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San Luís Beltrán, Liceo


image by Ivan Sache, 04 August 2014

Liceo San Luís Beltrán is located in the village of San Luís, part of the municipality of Sampuès (Sucre Department). The institute is named for St. Louis Bertrand (1526-1581, canonized in 1671 by Pope Clement X), a Spanish Dominican monk known as the "apostle of the Americas".
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-red.
Source: http://www.iesanluisbeltran.edu.co/seccion.asp?idseccion=2&idsubseccion=7 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache
, 04 August 2014


San Luis Gonzaga, Colegio de (Cali)

"Colegio de San Luis Gonzaga " was founded on 1 October 1897 in Cali by the Marist Friar Adelber.
Marist friars, of French origin, settled in Popayán in 1889 and in Cali in 1891, where they were confered the management of "Colegio Santa Librada", originally founded in 1823 by General Santander. The Congregation of the Marist Brothers was founded in 1817 by St. Marcellin Champagnat (1789-1840).
The flag of the institute, according to a photo and the description given on the website of the institute, was designed in May 1945 by student Pablo Marulanda, winner of the flag competition organized by the Center for Social Sciences of the institute.
The flag is horizontally divided blue-white-yellow with the emblem of the institute overall.
Blue represents the spiritual and Marian dimensions of the studies.
White represents ethics and values.
Yellow represents commitment to work and effort for the collective welfare.
The emblem represented on the flag does not seem to be strictly equivalent of the current official emblem of the institute.
Ivan Sache, 15 January 2009


San Luis Gonzaga, Colegio de (Manizales)


image by Ivan Sache, 08 July 2011

"Colegio San Luis Gonzaga" was founded on 8 February 1954 by the Society of Jesus in Manizales (Caldas Department) and officially approved on 1 October 1954.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the institute's website, is diagonally divided (per bend) white-light blue-yellow.
White represents the eternal snows of Nevado del Ruiz [the volcano of 5,321 m in elevation, located south-east of Manizales, whose eruption suppressed the town of Armero in 1985, claiming 24,000 lives]. Blue represents the limpid sky over the town. Yellow represents the wealth provided by coffee.
Source: http://www.sanluisgonzaga.edu.co/sanluis.aspx?p=711
Ivan Sache, 08 July 2011


San Luis Rey, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 9 January 2009

"Colegio San Luis Rey" was founded in 1957 in the Franciscan Convent of San Francisco of Armenia, Department of Caldas; the institute was inaugurated on 12 February 1957 in a mass celebrated by Father Gustavo Estrada, Superior of the convent, and first recognized by the Department of Caldas on 4 March 1957 (Decree No. 407). The institute moved to its today's location in 1974.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided blue-yellow.
Blue represents heavens and highness while yellow represents the sun and excellence.
Ivan Sache, 9 January 2009


San Nicolás, Colegio Agustiniano de


image by Ivan Sache, 11 January 2009

"Colegio Agustiniano de San Nicolás" is located in Medellín.
The flag of the college, as graphically shown and described on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided red-blue. Red is the symbol of a proud, chast and valiant youth, also eager of science and virtue. Blue is the symbol of the Augustinian mind, oriented by infinite horizons.
Ivan Sache, 11 January 2009


San Nicolás de Tolentino, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 5 July 2014

Colegio San Nicolás de Tolentino was established in 2002 in Suba (Bogotá) by Javier Curtidor. The institute is named for St. Nicholas of Tolentino (1245-1305; canonized on 5 June 1446 by Pope Eugene IV), the model of discipleship.

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-yellow-blue (2:1:2) with the institute's emblem in the middle. White is a symbol of purity, peace, tranquility, transparency and beauty. Yellow is a symbol of wealth - economic wealth cannot occur without academic and cognitive wealth, felicity, of the sun and of the flowers generated by knowledge. Blue is a symbol of the sky, of the air and of natural environment.
http://www.colegiosannico.edu.co/index.php/nuestro-colegio/bandera
Ivan Sache, 5 July 2014


San Nicolás, Gimnasio Bilingüe


image by Ivan Sache, 08 August 2014

Gimnasio Bilingüe San Nicolás was established in 1999 in Neiva (Huila Department)., as Colegio Infantil San Nicolás.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided blue-white-green.
Source: http://www.gimnasiosannicolas.edu.co/insignias-del-gimnasio-bilingue-san-nicolas/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 08 August 2014


San Pablo, Colegio - Buga


image by Ivan Sache, 09 July 2011

"Colegio San Pablo" was founded on 31 March 1989 by Emiliano de Jesus Velásquez Rivera and Luis Alberto Escobar Bejarano in (Guadalajara de) Buga (Valle Department).
The flag of the institute is shown graphically on the institute's website as horizontally divided white-blue-red. White represents purity, science and dignity. Blue represents the sky, fraternity and love.Red represents the blood shed by Apostle St. Paul ("San Pablo") for the evangelization of the pagan world.
Source: http://colsanpablo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=31
Ivan Sache, 09 July 2011


