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Valle, Colegio Diocesano Gimnasio Central del

image by Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004

Colegio del Espíritu Santo was established on 28 November 1957 in Buga (Valle Department) by the Marist Brothers, led by Friar José Bolaños Rodríguez. The building of the school was supported and funded by several notables of the town, led by Alejandro Domínguez Molina. Classes started on 13 October 1958. On 25 March 1968, Narciso Cabal Salcedo retired from the direction of  Gimnasio Central del Valle, which he offered to the corporation that ruled Colegio del Espíritu Santo. The Clerics of San Viator, a congregation established in 1838 by Louis Querbes, were granted the management of the institute from 1968 to 1972. Later on, the institute was ran jointly by the corporation and by the Diocese of Buga; on 23 June 1994, the institute was renamed Colegio Diocesano Gimnasio Central del Valle and fully transferred to the Diocese.
Source: http://www.gcv.edu.co/ - Institute's website
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-white-green. Yellow is a symbol of the human, intellectual, and spiritual resources  of the students, and of the whole educational community. White is a symbol of peace and healthy social interaction to be maintained inside the whole educational community, and of the spiritual purity provided by God. Green is a symbol of aspiration of the students to integral education  and personal excellence, as well as of permanent love and preservation of the natural, historical, and cultural environment.
Source: http://www.gcv.edu.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=8 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 14 September 2014


Valle de Tenza, Institución Educativa Técnica

image by Ivan Sache, 18 November 2014

Institución Educativa Técnica Valle de Tenza is located in Guateque (Boyacá Department). The institute is named for the Tenza Valley, which spreads over the Boyacá and Cundinamarca Departments. Colegio Departamental Femenino Valle de Tenza was established by Departmental Decree No. 195 of 6 March 1963. The institute was renamed Colegio Nacionalizado Valle de Tenza in 1999 and Colegio de Educación Básica y Media Técnica Valle de Tenza by Resolution No. 1,774 of 10 June 1998. Institución Educativa Técnica Valle de Tenza was eventually established by Resolution No. 1,829 of 26 July 2002 as the merger with Concentración Urbana Alianza.
The symbols of the institute are described in the Institute's Educational Project as follows.
The flag is horizontally divided green-red-white. The green stripe symbolizes faith and the aspiration of the youth to  the emergence and increase of integrity, respect, order, honesty, loyalty, efficiency and responsibility in the institute's classrooms. The red stripe recalls that life is a sacrifice and that the achievement of goals requires relentless struggle and work. The white stripe means the purity of the deep and imponderable souls, minds and hearts coated with inextinguishable virtues and skills.
The emblem was designed by the teacher José Antonio Salas. The diagonal white stripe is inscribed with the institute's motto, "CIENCIA Y VIRTUD" (Science and Virtue). The upper quarter is red with an open book and a quill, while the lower quarter is green with an oil lamp. The white bordure of the emblem is inscribed with the name of the institute and of the town.
Source: http://www.tecnicavalledetenza.edu.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33&Itemid=22 - Institute's website
The flag in actual use is charged in the middle with the institute's emblem.
Photos: http://www.tecnicavalledetenza.edu.co/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=detail&catid=1:fotografias-50-anos&id=8:67241020033356323730233332288n&tmpl=component&Itemid=7 
http://www.tecnicavalledetenza.edu.co/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=detail&catid=3:dia-del-boyacensismo&id=131:p02-10-130754&tmpl=component&Itemid=7 
Ivan Sache, 18 November 2014


Valle del San Jorge, Gimnasio

image by Ivan Sache, 3 January 2021

Gimnasio Valle Del San Jorge (GIVASAJ), established in Planeta Rica (Córdoba) by Omaira Esther Díaz Zapa, was approved by Resolution No. 12 issued on 26 January 2005.

