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Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 29 January 2009

"Institución Educativa 'Gabriel Garcia Márquez'" is located in the borough of Marruecos, Municipality of Corozal, Department of Sucre. The institute is named after the writer Gabriel Garcia Márquez (b. 1927), awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided white-green. White represent our dreams and green our hope in a better future.
Ivan Sache, 29 January 2009


Gachetá, Escuela Normal Superior de


image by Ivan Sache, 03 July 2011

"Escuela Normal Superior de Gachetá" originates in a girls' institute founded in 1932 in Gachetá (Cundinamarca Department) by Abdón López Ayala, the parish priest. In 1956, the institute was renamed "Escuela Normal de La Presentación".
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically on the institute's website, is horizontally divided yellow-green.
Source: http://normalgacheta.com/¿quienes-somos/simbolos/
Ivan Sache, 03 July 2011


General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 07 July 2015

Colegio General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla is located in the Lagos de Castilla borough, part of the municipality of Kennedy (Bogotá). The institute is named for General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900-1975), President of the Republic of Colombia from 1953 to 1957.

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided blue-green. Blue is a symbol of trust, harmony, stability, affect, friendship, loyalty and love. Green is a symbol of hope, youth, balance and natural environment.
http://colegio.redp.edu.co/gustavorojasp/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3:informacion-institucional&catid=6:infinst&Itemid=12 - Institute webpage
Ivan Sache, 7 July 2014


General José María Obando, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 9 January 2004

The College was founded in 1997 in Ipiales, Narino department. Its flag is horizontally divided yellow-blue with a white triangle placed along the hoist.
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co> [defunct], located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 January 2004

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20040609004034/http://www.voluntad.com.co/voluntad/colegios/16159/index.htm - Institute's website (archived)
Ivan Sache, 19 September 2014


General Pedro José Sarmiento, Colegio Departamental


image by Ivan Sache, 01 October 2012

The Colegio Departamental "General Pedro José Sarmiento" was established in Socha by the Decree of 22 November 1961. In 1976, the institute was renamed Instituto Integrado Nacionalizado "Pedro José Sarmiento" by Decree no. 594. Decree No. 306 of 15 February 2002 renamed it Colegio “Pedro José Sarmiento”. General Pedro José Sarmiento was President of the Boyacá Department in the late 19th century.
Source: http://colegiopjs.es.tl/ - Institute's website

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided green-white-green.
Source: http://www.socha-boyaca.gov.co/apc-aa-files/33383463363735336232333366366365/SIMBOLOS_DE_LA_INSTITUCION_1.pdf - Socha official website
Ivan Sache, 01 October 2012


General Santander, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 6 November 2010

Colegio General Santander, founded in 1940 and renamed for a few years as Colegio Telmo Acevedo Ardila, is the oldest official educational institute in the Department of Arauca. Originally intended for boys only, the institute was opened to girls in 1968; it caters today some 1,300 alumni.
The flag of Colegio General Santander, as shown graphically on the institute's website, is horizontally divided bright yellow-green. Bright yellow represents wealth, ripe fruit and solar light. Green represents emerald, the fabulous gem that is the pride of Colombia, and silent beauty. The same colors are used on the institute's coat of arms.
Source: http://members.fortunecity.com/colegio_santander/simbolo.htm
Ivan Sache, 6 November 2010


George Berkeley, Gimnasio Campestre


image by Ivan Sache, 08 August 2014

Gimnasio Campestre George Berkeley was established in 1986 in Usaquén (Bogotá), and transferred to Suba in 2005. The institute is named for the Irish philosopher and humanist George Berkeley (1685-1753)
The flag of the institute is vertically divided green-white-orange with the institute's emblem in the middle. Green is a symbol of life, tranquillity, and hope. White is a symbol of peace and triumph. Orange is a symbol of joy, energy, felicity, and creativity.
The emblem of the institute features a shield shaped like a trophy, which means triumph. The shield is charged with three symbols highlighting the skills of George Berkeley: science (Greek letter π), education (book), and sports (torch). The shield is surmounted by a golden crown representing triumph and  supremacy. Beneath the shield is a white scroll inscribed with the institute's motto "LEALTAD DISCIPLINA ESTUDIO" (Loyalty Discipline Study)
Source: http://gimberkeley.edu.co/insignias-2/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 08 August 2014


Getsemani, Liceo Infantil


image by Ivan Sache, 24 September 2014

Liceo Infantil Getsemani is located in Buenaventura (Valle Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-blue. White is a symbol of peace. Blue is a symbol of creative spirit.
Source: http://liceoinfantilgetsemani.mex.tl/frameset.php?url=/1228919_Escudo--Bandera--Himno-al-LICEO-INFANTIL-GETSEMANI.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 24 September 2014