San Pablo, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache and Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 12 September 2014

Liceo San Pablo was established in 1979 in San Pablo borough, part of the municipality of Medellín (Antioquia Department), as a section of IDEM Santo Domingo, eventually autonomous in 1982. Institución Educativa San Pablo was established by Departmental Resolution No. 16,170 of 27 November 2002, as the merger of Escuela Urbana Marco Fidel Suárez (est. in 1976 in Moscú No. 2 borough), Escuela Urbana Medellín (est. in 1967 in Villa de Guadalupe borough), and Liceo San Pablo.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-blue-white. The three stripes represents the three institutes merged to form Institución Educativa San Pablo. The three colours represent the three levels of education supplied in the institute:
- White represents the pre-school level, as a symbol of purity and beauty required for the initiation of learning and knowledge;
- Blue represents the basic level, as a symbol of aspiration to learn, knowledge, and path to wisdom and personal achievement;
- Yellow represents the median level, as a symbol of the light that irradiates with knowledge and wisdom.
Source: http://www.iesanpablo.edu.co/descargas/MANUAL%20DE%20CONVIVENCIA%20Y%20DE%20FUNCIONES.pdf - Institute's Etiquette Guidebook
Ivan Sache, 12 September 2014

I know flag symbolism doesn't always make sense, but still: How does a school supply a "pre-school" level of education. If it's a level they supply school at it would seem to have become in-school instead.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 12 September 2014


San Pablo, Institución Educativa Téchnica (INETSAP)


image by Ivan Sache, 03 July 2011

"Institución Educativa Téchnica San Pablo" (INETSAP) was founded on 28 November 2002 in Polonuevo (Atlántico Department) by Departmental Decree No. 911, merging several institutes, including "Colegio de Bachillerato San Pablo", originally founded on 1 December 1961.
The flag of INETSAP is presented on the institute's website as horizontally divided red-green. Designed in 1968 by Baltazara Amador de Domínguez, the flag uses the colors of St. Paul ("San Pablo")'s clothes.
Source: http://inetsaponline.blogspot.com/p/resena-historica-de-nuestra-institucion.html
Ivan Sache, 03 July 2011


San Pablo, Liceo Psicopedagógico


image by Ivan Sache, 04 August 2014

Liceo Psicopedagógico San Pablo (LPSP) was established on 10 February 1999 in Bochica Sur borough (Bogotá) by Elizabeth Hernández, Bildad Hernández Márquez, and Edith Cecilia Muñoz Nieto.
The flag of LPSP is horizontally divided yellow-white-black-green (2:1:1:2). Yellow and green represent the spiritual resources. White and black represent time and struggle.
Source: http://liceosanpablo.edu.co/?page_id=100 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2014


San Patricio, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 5 January 2009

"Colegio San Patricio" was founded in 1959 in Bogotá by Emma Gaviria de Uribe, as "St. Patrick School".
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is green with a thin vertical white line near the fly and two thin horizontal white lines near the bottom, and, in the middle, a green clover leaf oultined in light green, charged with the white letters "CSP" and placed on a white disk. The flag was designed by educators of the institute.
The clover was used by St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, to explain the mystery of the Holy Trinity.
Ivan Sache, 5 January 2009


San Pedro, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 28 July 2011

"Colegio San Pedro" is located in the municipality of Madrid, Cundinamarca Department. The institute originates in "Escuela Agrícola de San Pedro", founded in 1937 by Ruperto, Dolores and Rosa Elvira Melo Torres on their estate named "La Hélida". The institute was then aimed at providing  education to the farmers' sons so that they could subsequently manage their own estates.
The Melo family subsequently donated the institute to the Tertiary Capuchins, a congregation founded in 1889 by Luis Amigó Ferrer and active in Colombia since 1905.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically on the institute's website, is horizontally divided blue-white-red.
Source:http://www.colegiosanpedro.edu.co/index.htm
Ivan Sache, 28 July 2011


San Pedro Claver, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 27 January 2009

"Colegio San Pedro Claver" is located in the Kennedy borough, Bogotá. The institute is named after the Spanish Jesuit St. Peter Claver (1580-1654, canonized on 15 September 1888), the patron saint of slaves, of Colombia and of African Americans.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided blue-white-red with three white stars oulined in black in the white stripe.
Blue represents humility and tolerance.
White represents inner and outer peace.
Red represents enthousiasm to teach and to be tought.
Ivan Sache, 27 January 2009


