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Sacrado Corazón, Colegio del


image by Ivan Sache,

"Colegio del Sacrado Corazón" (of the Sacred Heart) was founded in Baranquilla in 1956. The different sections of the institute were progressively recognized by the Ministry of National Education. All the relevant Decrees were superseded on 25 November 1978 by Decree No. 17518 recognizing all the sections of the institute
The flag of the institute, according to photos and the description available on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided red-white-red.
Red represents the love burning in the sacred heart of Jesus. White represents the purity of the Christian doctrine.
Ivan Sache, 5 January 2009


Sagrada Sabiduria, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 25 July 2014

Colegia Sagrada Sabiduria (Sacred Knowledge) is located in Soledad (Atlántico Department).

The flag of the institute is white with the institute's emblem in the middle.

The emblem of the institute is a shield vertically divided blue-red and bordered in red. In the middle is placed a white, open book surmounted by a yellow rising sun and flanked by two white hands. The shield is surrounded by two green wreaths.
http://colegiosagradasabiduria.edu.co/?page_id=20 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 25 July 2014


Sagrado Corazón de Jesús - Bethlemitas, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 9 January 2004

The flag of the College is white with two red triangles in the upper left and lower right corners. Red represents the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 January 2004


Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de La Salle, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 8 November 2010

Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de La Salle, located in San José de Cúcuta, Department of Norte de Santander, was founded on 3 June 1903 by Father Pablo Alegria. The institute is managed by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, founded by St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle.
The flag of Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de La Salle, as shown graphically on the institute's website, is horizontally divided yellow-olive green. Yellow represents light and wisdom. Olive green represents hope. The same colors are used on the institute's coat of arms.
Ivan Sache, 8 November 2010


Sagrados Corazons, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 6 July 2014

Colegio Sagrados Corazons was established in 1950 in Florencia (Caqueta Department) by the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, founded in 1868 by the Italian nun Eugenia Ravasco (1845-1900; beatified on 27 April 2003 by Pope John Paul II).

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided celestial blue-pink. Blue and pink are the colours of the cloak and of the tunica of Mary Help of Christians.
http://www.sagradoscorazones.edu.co/site/simbolos/gestion-directiva/simbolos.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 6 July 2014


Salazar y Herrera, Institución Educativa Liceo


image by Ivan Sache, 22 September 2014

Colegio San Pascual Baylon, located in the parish of América, part of the town of Medellín (Antioquia Department) was closed in 1944 by its founder and director, Alfonsos Lopera Lopera. In December 1944, several "important and influent" inhabitants convinced the recently appointed (6 October 1944) parish priest, José Betancur Campuzano, to push the establishment of a parish school. His Grace Joaquín García Benítez (1883-1958), Archbishop of Medellín (1942-1957) allowed in 1945 the priest to establish Liceo Salazar y Herrera. The new school was named for His Grace Tiberio de Jesús Salazar y Herrera (1871-1942), Archbishop of Medellín (1937-1942), known as the "Education's Archbishop", founder of Escuela Normal Antioqueña para Señoritas and of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.
Source: http://www.salazaryherrera.edu.co/ - Institute's website
The flag of the institute, adopted in 1964, is horizontally divided blue-white-red. Blue is a symbol of value, audacity, and intrepidness. White is a symbol of purity. Red is a symbol of nobleness, majesty, and serenity.
Source: http://www.salazaryherrera.edu.co/es/Liceo/Institucional/Simbolos - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 22 September 2014


