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La Sabiduría, Colegio Psicopedagógico


image by Ivan Sache, 27 June 2014

Colegio Psicopedagógico La Sabiduría was established in 1991 in El Mortiño (Bogotá) by Margoth Alied Mora Arévalo and her husband Raúl Ruiz González.
The flag of the institute is vertically divided red-white-blue-white-red (1:1:4:1:1) with a white star in the middle.
Photos: http://colegiolasabiduria.edu.co/uploads/7/2/1/1/7211433/__8280324_orig.jpg 
http://colegiolasabiduria.edu.co/uploads/7/2/1/1/7211433/__1769726_orig.jpg 
Ivan Sache, 27 June 2014


La Sagrada Familia, Colegio de


image by Ivan Sache, 20 October 2014

Colegio de La Sagrada Familia was established in 1953 in Baranquilla (Atlántico Department) by the Tertiary Capuchins, a congregation founded in 1889 by Luis Amigó Ferrer and active in Colombia since 1905.
The flag of the institute is described in Chapter 1.2.2 of the institute's Etiquette Guidebook, as divided green-white according to the ascending diagonal, with the institute's emblem in the middle. Green is a symbol of the ecological orientation of the Franciscan ideal, which encourages to love the natural environment and to take care of it, and exalts hope as one of the theological virtues. White is a symbol of virtue, purity, transparency, and of the Christian values.
The emblem of the institute is described in Chapter 1.2.1 of the institute's Etiquette Guidebook. The emblem was designed in 1970, when a group of students and teachers decided to adopt an emblem featuring the red and yellow colours and the Bible as a symbol of spirituality.
Source: http://www.colsagradafamilia.com/directivos/Manual_de_Convivencia.pdf - Institute' website
Ivan Sache, 20 October 2014


La Sagrada Familia, Institución Educativa Tecnica


image by Ivan Sache, 02 July 2014

Institución Educativa Tecnica La Sagrada Familia is located in Ibagué (Tolima Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-green.
Source: http://www.ietsagradafamilia.edu.co/portal/?cat=6 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 02 July 2014


La Salle, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 17 July 2014

Colegio La Salle was established in Cúcuta (Norte del Santander Department) by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian School (Lasallians). Liceo del Santísimo Niņo Jesús was founded on 15 May 1931 by Friar Idinael Enrique, director of Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, as a private branch of that institute. The new institute soon superseded Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús by its number of students. The Provincial Lasallian chapter decided in 1940 to withdraw from Cúcuta following a dispute with the municipal administration; after protest by the population of the town and by the teachers, Father Alfonso Juan was allowed to establish a new, smaller Lasallian institute on the Villa de Fidelia estate, purchased on 12 December 1941. The building of the new institute would be delayed until 11 June 1951; the institute was eventually blessed on 26 January 1954.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-blue.
http://www.lasallecucuta.org/imagencorporativa/corporative-la-salle.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 17 July 2014

Chapter 7.2 of the institute's Etiquette Guidebook says that the flag was designed in 1954 by the first director of the institute, Friar Venidlo (Antonio Bedoya). The flag features the sun dissolved in its folds and the blue of the heavens flourishing like childhood and youth.
Source: http://lasallecucuta.org/manual.pdf - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 19 October 2014


La Salle, Colegio de


image by Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003

Colegio de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia (La Salle School, Bogota) - This is my school, so I know how the flag looked like, and I checked with a black and white picture.  A yellow field with a blue band bellow, in the middle there is the Star of the school (every La Salle institution has its own star), with the words COLEGIO DE LA SALLE above the star and BOGOTA bellow.
Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003


La Salle, Liceo Infantil


image by Ivan Sache, 24 September 2014

Liceo Infantil La Salle is located in Ibagué (Tolima Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-red.
Source: http://liceoinfantillasalleibague.blogspot.fr/2013/04/bandera-liceo-infantil-la-salle.html - Institute's blog
Photos:
http://liceoinfantillasalleibague.blogspot.fr/2014/03/elecciones-personero-y-comisario-de-paz.html
http://liceoinfantillasalleibague.blogspot.fr/2013/08/celebrando-la-batalla-de-boyaca.html
Ivan Sache, 24 September 2014