Gilberto Álzate Avendaño, Colegio Departamental


image by Ivan Sache, 01 August 2014

Colegio Departamental 'Gilberto Álzate Avendaño was established by Departmental Ordinance No. 7 of 4 December 1992 in Villa Bolivar borough, part of the municipality of Villaviciencio (Meta Department). Classes started on 22 February 1993. The institute is named for the lawyer Dr. Gilberto Álzate Avendaño (1910-1960), a Conservative politician who was elected Senator and appointed Ambassador of Colombia in Spain.
The flag of the institute, approved in 1996, is horizontally divided green-blue-yellow with a white triangle placed along the hoist and charged with the institute's emblem. Green, a symbol of balance and levelheadedness, invites to move forwards, recalls the relation with the natural environment and the immensity of the plains. It is also a symbol of youth, friendship and good fellowship.
Blue represents the sky above the plains, intelligence, truth; and knowledge of the students. White represents the students' innocence and tranquillity.
Source: http://gilbertoalzatea.blogspot.fr/ - Institute's blog
Ivan Sache, 01 August 2014


Gilberto Álzate Avendaño, Institución Educativa

Flag as prescribed

image by Ivan Sache, 20 July 2014

Colegio Gilberto Álzate Avendaño was established in Argelia (Valle del Cauca Department) by Departmental Ordinance No. 10 of 13 November 1961. The institute is named for Dr. Gilberto Álzate Avendaño (1910-1960), lawyer, Conservative politician, Senator and Ambassador of Colombia in Spain.

The flag of the institute, designed in 1962 by Glicerio Herrera, the first director of the institute, is horizontally divided green-white-fuchsia with a yellow triangle placed along the hoist. Green is a symbol of aspiration to a better future and of love for natural and ambient environment. White is a symbol of the purity of mind, honor, honesty, beauty and values required for a peaceful social interaction. Fuchsia is a symbol of force, sacrifice, abnegation, struggle and leadership. Yellow is a symbol of intellectual resources, wisdom and knowledge.
http://gilbertoalzateavendaoargelia.wordpress.com/galeria-de-fotos/simbolos-institucionales/

Photos
http://gilbertoalzateavendaoargelia.wordpress.com/galeria-de-fotos/participacion-de-la-comunidad/

Flag as used


image by Ivan Sache, 20 July 2014

The blog describes the flag has fuchsia-white-green - also shown on the border of the institute's blog, but shows the drawing of a white-purple-green flag. However, the photos show the flag in use as green-white-fuchsia!
Ivan Sache
, 20 July 2014


Gonzalo Restrepo Jaramillo, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 11 August 2014

Institución Educativa Gonzalo Restrepo Jaramillo is located in Buenos Aires borough, part of the municipality of Medellin (Antioquia Department).
The institute is named for the Conservator politician Gonzalo Restrepo Jaramillo (1896-1966), Ambassador of Colombia in the USA (1947) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1950), director of the newspaper "El Conservador".
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-purple-gray.
Source: http://karen-wwwkarenblog.blogspot.fr/ - Institute's unofficial blog
Ivan Sache, 11 August 2014


Goyavier, Collegio Campestre


image by Ivan Sache, 09 July 2011

"Colegio Campester Goyavier" was inaugurated on 5 February 2000 in Ruitoque Bajo, Floridablanca (Santander Department). "Goyavier" means "to come to God through arts and science". The word also includes the name of one of the most famous painters, Francisco José de Goya, the precursor of modern European painting.
A photo available on the institute's website shows a self-portrait by Goya flanked by the national flag of Colombia and the flag of the institute, horizontally divided orange-yellow-green. "Light chromium orange" represents wisdom and knowledge. "Naples yellow" represents the growth and maturation of the human being in all his dimensions: affective, cognitive, physical, spiritual and social. Green represents the process of development of the students.
Source: http://colegiogoyavier.edu.co/subseccion.asp?id=1089
Ivan Sache, 09 July 2011


Granbogotano, Colegio Comercial


image by Ivan Sache, 18 July 2014

Colegio Comercial Granbogotano was established on 6 August 1988 in Perpetuo Socorro borough (Bogotá).

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-green-red.
http://pwp.etb.net.co/rnavarro/simbolos.html - Institute's website
http://pwp.etb.net.co/rnavarro/index.html - Photo
image by Ivan Sache, 18 July 2014


Gran Colombiano School, Gimnasio


image by Ivan Sache, 21 June 2014

Gimnasio Gran Colombiano School is based in Ibagué (Tolima Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-yellow, with the institute's emblem in the middle. White is a symbol of innocence, peace, tranquillity and purity. Yellow is a symbol of sunlight, gold, wealth, and of the way towards light and truth.
The emblem features an eagle, representing highness, knowledge, greatness, and the wide and progressivist horizon; the flags of  Colombia and Tolima Department; and a pre-Columbian figure representing the past, present and future regional identity.
Source: http://grancolombianoschool.jimdo.com/nosotros/simbolos-del-colegio/
Ivan Sache, 21 June 2014


