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Colombia - Education Institutes Flags (S) - Part 8

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  • Part 1 (Sabio Caldas - Salesiano San Juan Bosco)
  • Part 2 (Samper Uribe - San Antonio)
  • Part 3 (San Bartolomé - San Diego)
  • Part 4 (San Felipe - San Isidro)
  • Part 5 (San José)
  • Part 6 (San Juan - San Lorenzo)
  • Part 7 (San Luis - San Martin)
  • Part 9 (San Patricio - San Rafael)
  • Part 10 (San Sebastian- San Vicente)
  • Part 11 (Santa Ana - Santa Clara)
  • Part 12 (Santa Emilia - Santa Lucia)
  • Part 13 (Santa Maria - Santa Rosa)
  • Part 14 (Santa Teresa - Santa Teresita)
  • Part 15 (Santiago - Santo Ángel)
  • Part 16 (Santo Domingo - Sarid)
  • Part 17 (Sebastian - Silvino Rodríguez)
  • Part 18 (Simon BolĂ­var - Sinai)
  • Part 19 (Sincelejo - Soledad)
  • Part 20 (Sor Josepha - Susana)

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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, chaste 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