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Sabio Caldas, Gimnasio

image by Ivan Sache, 1 January 2021

Gimnasio Sabio Caldas was established in 2000 in Bogotá.

The school's name ("Wise Caldas") refers to the naturalist and politician Francisco José de Caldas (1768-1816), who supported the independence and was executed by the Spanish troops.

The flag of Gimnasio Sabio Caldas is horizontally divided blue-green (4:1) with the white emblem of the school in the center.
Blue represents the sky, and the youth's ideas and illusions.
Green represents the natural environment, enthusiasm, calm and peace.
The emblem represents a lively, running student.

https://sabiocaldas.edu.co/el-sabio/nuestros-simbolos/bandera
School website
Ivan Sache, 1 January 2021

image by Ivan Sache, 1 January 2021

The flag is also used without the emblem.

Photo
https://i0.wp.com/sabiocaldas.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0535.jpg?w=1500&;ssl=1
Ivan Sache, 1 January 2021


Sacrado Corazón, Colegio del

image by Ivan Sache, 05 January 2009

"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 All the relevant Decrees were superseded on 25 November 1978 by Decree No. 17518 recognizing all the sections of the institute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


Sady Tobón Calle, Escuela Normal Superior

image by Ivan Sache, 31 October 2014

Escuela Normal Sady Tobón Calle was established in El Cerrito (Valle Department) by the parish priest, Sady Tobón Calle. Classes started on 8 February 1960 in a house owned by Cristóbal Duarte. On 20 April 1960, the parish priests of San Miguel, Miranda, Carcasí, and Capitanejo asked the Bishop to close the school, arguing that Father Tobón had initiated it only for his own enrichment and that education given there was impious and against the Christian religion, aiming at increasing the number of Liberals in the area. The Bishop visited the school during the next two days and deemed the accusations against Tobón null and voided.
Jairo Pimiento Traslaviña, appointed director of the institute in 1992, was murdered in a terrorist attempt on 2 December 1993. The institute was renamed Escuela Normal Superior Sady Tobón Calle by Resolution No. 9,026 of 12 October 2001; Father Sady Tobón Calle died on 17 January 2004 in Medellín.
The flag of the institute, adopted in 1962, is horizontally divided white-green with the institute's emblem, placed on a white disk, in the middle. White is a symbol of joy and aspiration to peace. Green is a symbol of hope.
The emblem of the institute is an heart-shaped shield, with the same colours as the flag, but arranged transversally. The upper part is white, a symbol of transparency, peace, and verity, and charged with the Greek letter "Α" and "Ω", which represent the presence of God, the beginning and end of everything, in all our acts. The lower part is green, charged with a human figure in a dynamic attitude, wrapped inside the Colombian tricolor and bearing an Olympic torch, and with an open book, as a symbol of science and pedagogic knowledge.
The shield has a black bordure charged with the name of the institute and the name of the municipality (at the top) in golden yellow letters. Beneath the shield is a scroll or inscribed with the motto "DIOS CIENCIA CARIDAD" (God Science Charity) inscribed in black letters. The original design of the shield was modified in 2001, following the initiative of Jaime Hugo Pulido, director of the school.
Source: http://ensadytobon.wordpress.com/about/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 31 October 2014


Sagrada Familia de Nazaret, Centro Educativo

image by Ivan Sache, 03 November 2014

Centro Educativo Sagrada Familia de Nazaret (CESFN) was established in Bogotá by the Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a congregation founded in 1874 by St. Josep Manyanet Vives (1833-1901; canonised on 16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II)
The flag of the institute is dark blue with the institute's emblem in the middle. Dark blue is the colour of the student's uniform in all educational institutes established by the Missionary Daughters of Nazareth. The emblem of the institute features:
- a snow-topped mountain representing Mount Teide, the highest mountain in Spain, meaning that you always have to go up to the top to reach excellence;
- a torch, as a symbol of triumph and accomplishment:
- the name of Nazaret written in the heavens.
Source: http://www.colegionazaret.edu.co/2014/index.php/nuestro-colegio/emblemas - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 03 November 2014


Sagrada Familia, Institución Educativa

image by Ivan Sache, 3 January 2021

Institución Educativa Sagrada Familia is located in Apía (Risaralda).

The flag of IE Sagrada Famimlia is horizontally divided yellow-blue with the school's emblem in the center.

Photo
https://www.facebook.com/Institución-Educativa-Sagrada-Familia

Yellow represents intellectual, moral, social and religious resources
Blue represents limpidity and brightness, virtue, purity and symphony, rectitude and constancy, peace, calm and serenity.

The star is a symbol of knowledge and intellectual resources.
The open book is a symbol of mind, life, proper personality; each page of the book or of the student's life shall be sealed with the motto "Virtue and Science". The ray emitted y the star illuminate the book, permanently open.

https://www.sagradafamiliaapia.edu.co/trans_contratos.html
School website
Ivan Sache, 3 January 2021


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, Escuela Normal Superior

image by Ivan Sache, 30 October 2014

Escuela Sagrado Corazón was established on 4 February 1920 in Chita (Boyacà Department) by Emilio Larquere. He was succeeded in 1923 by José María Potier, who changed the name of the school to Liceo Sagrado Corazón para Señoritas. The school was renamed Escuela Normal Sagrado Corazón in 1956. Closed in 1960, the institute was re-opened in 1962, as Colegio Sagrado Corazón, renamed Escuela Normal Nacional Mixta Sagrado Corazón in 1980.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-green. White is a symbol of peace. Green is a symbol of aspiration to a better future.
Source: http://escuelanormalsuperiorchita.jimdo.com/simbolos/bandera/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 30 October 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


image by Ivan Sache, 13 May 2021

Colegio Salesiano Maldonado is located in Tunja (Boyacá).
The flag of Colegio Salesiano Maldonado is dark green, a symbol of hope and friendship, charged in the center with the school's coat of arms.
The coat of arms, designed by teacher Boidi, emphasizes the Salesian ideal. The radiating star, the big anchor and the burning heart represent the theological virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity.
school website
Ivan Sache, 13 May 2021


Salesiano San Juan Bosco, Colegio

image by Ivan Sache, 26 July 2018

Colegio Salesiano San Juan Bosco is located in Dosquebradas (Risaralda Department).