La Salle, Universidad de


image by Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003

Universidad de La Salle, Bogota, Colombia (University of La Salle) - According to <www.lasalle.edu.co>, the picture show a blue-white-blue, equally divided vertically flag, but in the text they say that the white is wider and the coat of arms is in the middle enclosed by a golden circle.
Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003

The flag is one of the most representative symbols of the university, used in main ceremonies, the Day of St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (15 May), graduation ceremonies, special ceremonies.
The graduates of the university shall take the oath on the flag. The flag shall be half-staffed after the death of students, professors or administrators of the university, and may cover their coffin.
Blue represents the sky that covers us, water that feeds us and freedom, the source of democracy.
White represents the light that enlightens and guides us, ethics, honesty, dignity and purity in the intentions.
The shield placed in the middle of the flag represents the "Signum Fidei" (Sing of Faith) of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian School (aka De La Salle Brothers).
The shield of the university reflects its origin, philosophy and project for the future. The shield is of modern shape, symbolizing the institute as a modern community.
The honour (central) piece of the shield, a pile or issuing from the base, symbolizes rectitude and honesty that should guide all the acts of the university, as well as the exemplary honourability of its governors and the commitment to help the poor and defend the principle of authority. It is charged with a cross gules, shaped like the cross used by the knight crusaders, as a symbol of Christian and Catholic faith and of a new crusade for culture, science and technology led by the university.
The dexter (left) piece, azure, symbolizes serenity and balance. It is charged with the Lasallian star argent with projections or, which is the universal symbol of the Lasallian movement.
The sinister (right) piece, gules, symbolizes intrepidity, heroism and sacrifice. It is charged with three broken chevrons or taken from the arms of the De La Salle family.
The scroll placed above the shield bears in capital letters sable, as a symbol of science and knowledge, the name of the university, the motto of the De La Salle Brothers ("Signum Fidei", in Latin, "Sign of Faith") and the motto of the De La Salle family ("Indivisa Manent", in Latin, "Let us all be united").
The Lasallian star recalls the legend saying that a star fell from the sky to mark the place where an abbey dedicated to the Blessed Virgin (here, Our Lady of the Star) should be built. It also symbolizes the Lasallian teachings guiding the youth.  
Another Lasallian website recalls the history and heraldry of the De La Salle family as follows:
"The house of De La Salle was first established in Urgel, an area of Catalonia, Spain, where the form of the family name was "Salla." The head of the family, Johan Salla, Warrior in Chief of Atphonus the Chaste, King of Oviedo, expelled the Moors from Urgel and reestablished the Episcopal See in 818. The broken legs he sustained during combat as he fought side by side with his king are the origin of the broken chevrons on the De La Salle's coat of arms.
In the 13th century, the family migrated to the Basque County in the south of France, and though their name became French, they retained "Salla!" as their battle cry. The ancient motto of the family is "Que sien toustem ligato amasse," which in Gascon language means "Let us all be united!" or "Let us all stick together!" The Reims branch of the family translated this motto into the Latin "Indivisa Manent," which is the present wording of the motto on the coat of arms."
Ivan Sache, 27 December 2008

Blue symbolizes the spiritual values while yellow symbolizes the material values. The colors were selected for their harmonic contrast. The whole design is based on the "law of harmonic distribution".
The five dissimilar points of the star represent the institutes' philosophy and objectives.
Source: - Institute's website
Ivan Sache
, 04 July 2011


Las Américas, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 09 November 2014

