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image by Ivan Sache, 11 November 2010
Colegio Santa Ana, located in Fontibón (Bogotá Capital District), was founded
in 1948 by Ligia Mendoza de Méndez.
The flag of Colegio Santa Ana, as shown graphically on the institute's website,
is horizontally divided green-white. Green means hope, vision of triumph and
continuity in duty. White represents ethical and moral honesty.
Source:
http://colegiosantaana.edu.co/WebSite/simbolos.jsp
Ivan Sache, 11 November 2010
image by Ivan Sache, 15 November 2010
Colegio Santa Ana de Flores is located in Simacota, Department of Santander.
The flag of Colegio Santa Ana de Flores, as shown graphically on the institute's
blog, is divided white-green by the ascending diagonal. White represents peace
and tranquillity. Green represents the natural resources and hope in a better
future.
http://cesanpedro.wordpress.com/
Ivan Sache, 15 November 2010
image by Ivan Sache, 14 December 2014
Institución Educativa Colegio Santa Barbara is located in Ábrego (Norte del
Santander Department).
The symbols of the institute were designed in 1979 under the guidance of Dubis
Isabel Ditta Altamar.
The flag is horizontally divided green-red with a white triangle placed along
the hoist. Green is a symbol of the exuberant and fertile natural environment of
the beautiful valley, and also a symbol of aspiration to a better future. Red is
a symbol of a brave nation, such as the Heborucos who once inhabited the
region. White is a symbol of peace aspired to by a village culturally marred by
violence.
The emblem is made of a Swiss-shaped shield divided white-green along the
ascending diagonal. The upper quarter is white, as a symbol of peace, charged
with a flaming torch representing sporting spirit. The lower quarter is emerald
green, representing aspiration to educate leaders for Ábrego, charged with an
open book inscribed with the institute's motto, "CIENCIA Y VIRTUD" (Science and
Virtue).
In the middle is a handshake, made of the adult hand of a teacher and of the
juvenile hand of a student, conveying a feeling of friendship and mutual aid.
Source:
http://www.colsaba.edu.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=129
- Institute's website
Photos:
http://www.colsaba.edu.co/index.php?view=image&format=raw&type=orig&id=902&option=com_joomgallery&Itemid=123
http://www.colsaba.edu.co/index.php?view=image&format=raw&type=orig&id=1049&option=com_joomgallery&Itemid=123
Ivan Sache, 14 December 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 18 July 2014
Colegio Santa Bertilla Boscardín was established in Medellín (Antioquia
Department) by the Congregation of the Teachers of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of
the Sacred Heart. The congregation was founded in 1836 in Italy by Giovanni
Antonio Farina (1803-1888; to be canonized on 23 November 2014 by Pope Francis;
Bishop of Trevise [1850] and of Vicenza [1860]) "to educate girls from poor
families" and recognized on 1 March 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI; in South America,
it has branches in Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. The institute is named for St.
Maria Bertilla Boscardin (1888-1922; canonized on 11 May 1961 by Pope John
XXIII), who took the coat in Farina's congregation on 15 October 1905, as Sister
Maria Bertilla, and worked at the children's service of the Trevise hospital
from 1907 until her death.
The flag of the institute is horizontally
divided white-lilac pink. White is a symbol of candor and innocence of children.
Lilac pink is a symbol of the greatness and dignity of teenagers. Lilac forms a
balance between red and blue, symbolizing struggle and truce, acts and thoughts,
work and rest, scream and silence, study and recreation, emotionalism and
discernment, respectively. Lilac is also a symbol of nobleness and delicacy.
http://www.sbertilla.edu.co/images/stories/documentosPDF/simbolos.pdf -
Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 18 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 14 November 2010
Colegio Santa Catalina de Siena, located in Maicao (Department of La
Guajira), is the main seat of Institución Educativa No. 3.
The flag of Colegio Santa Catalina de Siena, also used (by default) by
Institución Educativa No. 3, is shown on the institute's website as horizontally
divided white-red. White symbolizes peace and purity. Red symbolizes love. Peace
and love are presented as the two words that fostered St. Catherine of Siena's
life.
Source:
http://proyeccionconliderazgotic.blogspot.com/2009/03/nuestros-simbolos.html
Ivan Sache, 14 November 2010
Obverse
image by Ivan Sache, 30 June 2014
Reverse:
image by Ivan Sache, 30 June 2014
Colegio Santa Clara de Asis was established on 22 January 1942 in Pasto
(Nariño Department) by Sisters Meinrada Wolf, Teolina Villegas, Ana Margarita
Osorio, Rosa Margarita Mantilla and Victoria Luisa Marín. The five nuns belong
to the congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, founded in
March 1893 in Túquerres by Mother Caridad Bader.