Samper Uribe, Liceo


image by Ivan Sache, 24 September 2014

Liceo Samper Uribe was established in 1967 in Sibaté (Cundinamarca Department) by Gustavo Quijano Velandia, as Gimnasio Frances Honorato de Balzac. The institute was renamed Liceo Samper Uribe the next year, as a tribute to the contribution of the Samper and Uribe families to the socio-economic development and establishment of the municipality of Sibaté.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided emerald green-white-yellow, with a red triangle placed along the hoist. The triangle is a symbol of harmony and perfection. Green is a symbol of hope.White is a symbol of purity. Yellow is a symbol of splendour and joy. Red is a symbol of life, youth, and vigour.
Source: http://www.liceosamperuribe.com/joomla/index.php/colegio/simbolos - Institute's website
Photos:
http://www.liceosamperuribe.com/joomla/index.php/galeria/image?view=image&format=raw&type=orig&id=109
http://www.liceosamperuribe.com/joomla/index.php/galeria/image?view=image&format=raw&type=orig&id=110
http://www.liceosamperuribe.com/joomla/index.php/galeria/image?view=image&format=raw&type=orig&id=64
Ivan Sache, 24 September 2014


San Alberto Magno, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 26 June 2014

Colegio San Alberto Magno (COLSAM) was established on 5 December 1974 by the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in the San Luis borough of Barranquilla (Atlántico Department).
The college is named for St. Albertus Magnus (1206-1280; canonized on 16 December 1931 by Pope Pius XI), a German Dominican friar considered as the greatest German philosopher and theologian of the time.
The flag of the institute, as seen on several photos available on the institute's website, is horizontally divided yellow-red-white with a triangle horizontally divided black-white placed along the hoist.
http://www.colsam.edu.co/web/images/phocagallery/2012/210entregasimbolos/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_img_0438.jpg 
http://www.colsam.edu.co/web/images/phocagallery/2013/30anos200/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_dsc_0036.jpg 
 


image by Ivan Sache, 26 June 2014

Another flag is shown graphically and described in great detail on the  institute's website. This flag is horizontally divided black-red-yellow with a half-star faceted white and black placed along the hoist. The flag is based on the national flag of Germany, the country of St. Albert the Great. The black and white star recalls the coat of arms of the Order of Preachers, founder and manager of the institute. Black and white are the colours of the cloak of the Friars Preachers; black, absorbing light and colours, is a symbol of contemplation, while white, projecting and reflecting them, is a symbol of predication. White and black are the expression of the fraternal kiss of the Colombian Caribbean race, which struggles for peace and the eradication of all kind of racial, political and religious discrimination. Red is a traditional symbol of love and sacrifice, which initiate evangelical compassion in the institute's college. Yellow is a symbol of the Gospel's light that enlightens the man's life. Yellow and red recall the sandy ravines of the town, which was awarded the title of Colombia's Golden Gate.
Source: http://www.colsam.edu.co/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=92 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 26 June 2014


San Antonio de Padua, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 28 March 2009

"Institución Educativa 'San Antonio de Padua' " (IESAP) was founded in 1906 by Próspero Restrepo at Támesis, Department of Antioquia. Originally named "Colegio de San Antonio", the institute was successively renamed "Liceo Alejandro Próspero Reverend" (1952), "Liceo Regional Alejandro Próspero Reverend" (1961) and "Liceo Regional Rafael J. Méjía" (Decree No. 1415, 28 September 1966). IESAP was officially founded on 7 February 2003 (Decree No. 865) as the merger of "Liceo Regional Rafael J. Méjía", "Escuela Eladia Mejía González" and "Preescolar Mis Amiguitos".  
The flag of IESAP, as shown graphically on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided green-blue-red with awhite triangle placed along the hoist.
It was presented, together with the emblem of the institute, during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the institute, held on 14 August 2006.
Ivan Sache, 28 March 2009


San Antonio María Claret, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 26 June 2014

Colegio San Antonio María Claret was established on 12 October 1959 in Cali (Valle del Cauca Department) by the Congregation of Missionaries Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians).
The Claretians, a congregation founded on 16 July 1849 by the Catalan priest Anthony Mary Claret (1807-1870; canonized on 7 May 1950 by Pope  Pius XII), settled in Cali in 1951.
The flag of the institute is garnet red with a yellow triangle placed along the hoist and reaching the mid-fly. Garnet red is a symbol of strength, commitment, passion, desire and  love.
Yellow is a symbol of the sunlight, joy, felicity, cleverness and energy.
Source: http://www.colegioclaret.edu.co/simbolos.html
Ivan Sache, 26 June 2014