San Pio X, Colegio Seminario

"Colegio Seminario San Pio X", located at Floridablanca (Department of Santander), was recognized on 2 February 1954 by the Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Decree No. 007). The institute is named after Pope Pius X (1835-1914, Pope in 1903, canonized in 1954).
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is vertically divided green-white-red. Green represents hope; white represents purity, innocence, holliness, joy, grace and glory; red represents fire, love and sacrifice.
The description of the flag does not mention the emblem of the institute, shown in the middle of the flag on the drawing. However, the neighbouring photo of the emblem shows it inscribed in a blue ring with the name of the institute, which is lacking on the drawing.
Two photos (here and here), taken during the flag ceremony and inside the main hall of the institute, respectively, confirms that the flag bears the emblem in the middle, inscribed in a blue ring.
The emblem of the institute is green with a red triangle pointing downwards. The green lateral triangles are charged with a white chalice and host, representing the Eucharist, and a white fleur-de- lis, representing commitment to the community, respectively. The red triangle is charged with a white palm tree, recalled by the Latin motto placed in a white scroll below the shield, "Sicut palma florebit", "It will flourish like a palm tree".  The motto recalls Psalm 92:12, "Justus sicut palma florebit, sicut cedrus in Libano crescet" ("The righteous will flourish like a  palm tree, they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon". The whole is inscribed in a blue ring charged with the white writing "SEMINARIO SAN PIO X" (top) / "FLORIDABLANCA" (bottom).
Ivan Sache, 13 January 2009


San Pio X, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 17 September 2014

Institución Educativa San Pio X was established in 1971 in the La Enea borough, part of the municipality of Manizales (Caldas Department), by the pries Néstor Marulanda. The institute is named for Pope Pius X (1903-1914, canonized on 29 May 1954 by Pope Pius XII).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-blue-red. White is a symbol of purity and limpidity. Blue is a symbol of the deepness of the soul and of the immensity of knowledge. Red is symbol of the power of the student's spirit, of fraternity, and of dynamism.
Source: http://ptasanpiox.blogspot.fr/p/institucion-educativa-sanpiox-manizales.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 17 September 2014


San Sebastian, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 28 March 2009

"Colegio San Sebastian" was founded at Cali in 1994 by Liliana Osorio Garcia.
The flag of the institute, as described on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided blue-white.
Blue represents represents the immensity of the sky and of the sea.
White represents transparency and freshness, as well as intellectual and spiritual resources.
Ivan Sache, 28 March 2009


San Simón, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 29 March 2009

"Colegio San Simón" was founded at Ibagué, Department of Tolima, on 21 December 1822 (Decree of the Executive No. 86-5), reorganized on 30 March 1837 (Presidential Decree) and reestablished in 1887 (Law No. 12). Its legal status was eventually confirmed by the State Council on 8 October 1942. Originally housed in a former Dominican convent built in 1722, the institute moved to its modern seat in 1948. In 2002, it merged with three other institutes to form "Institución Educativa Colegio de San Simón".
The flag of the institute was shown graphically on Cesar David Gastelbondo Calderón's blog, as horizontally divided white-green.
Ivan Sache, 29 March 2009


image by Ivan Sache, 16 July 2014

Another blog shows the flag as horizontally divided white-green with the institute's emblem in the middle: http://fabioxih3.blogspot.fr. The mountain represented on the emblem must be the Nevado del Tolima volcano (5,215 m). The Latin motto "Feriam sidera vertice" comes from Horace's Odes (I:1 The Dedication : To Maecenas), reading "My head will be raised to touch the stars".

There is, however, no evidence that the flag is actually used with the emblem. Photos taken during an official ceremony shows the flag without the emblem.
http://sansimoncreativo.blogspot.fr/2013/03/conmemoracion-y-celebra-cion-del-dia-de.html
Ivan Sache, 16 July 2014


San Tarsicio, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 9 November 2010

Colegio San Tarsicio, located in Bogotá, was founded on 13 February 1961 by Ernesto Solano and Cecilia Restrepo de Carrizosa. The institute is named for the early Christian martyr St. Tarcisius (3rd century, only known to us by a poem written by Pope Damasus I).
The symbols of Colegio San Tarsicio are described in the institute's "Proyecto Educativo Institucional" (PEI - Institutional Education Project), as follows:
Chapter 1. Fundamental principles.
[...]
1.8.3. Flag.
The flag of the institute is based on the papal flag, whose colors are white and yellow. White means clarity, limpidity, truth; this color, which assimilates and reflects all the other ones, which is the color of the host, and which symbolizes the Eucharist, shall be placed above everything. Dark [lit. "burned"] yellow means life, sun, force, power, energy, maturity, harvest. These two stripes, white and yellow, are separated by a coffee brown stripe symbolizing the soil, the space where we live, our universe; on the white stripe in the left part, the institute's coat of arms, which is made with the same three colors.

1.8.4. Coat of arms.
Inspired by a German stamp representing St. Tarcisio, designed by the noted religious artist K. Beuron. With a triangular shape and symbolizing the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In the triangle: the chalice and the Saint Host surrounded by rays. In the middle, the letters [chrism] meaning "Jesus, Hostia Santa". In the base "San Tarsicio": Martyr of the Eucharist.
Source: http://www.santarsicio.edu.co/descargas/manual09.pdf
Ivan Sache, 9 November 2010


Part III