The institute is named for St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253; canonized on 26
September 1255 by Pope Alexander IV), one of the first followers of St. Francis
of Assisi (1181/2-1226; canonized on 16 July 1228 by Pope Gregory IX) and the
founder of the Order of St. Clare (Clarisses).
The flag of the institute is, on the obverse, pink with the institute's emblem
in the middle, and, on the reverse, green. Pink is a symbol of the joy of the
youth. Green is a symbol of search and aspiration to a promising future.
The emblem of the institute, adopted in 1971, was designed by Sister Damascena
Brunner. The shield is of modern Gothic shape, different from the ancient
Gothic shape by the point at the shield's bottom. The shield is divided by a
gray bend sinister, representing the girdle of St. Francis of Assisi. The dexter
field is red, a symbol of charity, love, force and blood, charged with a
chalice, a symbol of love, and with a bread and a cross, symbols of unity. The
sinister field is argent, a symbol of chastity, humility and limpidity, charged
with a lamp, a symbol of science. All the charges are yellow, except the candle
set in the lamp, which is red. The shield has a black bordure inscribed with
"SANTA CLARA DE ASIS" (top) and "AMOR Y CIENCIA" (Love and Science,
bottom) in white letters.
Source:
http://www.colegiosantaclara.edu.co/mi-colegio/simbolos.html
Ivan Sache, 30 June 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 03 July 2011
"Escuela Normal Superior Santa Clara" is located in Almaguer (Cauca
Department). The flag of the institute, as shown on the institute's blog (photo),
is horizontally divided yellow-green.
Source:
http://escuelanexa.blogspot.com/2010/06/escuela-normal-superioir-santa-clara.html
Ivan Sache, 03 July 2011
image by Ivan Sache, 4 February 2009
"Colegio Santa Fe" was founded in 1953 at
Valledupar, Department of Cesar.
The flag of the institute, according to a photo and the
description available on the institute
website, is horizontally divided green- white. Green
symbolizes hope while white symbolizes transparency.
Ivan Sache, 4 February 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 09 December 2013
Colegio Santa Inés is a Franciscan educational institute based in Manizales.
The flag of Colegio Santa Inés is horizontally divided white-pink with the
institute's emblem in the middle. White and pink symbolize purity and youth,
respectively.
The emblem of Colegio Santa Inés features the Latin motto "VIRTUS
SCIENTIA" (Virtue and Science) and the flaming torch of science,
surrounded by spiny roses and thorns. The roses represent juvenile beauty; the
spines recall that beauty should be protected from those who threaten it or
attempt to rob its perfume.
The thorns recall that Jesus Christ designed our way on thorns.
Source:
http://www.colsantaines.edu.co/Simbolos.html
Ivan Sache, 09 December 2013
image by Ivan Sache, 07 July 2011
"Colegio Santa Isabel de Hungría", located in the Villabel borough,
Floridablanca (Santander Department), originates in the "Fundación Centro
Parroquial Villabel", founded on 28 February 1980 in the Santa Isabel de Hungría
(St. Elisabeth of Hungary) parish. On 25 November 1988, a secondary seat of "Gimnasio
José Alexandro Perralta", located in the Girón borough, was inaugurated in
Villabel. The institute took its current name on 25 October 1991.
The flag of the institute is described on the institute's website as "made of
three colors: red, white and green, in three horizontal stripes, strictly
identical to the stripes of the Republic of Hungary. The three colors mean:
strength, sacrifice, purity and hope."
Source:
http://www.colsih.edu.co/
Ivan Sache, 07 July 2011
"Institución Educativa 'Santa Juana de Arco'" (St.
Joan of Arc) is located at Santa María, Department of Huila.
The flag of the
institute, as shown graphically and described on the blog
of the institute, is white with three blue and yellow
fleurs-de- lis placed along the descending diagonal.
The flag, designed by Father Jairo Trujillo Polanco in 1975, is
based on Joan of Arc's [alleged] standard. White symbolizes the
purity of the saint. The fleur-de-lis, the French national flower
[sic], is a tribute to Joan of Arc's motherland.