Guadalajara de Buga, Institución Educativa Agrícola de


image by Ivan Sache, 17 September 2014

The first agricultural school in Buga was established in 1941, succeeding the Granja Agrícola de Buga founded three years earlier on a 100-ha plot offered by Luisa de la Espada for social purposes. The school was transformed into Instituto Técnico Agrícola (ITA) in 1966. ITA was subsequently recognized as the alma mater of rural education in Colombia. Institución Educativa Agrícola de Guadalajara de Buga was eventually established in 2002 as the merger of ITA, Unidad Docente María Luisa de la Espada, and Escuela Antonio José de Sucre.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided green-white. White is a symbol of peace, innocence, and tranquillity. Green is a symbol of vegetation, hope, freshness, friendship, respect, youth, and liberty.
Source: http://www.itabachillerato.edu.co/html/Nuestra_institucion_simbolos.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 17 September 2014


Guilford, Liceo de


image by Ivan Sache, 15 December 2008

"Liceo de Guilford" is located in Bogotá.
The flag of the institute is vertically divided blue-white-green, the white stripe being wider than the two others, with the emblem of the institute in the middle. The emblem of the institute is made of a white shield "charged" with a green tree and the blue letters "LdG"; the name of the institute is written in white letters on a blue scroll placed below the shield.
The flag is shown on a photograph available on the institute's website, together with the flags of Colombia and Bogotá.
Ivan Sache, 15 December 2008


Guillermo Quevedo Zornoza, Institución Departamental


image by Ivan Sache, 06 August 2014

Institución Departamental Guillermo Quevedo Zornoza was established in 1978 in Zipaquirá (Cundinamarca Department).
The institute is named for the local musician Guillermo Quevedo Zornoza (1882-1964), who composed, among other works, the municipal anthem of Zipaquirá.
The flag of the institute is diagonally divided, per bend sinister, yellow-blue-white, with the institute's emblem in the middle of the blue stripe. The scroll beneath the emblem is inscribed with the institute's motto, "ALEGRIA CIENCIA Y PAZ" (Joy Science and Peace).
Source: http://www.guillermoquevedoz.edu.co/juegos-intercolegiados-del-magisterio-de-zipaquira-2014/ - Photo
Ivan Sache, 06 August 2014


Gustavo Jiménez, Institución Educativa Técnica Industrial


image by Ivan Sache, 08 September 2014

Institución Educativa Técnica Industrial Gustavo Jiménez is located in Sogamoso (Boyacá Department). The institute is named for the lawyer and politician Dr. Gustavo Jiménez, who died in September 1948 during a session of the Chamber of Representatives.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided green-white. Green is a symbol of growth, hope, commitment, and intellectual  surpassing. White is a symbol of affirmation of life, values, good practices, and firm commitment to the establishment of peace. The two colours are the symbol to technical and industrial education, which was introduced to Colombia in 1955 by the Lasallians.
Photo: http://tecnicogustavojimenez.blogspot.fr/2012/11/resena-historica-esta.html
Ivan Sache, 08 September 2014


Gustavo Matamoros D´Costa, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 15 September 2014

Institución Educativa Gustavo Matamoros D'Costa was established in 1978 in Armenia (Quindío, Department). The institute is named for General Gustavo Matamoros D'Costa (1928-1984), Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Colombia and Minister of Defence (1984).
Source: http://www.gustavomatamoros.edu.co - Institute's website
The symbols of the institute are prescribed in Article 6 of the  institute's Etiquette Guidebook. The flag is horizontally divided blue-white-green, with the institute's emblem in the middle. Blue is a symbol of deepness and confidence. White is a symbol of peace and youth. Green is a symbol of the natural environment.
The emblem of the institute is made of a shield inscribed in a ring charged with the name and place of the institute. The shield is diagonally divided. The upper part, blue, represents the water resources. It is charged with a dove holding a branch of olive, as a symbol of peace, and with two hands holding an open book, as a symbol of knowledge. The lower part, white, represents transparency. It is charged with a Quindio wax palm [_Ceroxylon quindiuense_ (Karst.) H. Wendl.], the Quindio national tree, and with a rising sun, as a symbol of light and life. The year of foundation of the institute, "1978", appears at the base of the shield. The shield is surrounded by the institute's motto, "HONOR DISICPLINA CIENCIA" (Honour, Discipline, Science).
Source: http://www.gustavomatamoros.edu.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=181 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2014


Gustavo Villa Díaz, Unidad Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 5 February 2009

"Unidad Educativa 'Gustavo Villa Díaz'" was founded in 1972, as "Colegio 'Henry García Bohórquez'", in Arauca, Department of Arauca. Renamed "Colegio 'Gustavo Villa Díaz'" on 23 February 1981, the institute was transferred from the Police department to the municipality of Arauca on 4 August 2000.
The institute is named after its founder, the policeman and educator Gustavo Villa Díaz (1944-1980).
The flag of the institute, as described on the website of the institute, is divided white-olive green by the descending diagonal.
White represents peace, purity and greatness of the institute, expressed via tenderness and work.
Olive green represents the immensity of the plains and the aspiration to progress of the students.
The flag is shown as a shield charged with a torch and a book in the white and green fields, respectively, on the emblem of the institute.
Ivan Sache, 5 February 2009