Institución Educativa Las Américas was established in Las Américas borough, part of the municipality of Buenaventura (Valle Department) by Decree No. 1,818 of 4 September 2002, as the merger of Centro Docente Las Américas and Centro Docente Carlos Holmes Trujillo.
The symbols of the institute are described in the institute's Strategic Plan of Management. The flag is white with the institute's emblem in the middle. White is a symbol of peace, love, and tranquillity.
The emblem of the institute is made of a disk horizontally divided into two parts. The upper part is a symbol of knowledge, aspiration, triumph, and rebirth, represented by a book, the sun, and a torch. The lower part features the map of the Americas, surrounded by the "two seas" of Colombia [Pacific and Atlantic Oceans], as a symbol of  fraternity, unity, and projection. It is inscribed with the motto "AMOR Y CIENCIA" (Love and Science).
Source: ftp://ftp.unicauca.edu.co/cuentas/cpe/docs/Valle/Ponentes/Buenaventura/Sede%20las%20am%E9ricas%20la%20dignidad%20y%20carlos%20holmes%20trujillo/Plan_Estrategico_Gestion.pdf
Ivan Sache, 09 November 2014


Lasallista, Corporación Universitaria

"Corporación Universitaria Lasallista", located in Caldas, was approved by the Ministry of National Education on 22 June 1983 (Decree No. 9887).
Classes started on 6 February 1984 in Medellín.
The flag of the university, as shown graphically on the university website, is dark blue with the yellow logo of the university in the middle.
The logo shows the star of faith derived from the coat of arms of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian School, above the letters "UL", standing for "Universitaria" and "Lasallista", respectively.
Ivan Sache, 17 December 2008


Las Marías, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 07 July 2011

"Institución Educativa Las Marías" is located in Olaya Herrera (Nariño Department); the institute is part of a ethno-educational project aimed at the preservation of the cultural and traditional practices of the local Afro-Colombian communities.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the institute's website, is horizontally divided green-white-coffee brown. Green represents the resources of the woods, white represents peace and coffee brown represents the soil producing our daily resources.
Source: http://lasmarias.edu.co/web/?page_id=32
Ivan Sache, 07 July 2011


Latinoamericana, Universidad Autónoma (UNAULA)


image by Eugene Ipavec, 18 February 2007

The Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana (Latin American Autonomous University) is located in Medellín, The university flag can be seen at <www.unaula.edu.co>.
Description of the Flag: "Conceived by attorney Ramón Emilio Arcila Hurtado; approved simoultaneously with arms. Consists of two stripes of equal size: the first, (top) red one symbollizes the University's fight and sacrifice to rejects tradition and embrace progress. The second, (lower) mustard one represents a lively and glowing university, with a diversity of ideologies and creeds"
Ron Lahav and Eugene Ipavec, 18 February 2007


Latinoamericano del Sur, Liceo


image by Ivan Sache, 28 July 2014

Liceo Latinoamericano del Sur was established in 1989 in La Cabaņa borough, part of the municipality of Bosa (Bogotá), by Sisters Martha Ines and Stella Girón Avendaņo. Classes started in February 1990.
The flag of the institute is prescribed in Chapter 2.1 of the institute's Etiquette Guidebook, as horizontally divided yellow-blue with the institute's emblem in the middle. Yellow is a symbol of energy,  prosperity, and abundance. Blue is a symbol of sincerity and responsibility
Source: http://www.liceolatinoamericano.co/el-liceo/manual-de-convivencia/ - Institute's Etiquette Guidebook
The flag used in official street parades does not bear the coat of arms.
Photos: http://www.liceolatinoamericano.co/wp-content/gallery/20-julio-2012/sam_1001.jpg
http://www.liceolatinoamericano.co/wp-content/gallery/carrera2011/s6300228.jpg
http://www.liceolatinoamericano.co/wp-content/gallery/20julio2011/dsc00144.jpg
Ivan Sache, 28 July 2014


La Toscana, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 28 January 2009

"Colegio La Toscana" is located in the borough of La Toscana, ward of Suba, in the north-westernmost part of Bogotá. Classes started on 19 April 1996.
The flag of the institute, as described on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided white-dark red (lit. "red wine"). The flag was adopted after a students' competition.
Ivan Sache, 28 January 2009