Ivan Sache, 4 February 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001
Colegio de Santa Librada - 1:2 (apparently), quarterly divided
green-white-white-green The flag is shown on <www.santalibrada.edu.co>,
located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001
"Colegio Distrital Santa Librada" is located at
Bogotá. The college is named after St. Librada (Liberata,
Livrade...), aka St. Wilgefortis, aka St. Uncomber, the patron
saint of women wishing to be "disuncombered" from
abusive husbands. Known as "the bearded virgin" but
without any historic background, the poor saint was removed from
the list of commemorated saints by the Roman Catholic Church in
1969.
The flag of the
institute, as shown graphically and described on the website
of the institute, is slightly higher than wide, white with an
aquamarine triangle pointing downwards charged with a white
rising sun. An alternative interpretation of the drawing is a
triangular light aquamarine flag with a white rising sun.
The sun represents light, energy, joy, commitment and solidarity
of all the members of the institute. White represents peace,
unity and the interest of the institute. Aquamarine
represents tranquility, future, strength and commitment to study
of the students.
Ivan Sache, 18 January 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 24 July 2014
Colegio Provincial de Neiva (Santander Department) was established by
Provincial Ordinance on 26 September 1845. Classes in Spanish Grammar and Latin
started on 1 January 1849. The institute was subsequently renamed Colegio
Democrático (Ordinance No. 26 of 9 October 1850), Colegio de Santa Librada (Law
of 27 October 1870), and, eventually Colegio Nacional Santa Librada (Law No. 92
of 1937). The most famous student of the institute, mentioned in the institute's
anthem, is the writer José Eustasio Rivera (1888-1928), author of the naturalist
novel "La vorágine" (The Vortex, 1924), considered as the Colombian national
epic and as a milestone in the South American literature.
The institute
is named after St. Librada (Liberata, Livrade...), aka St. Wilgefortis, aka St.
Uncomber, the patron saint of women wishing to be "disencumbered" from abusive
husbands. Known as "the bearded virgin" but without any historical background,
the poor saint was removed from the list of commemorated saints by the Roman
Catholic Church in 1969.
The flag of the institute is horizontally
divided yellow-black.
http://galeon.com/colnalstalibrada/aficiones2558628.html - Luz Sary Herrera
Cano's blog
Ivan Sache, 24 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 5 January 2009
"Colegio Parroquial Santa Lucía" was
founded in 1987 in Floridablanca by Father Silvano Poletto,
parish priest of Santa Lucía and legal representative in
Colombia of the religious community of the "Siervos de la
Caridad" (Servants of Charity), a community founded by the
Italian priest Luis Guanella (1842-1915, blessed in 1964).
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on
the website
of the institute, is vertically divided blue-white-yellow.
Blue represents the natural environment, empathy and respect of
the students for their surroundings, including humans and the
ecological environment.
White represents the light protecting the college and
enlightening our lives, as well as truth and transparency to be
attained by the students.
Yellow represents the Catholic faith and religious education.
The flag can be seen on a photo,
as presented by the band of the institute.
Ivan Sache, 5 January 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 13 September 2014
Institución Educativa Santa Maria was established in the Santa Maria borough,
part of the municipality of Cartagena de Indias (Bolivar Department) by the
Sisters of the Good Shepherd, a congregation founded in 1835 by the French nun
St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier (1796-1868, canonised on 2 May 1940 by Pope Pius
XII). The congregation settled in Cartagena on 21 July 1951, with the support of
Archbishop López Umaña. One of he aims of the nuns was to provide education to
children of jailed parents. It took them 10 years to establish a first school,
Escuela Ana María Vélez de Trujillo, founded on 8 February 1961 and inaugurated
in 1962 with some 150 students. Soon transferred to new grounds, the institute
was renamed in 1964 Escuela Hogar del Buen Pastor. After the official
inauguration of the new buildings on 22 February 1965, the institute was renamed
Instituto Santa María. Decree No. 224 of 1 March 1968 renamed it Escuela Santa
María. Transferred back in 1987 to its original grounds, the institute was
renamed in 1995 Concentración Educativa Santa María.
Institución Educativa Santa Maria was eventually established by Municipal
Resolution No. 776 of 10 May 2002, incorporating Escuela Nuestra Señora de
Fátima, Escuela Marco Fidel Suárez, and Escuela Sagrado Corazón de Jesús.
Source:
http://santamaria.ieocartagena.edu.co/
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided celestial blue-white. The
upper stripe symbolizes the sky and the water that border our Caribbean
territory. The lower stripe symbolizes our aspiration to conquer and transform
our environment to live together in a world of peace and love.