The flag of Colegio Salesiano San Juan Bosco is horizontally divided green-white.
Green is a symbol of joy and optimism.
White is a symbol of excellence.

http://www.salesianosjb.edu.co/web2/index.php/instiutcional/menu-options/manual-de-convivencia
Manual de Convivencia
Ivan Sache, 26 July 2018


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 Agustín, Colegio

image by Ivan Sache, 24 September 2018

Colegio San Agustín was established in 1956 in San Agustín borough, Facatativa (Cundinamarca Department), by Carlos Julio Cárdenas Villamizar, Ismael Carvajal and Alejandro de la Torre. In 1980, the school was taken over by Martínez Ltda., a company founded by Raúl Heráclito Martínez Sánchez, Myriam Gladis Martínez, Adiela de González, Carmen Fabiola Martínez de Yomayusa, Amanda Martínez, Carlota Martínez de López and Gloria Elsy Martínez.
http://www.colegiosanagustinfacatativa.edu.co/
School website

The flag of Colegio San Agustín is divided blue-green by an ascending diagonal white stripe.
Green, the image of the natural environment, represents aspiration to growth, youth, friendship, community service and ecological awareness.
White, a symbol of purity, represents transparency, mind clarity, perceptiveness, truth and rectitude.
Blue represents intelligence, joy, adolescence, felicity, loyalty, honor and spiritual maturity.
http://www.colegiosanagustinfacatativa.edu.co/simbolos.html#bandera
School website
Ivan Sache, 24 September 2018


San Agustín, Institución Educativa

image by Ivan Sache, 25 September 2014

Escuela San Agustín was established on 8 October 1888 in Popayán (Cauca Department) by Sister Antoinette Lafay, member of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, a congregation founded in 1633 by St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660; canonized on 16 June 1737 by Pope Clement XII) and St. Louise de Marillac (1561-1660; canonized on 11 March 1934 by Pope Pius XI). Concentración Escolar San Agustín was established in 1955. Lacking staff, the Sisters of Charity had to abandon the management of the institute in 1998. His Grace Iván Antonio Marín, Archbishop of Popayán, commissioned the Sisters of the Charity of St. Ann, a congregation founded by María Rafols (1781-1853) and Juan Bonal (1769-1829), to take over the institute.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-green. White is a symbol of faith and purity. Green is a symbol of honour, friendship, and courtesy.
Source: http://sanagustinpopayan.edu.co/index.php/component/content/category/9-institucion - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 25 September 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 counter-colored. 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 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 Andrés Apóstol, Colegio Parroquial

image by Ivan Sache, 3 January 2021

Colegio Parroquial San Andrés Apóstol bwas established in Fontibón Centro, Bogotá, by the Fundación Educativa Santiago Apostol.

The flag of Colegio Parroquial San Andrés Apóstol is divided white-red-blue from the lower hoist to the upper fly, charged in the center with the school's coat of arms inscribed in a white oval.
White represents light, knowledge and wisdom.
Red represents sacrifice, force and commitment to great causes.
Blue represents liberty and presence of love via Jesus.

In the center of the coat of arms is placed a white escutcheon portraying Apostle St. Andrew bearing his cross.
In the first and third quarter, the five breads and the two fish, respectively symbolizes St. Andrew as the master of solidarity*.
In the second and third quarters, the red and blue stripes recall the school's colors. Red symbolizes St. Andrew's martyr. Blue symbolizes glory achieved for having offered his life for Jesus' love.
Gold symbolizes sanctity.
The Cross of Saint James symbolizes union with the Fontibón diocese.

https://fesa.edu.co/colegio-parroquial-san-andres-apostol
School website

*John 6:8-9 : "Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"

Ivan Sache, 3 January 2021


San Andrés de Tumaco, Liceo

image by Ivan Sache, 12 March 2017

Liceo San Andrés de Tumaco was established in 2014 in Tumaco, Nariño Department, by Corporación Educativa Minuto de Dios, a corporation founded in 1958 by Father Rafael García Herreros Unda (1909-1992), which manages 24 educational institutes all over Colombia.
http://www.colegiosminutodedios.co/tumaco/index.php/ - Institute's website

The flag of the institute is white with a green border and the institute's emblem in the center. The emblem of the institute is made of the municipal emblem of Tumaco, with added writing, "LICEO SAN ANDRÉS / DE TUMACO" (top) and "MINUTO DE DIOS" (bottom).
http://www.colegiosminutodedios.co/tumaco/index.php/quienes-somos/nosotros/simbolos - Institute's website
Ivan Sache
, 12 March 2017


San Antonio de Padro, Institución Educativa

image by Ivan Sache, 14 June 2018

Institución Educativa San Antonio de Padro (SADEP) was established by Departmental Resolution No. 16,348,adopted on 27 November 2002, as the merger of Escuela Carlos Betancur Betancur, Escuela Manuel María Mallarino, Liceo San Antonio de Prado, and Sede Rural Potrerito.
Source: SADEP website

The flag of SADEP is horizontally divided green-white-yellow. Green represents aspiration to a better future in a democratic, fair and peaceful country; respect for nature and environment. White means peace. Yellow represents the sun as a source of life and abundance.
Source: SADEP website
Ivan Sache, 14 June 2018


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