La Trinidad, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 27 February 2006

Colegio La Trinidad (Institución Educativa Rural La Trinidad) is located in the village of  La Trinidad, Municipality of Manizales, Department of Caldas. The flag of the Colegio is horizontally divided yellow-white. Yellow represents work, effort and commitment, whereas white represents purity. Yellow (border) and white (field) are also the colours of the shield of the Colegio.
Source: <www.comunidad.com.co>, located by Valentin Poposki.
Ivan Sache, 27 February 2006


León XIII, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 11 September 2014

Colegio León XIII was established in El Peñol by Municipal Agreement No. 17, adopted in May 1912. Unidad Educativa León XIII was established by Departmental Decree No. 334 of 10 March 1983, as the merger of Liceo León XIII, Escuela Urbana José Obed Hincapié, and Escuela Urbana Ramón María Giraldo. The institute is named for Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903).
The flag of the institute is a parallelogram of 1.60 m in length and 1.10 m in height. It has a green background and is crossed from the upper left to the lower right part by three stripes, each of 5 cm in
width; the central stripe is red while the two outer stripes are yellow.
Green represents emerald, hope, abundance, and liberty. Red represents ruby and fire, valor, audacity, an intrepidness. Yellow represents topaz, the sun, wealth, force, faith, and constancy.
Source: http://leonxiii.jimdo.com/institucional/horizonte-institucional/bandera/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 11 September 2014

Colegio León XIII was established in El Peñol (Antioquia Department) in May 1912, upon request of Antonio José Díaz, parish priest since 1909. The institute was renamed Liceo Departamental León XIII by Ordinance No. 18 of 28 December 1967, placing it under departmental administration although it remained property of the municipality. Unidad Educativa León XIII was established by Decree No. 334 of 10 March 1983 as the merger of Liceo León XIII, Escuela José Obed Hincapié and Escuela Ramón María Giraldo. The institute is named for Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903, elected in 1878).
The flag of the institute is described in Chapter 3.2 of the institute's Etiquette Guidebook. The flag, of dimensions 1.10 m x 1. 60 m, is green with three yellow, red and yellow stripes, each of 5 cm in width, running from the upper left to the lower right corner. Green is a symbol of emerald, hope, abundance and liberty. Yellow is a symbol of topaz, sun, wealth, force, faith and constancy. Red is a symbol of ruby, fire, value, audacity and intrepidness.
Source: http://ie-leonxiii.edu.co/images/leonxiii/informacion-institucional/MANUAL-DE-CONVIVENCIA-LEONXIII.pdf - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 21 November 2014


La Unión, Institución Educativa Instituto


image by Ivan Sache, 03 October 2014

Institución Educativa Instituto La Unión (ILAU) was established in La Unión (Sucre Department) by Resolutions No. 685 of 8 November 2002 and No. 2,599 of 8 November 2003, as the merger of Instituto La Unión (est. by Departmental Ordinance No. 72 of 26 November 1972), Escuela Santander, and Escuela Santo Domingo.
The flag of ILAU is horizontally divided yellow-green.
Source: http://www.ilau.edu.co/simbolos.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 03 October 2014


Laura Montoya, Colegio Diocesano


image by Ivan Sache, 22 October 2014

Colegio Diocesano Laura Montoya is located in Chigorodó (Department of Antioquia). The institute is named for St. Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena (Laura de Jesús Montoya y Upegui, 1874-1949; the first Colombian-born
saint, canonized on 12 May 2013 by Pope Francis), a nun who struggled against racial discrimination and founded in 1914 the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Mary and of Saint Catherine of Siena. The nuns affiliated to the congregation are locally known as "Lauritas".
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided green-white-green.
Source: http://www.diocesanolauramontoya.com/index.php/quienes/simbolos - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 22 October 2014


Leningrado, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 16 November 2014