San Agustin, Institucion Educativa Distrital


image by Ivan Sache, 30 October 2011

"Institucion Educativa Distrital San Agustin" was founded in 1970 in Bogotá.
The flag of the institute is diagonally divided blue-white-red with the institution's emblem in the middle.
Blue symbolizes intelligence, truth and knowledge. White symbolizes aspiration to peace and social development. Red symbolizes passion, love, action and triumph.
The emblem was selected in a contest opened to students and professors in art. The emblem is horizontally divided yellow-red with an eight-pointed star all over; the rays of the star are countercolored. The ray pointing to the north is charged with an open black book charged with the white letters "SA" (for "San Agustin"), while the ray pointing to the south is charged with the black symbol of atomic physics (a black nucleus surrounded by three black ellipses representing electron's orbits). The ray pointing to the west is charged with a black G-clef, while the ray pointing to the east is charged with the Olympic rings.
In the middle of the sun is a yellow disk, separated from the rays by blue pentagons. The disk is charged with a light blue crescent and a girl and a boy wearing the uniform of the institute. The emblem is surrounded by a blue ring charged with the name of the institute, written in white capital letters.
Source: http://fr.calameo.com/read/0004137826eea57ba4c75
Ivan Sache, 30 October 2011


San Benito de Tibatí, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 26 July 2014

Colegio San Benito de Tibatí was established in Bogotá by the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). On 6 August 1960, Luis Concha Córdoba, Archbishop of Bogotá, welcomed four monks - Lawrence Wagner, Frederic Mundt, Anselm Ruelle and Adrian Mundt - from the abbey of the Assumption, Richardton, North Dakota (US). They were invited by the archbishop to contribute to the improvement of Catholic education in Bogotá. The four monks established Colegio San Carlos, where classes started in February 1961. On 15 September 1963, the foundation of the priorate of Tibatí was approved. The priorate was named for a Chibcha word meaning "Joy of the Lord". In February 1969, the priorate was allowed to teach novices. Under the guidance of Father Valeriano Oldermann, the monks of Tibatí purchased the plots surrounding Colegio San Carlos and established Colegio San Benito de Tibatí. Classes started on 12 February 1979.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-dark blue. Yellow is a symbol of valour and spiritual force, of equity and  felicity, and of joy and common life in harmony. Blue is a symbol of academic skills, magnanimity, and truth.
Source: http://www.csbt.edu.co/Simbolos_Institucionales_CSBT.php - Institute's website
Ivan Sache
, 26 July 2014


San Bartolomé, Institucion Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 16 August 2014

Institucion Educativa San Bartolomé (INESAB) was established on 28 October 1965 in Córdoba (Nariño Department) by the parish priest Remigio Nicolás Narváez Benavides. Classes started on 25 December 1965.
The flag of the institute is white with the institute's emblem in the middle. White is a symbol of purity and rectitude.
The emblem of the institute is made of three concentric circles. The central circle features a torch pointing to the north. As a guide and source of light, the torch is a symbol of truth, liberty and personal education guided by perseverance, audacity and adventure. The torch is supported by the Bible, a symbol of the search for truth. The middle circle is charged with a cross symbolizing struggle, force, and spiritual triumph. Light emerges from the cross of Christ, as the eternal light of transcendency, resurrection, and redemption.The external circle is charged with the writing "HOC SIGNO VINCIS" (should be "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES" / In This Sign You Will Conquer) and "STO VIR" (Should be "ESTO VIR" / "Be a Man"), which form the essence of the institute's philosophy. Red is a symbol of love, courage, and spiritual highness.Yellow is a symbol of light and knowledge.
Source: http://iesanbartolome2012.blogspot.fr/2012/11/quienes-somos.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 16 August 2014