Source:
http://santamaria.ieocartagena.edu.co/pagina-ejemplo/
Ivan Sache, 13 September 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 13 September 2014
Institución Educativa Santa María Goretti originates in a school established
on 15 October 1933 in Mocoa (Putumayo Department) by Mother Mónica Wirth and
Sisters María Pilar Revelo, María Cornelia Greissing, María Luciana Báchtiger
and Lina Erazo. Colegio Femenino de Bachillerato Santa María Goretti was
established by Resolution No. 21 of 30 September 1967.
The institute is named for St. Maria Goretti (1890-1902; canonized on 24 June
1950 by Pope Pius XII).)
The flag of the institute is vertically divided green-white-red.
Source:
http://www.goretti.edu.co/web/index.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 13 September 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 29 June 2014
Colegio Santa María Mazzarello was established in Canaguaro (Meta Department)
by the Salesian Sisters. The institute is named for St. Maria Domenica
Mazzarello (1837-1881; canonized on 24 June 1951), the founder of the Salesian
Sisters, aka Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided blue-pink. Blue and pink are
the colours of the cloak and of the tunic of Mary Help of Christians. Blue
is a symbol of transcendency. Pink is the mixture of red and white. Red is a
symbol of force and sacrifice, reason and love. White is a symbol of
rectitude, transparency and strength. Accordingly, pink is a symbol of the
tenderness and kindness of the institute's patron saint.
Source:
http://colsantamariamazzarello.jimdo.com/inicio/simbolos/
Ivan Sache, 29 June 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 07 July 2011
"Colegio Santa Mariana de Jesús", located in Portería (Bogotá Capital
District), is managed by the Sisters of Mariana de Jesús, a congregation founded
on 14 April 1873 by the Ecuadorian nun Blessed Mercedes de Jesús Molina
(1828-1883).
The flag of the institute is shown graphically and described on the institute's
website as horizontally divided "white-sweet red", that is pink.
Source:
http://colegiosantamarianadejesus.com/institucional.html
Pink must be the color of the Sisters of Mariana de Jesús. During the
beatification ceremony held on 1 February 1985 in Guayaquil, Pope John Paul II
called Mercedes de Jesús Molina "the Rose of Baba [her birth place] and
Guayaquil". She is locally known as "la Rosa del Guayas".
Ivan Sache, 07 July 2011
image by Eugene Ipavec, 22 February 2007
The Industrial University of Santander is located in
Bucaramanga. The flag is apparently available on the home page of
the university
web site.
Ron Lahav, 22 February 2007
Simple white/green bicolor; the shade of green is
specified as PANTONE 368c, CMYK 50:0:95:0, RGB 103:185: 62.
Eugene Ipavec, 22 February 2007
From university
web site, we learn the meaning of the green colour. Green is
a bright colour symbolizing hope and a chromatic sign evoking the
opening of man towards all possible constructions, utopia, the
best for society, all implicit elements in the educative task.
Ivan Sache, 30 December 2008
image by Ivan Sache, 26 November 2014
Gimnasio Santa Rocio was established in 1983 by Elisa Niño de
Chicacausa in Villa del Río borough (Bogotá).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-blue.
White represents purity and liberty.
Blue represents hope, adequacy and responsibility.
Source:
http://www.gsantarocio.edu.co/gimnasio-primaria-bachillerato-bogota/Bandera-33
Ivan Sache, 26 November 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 17 December 2008
"Universidad Santa Rosa de Cabal" (UNISARC) is the
Colombian agronomic university. The "El Jazmin" campus
has a crop farms, a cattle farm, a fish breeding station and a
technological park.
The flag of UNISARC is shown graphically and described in the UNISARC
website.
The flag is horizontally divided yellow-green with a simplified
version of the UNISARC emblem in the middle.
The colours symbolize the balance between knowledge (represented
by yellow) and the natural environment (represented by green).
The hexagonal emblem stands for the six (economic, social,
technological, cultural, environmental and political) issues
addressed by UNISARC.
The bird, a goose displayed with spread wings, represents
progress. On the emblem, but not on the flag, red fruits placed
above the head and under the wings of the goose represent
productivity.
Ivan Sache, 17 December 2008
image by Ivan Sache, 07 December 2014
Institución Técnica Agroambiental Santa Rosa de Lima is located in Cicuco
(Bolívar Department).
The institute is named for St. Rose of Lima (1642-1693, canonized on 12 April
1671 by Pope Clement X), the primary patroness of Peru and of the natives of
South America.