Institución Educativa Leningrado is located in Pereira (Risaralda Department).
The flag of the institute is in dimensions 0.90 m x 1.50 m [3:5], horizontally divided white-blue-green with the institute's emblem in the middle. White is a symbol of innocence, peace, childhood, divinity, stability, spirituality, purity and tenderness. It expresses the limpidity of the student's mind, the clarity of their open mind, always prepared to receive and use knowledge. It conveys simplicity. Blue is a symbol of confidence, reserve, harmony, affect, friendship, loyalty and love. It expresses the deepness of intelligence; knowledge and conscience that can be increased and transmitted from generation to generation by giving the best of oneself as a thinking person. It is the colour of the firmament and of the sea, symbolizing school work, merit, spiritual and material force, as well as the infinite space where the human being shall live (the world of knowledge, science and technology). Green is a symbol of youth, desire, leisure, balance, freshness, vegetation and health. It represents the hope and faith of the educationalists, who aim at educating honest human beings. It symbolizes life and the natural environment, being the result of the harmonic interaction human being - vegetal environment - energy - life.
The emblem represents the unity of actions and principles in the search for ideals (Knowledge, Science and Virtue). The emblem is surmonted by a flame, which symbolizes the vivid feeling of love for the institute, which builds up ideals of mutual aid. It is a symbol of knowledge and light. The flame-shaped fire is energy, empowerment, force and dedication. The red and yellow colours of the flame are those of the town of Pereira.
Source: http://leningrado.edu.co/mision-vision-y-simbolos-institucionales/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2014


Libertad, Gimnasio Cultural


image by Ivan Sache, 08 August 2014

Gimnasio Cultural Libertad was established on 7 January 1969 by the Bogotá branch of the Bavaria workers' union and acquired on 15 September 1979 by Pablo Alejandro Casallas Jerez.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided orange-white-black.
Source: http://gcl.edu.co/?page_id=44 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 08 August 2014


Libertad, Institución Educativa Municipal


image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 16 August 2014

Institución Educativa Municipal Libertad was established on 10 December 1958 in Pasto (Nariņo Department), as Instituto Nocturno Libertad, by the Committee of the Economical Middle Class of Colombia, presided by Antonio José Cerón Mora. Instituto Femenino Libertad was established on 2 October 1967. Municipal Decree No. 351 of 28 August 2003 merged the two institutes with the Santa María Eufrasia, Rodrigo Carvajal and Julián Buchelito schools to form Institución Educativa Municipal Libertad.
The flag of the institute, designed by Dina Narváez E., is white with two adjacent equilateral triangles, a blue triangle pointing to the hoist and a yellow triangle pointing to the hoist. White is a symbol of transparency, clarity, harmony, tolerance and peace. The triangles are symbols of firmness and stability. Blue is a symbol of heavens and of strong-mindedness. Yellow is a symbol of spiritual and intellectual wealth.
http://11-2jmlibertad.blogspot.fr/2012/03/institucion-educativa-municipal.html - Institute's blog
Ivan Sache, 6 July 2014


Libertador Simón Bolívar, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 31 January 2009

"Institución Educativa 'Libertador Simón Bolívar'" was founded on 30 September 2002 in the borough of Bolívar, Municipality of Tunja, Department of Boyacá (Decree No. 2419), through the merging of "Colegio de Educación Básica Simón Bolívar", "Colegio de Educación Básica Los Libertadores" and "Concentración Escolar del Sur".
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is horizontally blue-white-green.
Blue symbolizes the heavens and the horizon shared by all.
White symbolizes purity and transparency.
Green symbolizes hope, the fields and the local landscape.
Ivan Sache, 31 January 2009


Libre, Universidad


after photos on the main website, with "Bogota" on the emblem
image by Ivan Sache, 28 December 2008


after the Cali website, without "Bogota" on the emblem
image by Ivan Sache, 28 December 2008

Image at <www.ulibrepei.edu.co>.
Dov Gutterman, 21 July 2002

According to the picture at <www.ulibrepei.edu.co>, the seal seems smaller and towards the hoist. The description says however that the seal is in the center.
Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003

