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Colegio Departamental Integrado de Gibraltar was established in Gibraltar 
(Toledo) by National Decree No. 2,4999, issued on 5 December 1973. The institute 
was closed in 1982, lacking students. Colegio Departamental Integrado de 
Gibraltar was re-established by Order No. 15, issued on 3 December 1987.
Institución Educativa Gibraltar was established by Decree No. 880, issued on 30 
September 2002, as the merger of Escuela La Colonia de Gibraltar and of nine 
rural institutes (Santa Marta I, Santa Marta II, Alto Horizonte, Cubugón, 
California, Margua, Porvenir, San Pablo, and Pedraza).
Source: IE Gibraltar website
The flag of IE Gibraltar, inaugurated in A1999, was designed in 1996 by students 
of 6th grade, Magaly Bastos Rubio, Mariela Becerra, Yudith Contreras, Magoal 
Estevez, Olga García, Carlos Javier Jaimes, Sandra Patricia Machuca and José 
Angel Rinconada, supervized by Manuel Vicente Becerra Angarita, teacher in 
social sciences.
Ivan Sache, 14 June 2018
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 tranquility.
Source: 
http://gilbertoalzatea.blogspot.fr/ - Institute's blog
Ivan Sache, 01 August 2014
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/ 
 
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
image by Ivan Sache, 29 October 2018
The flag of Institución Educativa Gimnasio Calima (GIMELCA) is quartered 
green-white per saltire.
https://gidelcaenlinea.wordpress.com/rectoria/ 
GIMELCA website
 Ivan Sache, 
29 October 2018
image by Ivan Sache, 13 October 2018
IE Gimnasio del Pacífico was established in 1914 in Tuluá (Valle del Cauca 
Department) as Liceo Superior, upgraded in 1919 to Colegio Público de Varones, 
and, eventually to Gimnasio del Pacífico by Department Order No. 63, adopted on 
1 August 1933.
On the flag, the sun academically enlightens the Valle de 
del Cauca central district.
Red is a symbol of liberty and power.
The 
white fimbriations represent the ideal of integral education.
Green is a 
symbol of hope and productivity when offering an educational service of high 
quality.
http://gidelpa.edu.co/institucion.php 
School website
 Ivan Sache, 
13 October 2018
image by Ivan Sache, 19 November 2018
Gimnasio Villagrande is located in Montería (Córdoba Department).
The 
flag of Gimnasio Villagrande is horizontally divided white-green-red.
http://www.vallegrande.edu.co/contenido.php?sec=institucional/simbolos&menu=Institucional
School website
 Ivan Sache, 19 November 2018
image by Ivan Sache, 24 November 2014
Institución Educativa Técnica Agroindustrial Giovanni Cristini  
Cristini is located in El Carmen de Bolívar (Bolívar Department).
Concentración de Hogares Juveniles Campesinos was established on 8  
February 1986, and soon renamed - in July 1986 - Escuela Urbana  
Concentración Campesina Eva Sol Caballero by the institute's founder,  
Father Giovanni Cristini Cristini (d. 1998), and the institute's  
director, Marvin Torres. Concentración Escolar Giovanni Cristini  
Cristini was established by Departmental Decree no. 160 as the merger  
of Escuela Urbana Concentración Campesina Eva Sol Caballero and  
Escuela Urbana Mixta John F. Kennedy, and renamed Centro Educativo  
Giovanni Cristini Cristini by Departmental Ordinance No. 20 of 29  
November 2002.
The flag of the institute is presented in Article 2.3.2.2 of the  
Institutional Educational Project, as vertically divided green-white- 
red.
Green represents hope and the resources of the municipality.
White represents peace.
Red represents passion and willingness of people to rebuild the local  
society.
Source: http://www.institucioneducativadecaracoli.com/pei.docx
Ivan Sache, 24 November 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 11 September 2022
Institución Educativa Gómez Plata was established in Gómez Plata (Antioquia) 
by Departmental Resolution No. 1,464 issued on 20 February 2003, as the merger 
of Liceo Gómez Plata and several primary schools.
Liceo Gómez Plata was first 
established by Ordinance No. 13 issued on 7 December 1961 as Liceo de Señoritas 
(Girls' Secondary School).
http://iegp.edu.co/
School website
The flag of IE Gómez Plata is horizontally divided 
white-green-blue.
The flag was designed by student Omar Guillermo Palacio 
Yepes, winner of a contest organized in the school, who explained the meaning of 
the colors as follows:
- White and green are the colors of the flag of 
Antioquia;
- Blue is a tribute to the municipality's water resources, 
especially to very sinuous ravine Mal Abrigo that borders the school.
http://iegp.edu.co/bandera-y-escudo/
School website
 Ivan Sache, 12 December 2020
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
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
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
image by Ivan Sache, 04 October 2014
Institución Educativa Gran Colombia was established in Guadalajara de Buga 
(Valle Department) by Resolution No. 1,442 of 4 September 2002, as the merger of 
Centro Docente Gran Colombia, Centro Docente Absalón Fernández de Soto, and 
Centro Docente No. 9 Guadalajara.
The flag of the institute is described in Article 31 of the institute's 
Etiquette Guidebbok, as horizontally divided green-white-blue (1:2:1). Green is 
a symbol of work. White is the symbol of search for harmony. Blue is a symbol of 
unity.
Source:
http://institucioneducativagrancolombia.es.tl/MANUAL-DE-CONVIVENCIA.htm - 
Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 04 October 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 1 January 2021
Gimnasio Gran Colombiana is located in Tunja (Boyacá).
The flag of 
Gimnasio Gran Colombiana is horizontally divided green-white-red.
Photos
https://www.gimnasiograncolombiano.edu.co/images/GaleriaInicio/20180806_105647.jpg
https://www.gimnasiograncolombiano.edu.co/images/GaleriaInicio/DESFILE_2.jpeg 
 Ivan Sache, 1 January 2021
image by Ivan Sache, 1 January 2021
The flag is also used with the school's coat of arms in the center.
Photo
https://www.gimnasiograncolombiano.edu.co/images/GaleriaInicio/FORMACION_RR.jpeg
 Ivan Sache, 1 January 2021
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
image by Ivan Sache, 11 October 2018
Liceo Grandes Triunfadores is located in Ibagué (Tolima Department).
The flag of Liceo Grandes Triunfadores is horizontally divided white-green.
https://liceograndestriunfadores.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/liceo-grandes-triunfadores/
School website
 Ivan Sache, 11 October 2018