San Bartolomé, Institución Educativa Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 07 July 2011

"Institución Educativa Colegio San Bartolomé" is located in San José de Cúcuta (Cúcuta Department).
The flag of the institute, as shown on the institute's blog, is horizontally divided blue-white-red.
Source: http://colsanbartolome.blogspot.com/2009/08/escudo-del-colegio.html
Ivan Sache, 07 July 2011


San Buenaventura, Universidad de


image by Ivan Sache, 6 February 2010

Flag of Universidad de San Buenaventura is based on <www.usb.edu.co>.
Dov Gutterman, 3 June 2001

The flag is horizontally divided orange-black. The website says that orange stands for youth, creativeness and intelligence, and black for sobriety, rigour and academic excellence.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Colegio de San Buenaventura was founded at the end of the 17th century in Santa Fé de Bogotá by the Franciscan Order; on 5 November 1861, Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera ordered the suppression of all the religious communities from the national territory and closed the old college. Universidad de San Buenaventura (USB) was refounded on 14 June 1961 in Bogotá (main seat), sections being subsequently founded in Medellín (1966), Cali (1970) and Cartagena (1994).
Source: USB website.
Photos of the flag: Bogotá - USB main seat, Medellín section, Cartagena section (Album "Auditorio", picture #10 and last).
The university's website shows a drawing of the flag charged with the university's seal in the middle, which is not supported either by the description of the flag or photographical evidence.
Ivan Sache, 6 February 2010


San Carlos, Liceo


image by Ivan Sache, 04 August 2014

Liceo San Carlos is located in Cajica (Cundinamarca Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided blue-green.
Source: http://liceosancarlos.edu.co/emblemas.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 04 August 2014


San Cristóbal, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 06 August 2014

Institución Educativa San Cristóbal was established in April 1966 in Medellín (Antioquia Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided red-green with the institute's emblem in the middle. Red is a symbol of love, optimism, cooperation, and harmony. Green is a symbol of faith, projection, hope, admiration, and love for the natural environment.
The emblem of the institute shows on a white background a book symbolizing science and aspiration to learn. The cover of the book is diagonally divided into two parts coloured like the flag. The book supports a torch hold by two hands, meaning union, integration, fraternity, and aspiration to surpassing. Beneath the books is the writing "CIENCIA Y DEMOCRACIA" (Science and Democracy) in bold black letters, surmounting the writing "ECOLOGÍA - ÉTICA - TRABAJO" (Ecology - Ethics - Work) forming an arch. The whole is inscribed in a green ring. The outer border of the emblem, limited by a red ring, is inscribed on top with the institute's name, "I.E. SAN CRISTÓBAL" and on bottom with "LIDERANDO PROCESOS DE CRECIMENTO HUMANO" (Leading the Processes of Human Growth).
Source: http://www.iesancristobal.edu.co/index2.php?id=4151&idmenutipo=734&tag= - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 06 August 2014


San Diego, Colegio Campestre


image by Ivan Sache, 16 December 2008

"Colegio Campestre San Diego" was founded in Chia on 12 February 1994, succeeding the "Liceo San Diego" of Bogotá.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the institute's website, is dark red with two right-angle triangles placed along the hoist and a blue Greek letter "alpha" near the hoist. The triangles form a wide perspective on which is projected the "alpha" symbol.
The colours suggest that the power of love (red wine red) and the depth of life, shown in the sky and the sea (blue), converge at the infinite and feed the permanent retroalimentation of hope and empathy with the natural environment (green).
Ivan Sache, 16 December 2008


San Francisco de Asís, Real Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 9 November 2010