The flag of the institute is described in the institute's Etiquette Guidebook as
quartered green-blue per saltire. In the middle is placed a white disk
inscribing a green tree. Blue is a symbol of the water resources of the area.
Green is a symbol of the natural environment and of vegetation, and of
aspiration to a better future. White is a symbol of peace. The tree is a symbol
of the natural resources that have to be preserved for the welfare of the whole
community.
Source:
http://www.edusacx.com/santarosa/pei.pdf
Ivan Sache, 07 December 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 04 July 2014
Colegio Santa Teresa de Jesús was established in 1934 in Fontibón (Bogotá) by
seven nuns from the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family, Margarita de
Jericó, Maria Rosa de Santo Domingo, Emilia de Urrao, Felicidad de Concepción,
Trinidad de Yarumal, Cecilia de Yarumal and Catalina Carmona.
The flag of the institute is vertically divided blue-white. Blue is a symbol of
science while white is a symbol of virtue.
Source:
http://www.colsanter.edu.co/bandera.html
Ivan Sache, 04 July 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 27 July 2010
Institución Educativa Santa Teresa is located in Argelia, Department of
Antioquia.
The flag and arms of the institute are painted on a building's wall, as shown on
a photography available on the Argelia municipal website. The flag must be (no
real flag seen) horizontally divided light blue-red-black. The colours of the
flag are taken from the arms (or the reverse). Source:
http://www.argelia-antioquia.gov.co/sitio.shtml?apc=m1G12--&x=2202378
Ivan Sache, 27 July 2010
image by Ivan Sache, 31 January 2004
"Institución Educativa 'Santa Teresa de Jesús'"
was founded in 1909 or 1911 in Armenia, Department of Antioquia,
as "Colegio Oficial de Señoritas".
The flag of the institute, as described on the website
of the institute, is vertically divided green-yellow-green.
Green represents hope.
Yellow represents the resources and strength of creative
thinking.
The two green stripes also represent the natural environment
while yellow represents bright mornings, with confidence into a
future full of harmony and equity.
Ivan Sache, 31 January 2004
image by Ivan Sache, 8 January 2004
"Escuela Normal Superior Santa Teresita" was founded
on 25 February 1940 in Lorica, Department of Córdoba, by nuns of
the Community of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, led by sister
Angélica.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on
the website of the institute,
is horizontally divided white-coffee brown. White represents
loyalty, purity, clear thinking, peace, innocence and simplicity.
Coffee brown is the colour of the Theresian doctrine, with its
virtues of value, strength, prudence, gravity, heroic immolation,
and generous and constant empowerment.
Ivan Sache, 8 January 2004 and 7 January 2008
image by Ivan Sache, 04 July 2011
"Escuela Normal Superior Santa Teresita" was founded in 1944 in Sabanalarga,
Department of Antioquia, by nuns of the Community of St. Therese of the Child
Jesus.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically on the website of the institute,
is horizontally divided white-coffee brown. The same flag is used by other
institutes managed by the same congregation (for instance, another "Escuela
Normal Superior Santa Teresita", located in Lorica.
Source:
http://norsupsate.blogspot.com/2009_03_12_archive.html>
Ivan Sache, 04 July 2011
image by Ivan Sache, 26 October 2014
Escuela Normal Superior Santa Teresita was established on 4 April 1939
in Sopetrán (Antioquia Department) by Father Tomás María Zapata. The
institute was managed until 1994 by the Community of St. Therese of
the Child Jesus (Carmelites).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-coffee brown.
White is a symbol of purity, obedience, firmness, vigilance,
eloquence, triumph, and innocence.
Coffee brown is the colour of the cloak of the Carmelites.
Source:
http://normalsopetran.blogspot.fr/2009/02/escuela-normal-superior-santa-teresita.html - Institute's blog
Ivan Sache, 26 October 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 5 November 2010
Colegio Santa Teresita was founded on 7 February 1954 in the borough of Las
Nieves, town of Baranquilla, by the nuns of the Community of St. Therese of the
Child Jesus.
The flag of the institute is shown on the institute's website as horizontally
divided white-coffee brown.
Source:
http://www.colsatebarranquilla.com/start/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=49
The given meaning of the flag is exactly the same as for the very same flag used
by another Theresian institute, Escuela Normal Superior San
Teresita, Lorica.
It is therefore possible that several Theresian institutes, if not all, use the
same "reneric" flag.
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2010