical Oil Co. Originally known as Staff Ecopetro, the institute was renamed Colegio Directivo de Ecopetrol in 1959. The today's name of the institute should have been adopted in a public contest organized in 1967; however, the unexpected death of the noted teacher Luis López de Mesa caused the cancellation of the contest and the naming of the institute for him.
Ecopetrol transferred in 2013 the management of the institute to the Aspaen (Asociación para la Enseñanza) association, established on 1 September 1964, grouping now 25 institutes in eight Colombian towns under the spiritual influence, some say control, of Opus Dei.
The flag of the institute is vertically divided blue-white-blue with a thin yellow stripe between each field, and the emblem of the institute in the middle. Blue is a symbol of the local resources and progress opportunities, and of creativity. White is a symbol of aspiration to peace and liberty, of transparency and purity. Yellow is a symbol of the vitality of the soil and of the people.
Source: http://lopezdemesa.edu.co/quienes-somos/207-bandera  - Institute's website
The emblem of the institute is yellow and blue. Yellow represents the adults, as the symbol of intellect, light,  guidance, force, willingness and stimulus. Blue represents the students, as the symbol of the development of intelligence and of emotions, of infinity and of creams. The upper part of the emblem represents light radiating over the way to knowledge and spiritual transcendency.
Source: http://lopezdemesa.edu.co/quienes-somos/205-logosimbolo - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 03 July 2014