The St. Francis of Assisi Royal College was founded in 1662, as part of the Popayán Seminary, founded by the Jesuit father Francisco Fuentes, the Dean Francisco Vélez de Zúñiga and the Bishop of Popayán Francisco de la Serna y Rimaga Salazar, and officially approved on 4 October 1643 by King of Spain Philip IV. After the expelling of the Jesuits by Charles III in 1767, the institute was managed for a few years by the Dominicans, the Jesuits being reinstated in 1783 and expelled again in 1850 by General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera's government. In 1869, the Bishop Carlos Bermúdez decided to reorganize the Seminary and obtained from Pope Pius IX its allocation to the Lazarists. On 2 February 1881, Fathers Gustavo Foing and Juan Bautista Rieux arrived in Popayán; the Lazarists would manage the Seminary until 1942, when the Seminary and the College were separated. The college was renamed Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, eventually closed in 1953. In April 1963, the St. Francis of Assisi Royal College was restored by the Association of the Ex-Alumni of the college, that granted its management to the (Lazarist) Congregation of the Mission.
The flag of Real Colegio San Francisco de Asís, as shown on the institute's website, is horizontally divided white-red. White represents purity, dignity, justice, zeal, truth, perseverance, gratitude, kindness, good faith, joy and peace. Found in the highest points of the natural environment, on top of the mountains and in the clouds, it symbolizes high aspirations and noble ideas. Red is the color of sacrifice, blood and life, heroism, patriotism and courage.
The flag should be used in all ceremonies held in the institute, together with the national, departmental (Cauca) and municipal (Popayán) flags, and placed on the honor place, left.
Source: http://www.sanfranciscodeasispopayan.edu.co/op2/bandera.htm
Ivan Sache, 9 November 2010


San Francisco de Tuluá, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 30 June 2014

Colegio San Francisco was established on 5 October 1935 in Tuluá (Valle Department) by the Franciscan Fathers, as Escuela San Francisco de Asís. Centro Comercial de Educación Media San Antonio de Padua was established on the same site on 22 September 1935.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided blue-yellow-blue. Blue is a symbol of heavens. Yellow is a symbol of spirituality.
Source: http://www.colegiosanfranciscotulua.edu.co/simbolos.html
Ivan Sache, 30 June 2014


San Francisco I La Casona, Institución Educativo Distrital

"Institución Educativo Distrital San Francisco I La Casona" was founded 36 years ago in Bogotá.
The flag of the institute, according to a photo available on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided blue-yellow-green (1:2:1) with the emblem of the institute in the middle.
The emblem of the institute was designed by Ferney Peña in 2005.
Ivan Sache, 27 January 2009


San Francisco, Institución Educativa Departamental


image by Ivan Sache, 22 September 2014

Institución Educativa Departamental San Francisco is located in the village of San Francisco, part of the municipality of Junín (Cundinamarca Department). San Francisco had its first school established in 1910, in a informal manner. Escuela El Pino was built in 1922; another school for boys was built in 1933. Escuela de Buenos Aires and Escuela de Santa Rosa were established in 1960 and 1966, respectively. Colegio Basico de San Francisco was established by Resolution No. 742 of 19 August 1999. Institución Educativa Departamental San Francisco was eventually established by Resolution No. 4,451 of 19 October 2005.
The flag of the institute is divided red-blue by a thin white saltire. Red represents our own blood and our working and valiant people. Blue represents heavens and hope.
Source: http://www.actiweb.es/inedesanfra/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 22 September 2014


San Isidro, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 19 July 2014

Institución Educativa San Isidro was established in El Espinal (Tolima Department) by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian School (Lasallians). The Lasallians settled in El Espinal on 7 January 1918; Escuela Superior de Artes was inaugurated on 4 February 1918. The institute was transformed in 1924 into Colegio San Isidro, named for St. Isidore of Seville (560/570-636).