"Universidad Libre" succeeded on 13 April 1912 "Universidad Republicana", founded in Bogotá at the end of the 19th century by Liberal and Masonic intellectuals. Lacking funds, the university could not start classes until 13 February 1923, with the help of General Benjamin Herrera, unsuccesfull candidate at the presidential election in 1921.
The university has its main seat in Bogotá and regional seats in Baranquilla, Cali, Cartagena, Cúcuta, Pereira and Socorro.
The flag of the university, as shown on different websites of the university, is red with the university emblem in the middle. Red represents the academic dignity, action and permanent revolution for freedom.
The emblem of the university is made of a red disk charged with the shield of the university, black with a white open book surmonting a red Phrygian cap, and a white scroll bearing the motto of the university, "Sciencia Fons Libertatis", in Latin, "Science source of freedom", in black letters. The disk is surrounded by a black ring outlined in gold an charged with the name of the university in white capital letters.
Symbols' page on the university main website is at <www.unilibre.edu.co>.
Symbols' page on the Cali seat website is at <www.unilibrecali.edu.co>.
Symbols' page on the Cúcuta website is at <www.unilibrecucuta.edu.co>.
Symbols' page on the Pereira website is at <www.unilibrepereira.edu.co>.
The best view on the flag has to be found on the Cali website.
There are a number of variations in the representation of the emblem in these images.
Ivan Sache, 28 December 2008


LITECOM, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 27 November 2014

Liceo Técnico Comercial (LITECOM) was established in October 1973 in Jamundí (Valle Department) by Guillermo Coll Salazar, Bárbara Kaina Guerrero, Mariano Ramírez, Arnulfo Escobar, Esther Lida Rodríguez, Humberto Vidal and Miguel Antonio Sánchez.
The flag of LITECOM is horizontally divided yellow-white-green. Yellow is a symbol of the region's resources; this is also the proper colour of interbreeding and of the immense cultural resources of melting-pot. White is a neutral colour, also the symbol of peace, meaning tolerance, rest, openness to dialogue, and openness to shake a friendly, sincere and cordial hand. It reflects equal participation of all. Green is the colour of hope; it also represents the intense greenness of the cordilleras and mountains. Green is the colour of the coffee plantations, of the pastures and of the horse ranches. It is the colour of biodiversity and of a healthy and healing environment.
Source: https://sites.google.com/site/colegiolitecom/simbolos-de-la- institucion  - LITECOM website
Ivan Sache, 27 November 2014


Litoral Pacifico, Institución Educativa Comercial


image by Ivan Sache, 26 November 2014

Institución Educativa Comercial Litoral Pacifico was established in Bocas de Satinga (Municipality of Olaya Herrera, Nariño Department) by Resolution No. 2,541 of 30 September 2002.
The flag of the institute is in dimensions 1 m x 2 m, horizontally divided white-blue. White symbolizes peace, while blue symbolizes the sea.
Source: http://www.angelfire.com/al4/cololaya.edu.co/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 26 November 2014


Llanadas, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 14 November 2010

Colegio Llanadas is located in Lebrija (Department of Santander).
The flag of Colegio Lanadas, as shown graphically on the institute's website, is vertically divided green-white, with three vertical stripes in the middle, red, white and red, respectively. Nine white stars are placed on the descending diagonal of the green field. A bigger, green star inscribed in a green ring is placed in the middle of the white field. Green symbolizes the natural resources, white symbolizes peace and
harmony, red symbolizes the blood shed during the Palonegro War*. The big green star symbolizes the main seat of the institute, while the nine white stars symbolize its nine rural seats.
Source: http://cllanadas-puyana.blogspot.com/2008/09/simbolos-del-colegio.html
*The Battle of Palonegro opposed from 11 to 26 May 1900 Liberal and Conservative troops, during the Thousand Days War (1899-1902).
Ivan Sache, 14 November 2010