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided green-red.
http://edufanny.wordpress.com/ - Institute's blog
image by Ivan Sache, 19 July 2014


San José de Las Vegas, Colegio


image by Eugene Ipavec, 3 February 2009


image by Eugene Ipavec, 3 February 2009

Colegio San José de Las Vegas (Las Vegas' St. Joseph School) is located in Medellin, in an avenue called Las Vegas, hence its name.
The flag is based on image from an álbum of alumni on Facebook called "LAS VEGAS ´98 MEDELLIN".
Tha flag is described (in Spanish) at <www.sanjosevegas.edu.co>.
E.R., 3 February 2009

The description and symbolics seem to indicate horizontal stripes instead of vertical:
"The flag is made of three horizontal stripes blue, white, and blue with the shield of the institute in the middle.
Blue symbolizes the highness and depth of the institute's philosophy.
While represents the commitment to be authentic and accurate. White, between the blue of the sky and the blue of the sea, represents the human being between highness and depth.
Ivan Sache, 3 February 2009


San Juan Bautista de la Salle, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 13 April 2009

"Colegio San Juan Bautista de la Salle" is the successor of "Colegio San Luis Gonzaga", founded on 23 January 1887 at  Zipaquíra, Department of Cundinamarca, by parish priest Uldarico Camacho.
The flag of the institute, as shown on several colour photos, is vertically divided yellow-blue-green. It is also shown graphically and described on the institute's website.
Yellow symbolizes the resources provided by the Lasallist education.
Blue symbolizes the depth and transcendance of the education.
Green represents the hope for the Colombian society provided by the education.
Ivan Sache, 13 April 2009


San Juan Bosco, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 28 June 2014

Colegio San Juan Bosco was established on 24 November 1962 in the borough of Bélen (Medellín). The institute is named for St. John Bosco (1815-1888; canonized on 1 April 1934 by Pope Pius XI), the founder of the Salesians of don Bosco.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-blue. White is the symbol of the union of all colours and of integrity. Blue is a symbol of the infinity of the sea and of the sky, reflecting a pure heart.
Source: http://www.csanjuanboscobelen.edu.co/index.php/simbolos-institucionales
Ivan Sache, 28 June 2014


San Juan Bosco, Institución Educativa Municipal


image by Ivan Sache, 11 November 2010

Institución Educativa Municipal San Juan Bosco, located in Pasto (Department of Nariño), was founded on 17 October 1935.
The flag of Institución Educativa Municipal San Juan Bosco, as shown graphically on the institute's blog, is horizontally divided blue-white. Blue represents the horizon and is the Marian color; it represents  also life and respect for water, to be valued and preserved. White represents peace, the possibility of writing history through discussion of all our opinions in search of the truth.
Source: http://sanjuanboscoedu.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/simbolos-institucionales/
Ivan Sache
, 11 November 2010


San Juan del Camino, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 15 December 2008

"Collegio San Juan del Camino" was founded in Bogotá in 1980 by Martha and María del Rosario Bermúdez.
The flag of the institute, shown as a graphic and described on the institute's website, is horizontally divided blue-red-blue with the coat of arms of the institute in the middle.
The coat of arms of the institute, shown as a graphic and described on the institute's website, uses the colours of the institute, with the following meaning:
- Yellow: God's light, the power and brightness of knowledge
- Blue; Equity and peace - Green: Natural environment
- Red: Vitality and energy
- White: Transparency
- Black: Depth and correctness
The name of the institute is written in yellow capital letters on the green border, itself outlined in blue, of the shield.
Three green diagonal stripes placed in the two upper corners represent the steps to climb to reach his own objectives.
In the middle of the shield, a dove placed on a yellow sun represents the aspiration to higher ideals, lit by God's light.
Two green stripes placed on the sides of the shield represents the ecological equilibrium, the fundamental role of the natural environment in the human development and the progress of the spirit of the students.
The two interlaced hearts placed in the point of the shield symbolize the compromise to be found with Colombia.
Ivan Sache, 15 December 2008


Part II