The flag of GIVASAJ is horizontally divided green-blue-green.

https://givasaj.edu.co/2020/02/simbolos-institucionales-2
School website
Ivan Sache, 3 January 2021


Valle, Universidad del

image by Ivan Sache, 30 December 2008

Translation from Universidad del Valle (Cali, Valle del Cauca) website <www.univalle.edu.co>:
"The Valle University adopts a flag design possessing as a basic feature a great symbolic force, giving red as a representative color. The flag design shows three equal-sized vertical bars, in order: red, white, red; representing the three basic activities of the University: Teaching, Research and Extension.  In the central white bar the Logo is placed in red. The flag must be used in every important events for the University as one of its representative symbols".
Carlos Thompson, 27 May 2003

The logo of the university, shown on the flag, is presented on the university website as follows. "The logo is inscribed in a perfect square with an inner structure made of nine square modules forming the symbolic element "UV", which appears inverted in relation with the square and colour scheme in which it is inscribed.
The logo is complemented in its lower part by the name of the institution, in Helvetica Bold font, placed above a thin red horizontal stripe aimed at forming a stable, vertical rectangle."
Ivan Sache, 30 December 2008


Valledupar, Fundación Colegio Bilingüe de

image by Ivan Sache, 09 July 2011

"Colegio Bilingüe de Valledupar" is located in Valledupar (Cesar Department).
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically on the institute's website, is horizontally divided blue-white-red. The colors represents Valledupar, England and the USA, as well as the two official languages of the institute, English and Spanish.
Source:  http://www.colegiobilingue.edu.co/web/simbolos.htm
The flag is indeed the same as the flag of Valledupar.
Source: co-cesva.html
Ivan Sache, 09 July 2011


Valledupar, Institución Educativa Mayor de

image by Ivan Sache, 11 March 2017

Institución Educativa Mayor de Valledupar was established on 14 February 2011 in Valledupar, Cesar 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 - Institute's website

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided blue-white-golden yellow with the institute's emblem in the center.
http://www.colegiosminutodedios.co/valledupar/index.php/quienes-somos/nosotros/simbolos - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 11 March 2017


Vallegrande, Gimnasio

image by Ivan Sache, 3 January 2021

Gimnasio Vallegrande was established in Montería (Córdoba) in 1981 by José Arcelio Garcés and Rafaela Luisa Begambre.

The flag of Gimnasio Vallegrande is white-green-red.

http://www.vallegrande.edu.co
School website
Ivan Sache, 3 January 2021


Varones Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, Escuela Urbana de

image by Ivan Sache, 15 November 2010

Escuela Urbana de Varones Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, located in Chinácota (Department of Norte de Santander), was founded, as Escuela Pública de Varones , on 29 January 1908 by Eliseo Delgado and Antonio Bautista. In 1913, the Municipal Council (Decree No. 5) granted a plot where the new Escuela Modelo de Varones would be built and the required funding; the new building was inaugurated on 10 January 1914. Subsequently changed to Escuela de Varones No.1. (1931) and Grupo de Varones Antonio Ricaurte (1942), the name of the institute was restored to Escuela Modelo de Varones in 1952. In 1960, it was renamed for President of the Republic Mariano Ospina Rodríguez (1857-1861), whose government supported educational institutes in Colombia.
The flag of Escuela Urbana de Varones Mariano Ospina Rodríguez is described on the institute's website as horizontally divided light blue-white-green, with dimensions 1.50 m x 1.75 (that is, proportions 6:7). Light blue means the nobleness of the children's' spirit and triggers reflection, and evokes as well the immensity of the sky and the sea. Considered as a cold color, blue keeps a strong force, tranquillity and freshness that pushes to the background the negative feelings of sadness, depression and loneliness. White, the color of the central stripe, symbolizes the purity of the children's' spirit, evoking both the  children and their teachers; it is also the symbol of peace. Green, the color of the third stripe, means hope that the alumni will be future contributors of a new, better homeland. Designed by Alicia Rubio de Durán, Edgar Emiro Lemus, Hermelina Buitrago de Camacho and Nancy Camacho Buitrago, the flag was hoisted for the first time on 11 November 1989, during the opening ceremony of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the institute.
http://www.chinacota.com/ESCUELA%20MOR/ESCUELA%20MOR.html
Ivan Sache, 15 November 2010


Veintiséis de Marzo, Institución Educativa

image by Ivan Sache, 13 September 2022

I.E. Veintiséis de Marzo was established in 2002 as the merger of Instituto Veintiséis de Marzo, Concentración La Esperanza, Concentración Plan 82 and Concentración Los Alcázares.

The flag of I.E. Veintiséis de Marzo is horizontally divided red-white-gray.
Red is a symbol of self-confidence, courage and optimist perception of life.
White, as a symbol of purity, enlightens the emotions, thoughts and spirit of the educational community.
Gray means the influence of the community on the institute, self-sufficiency and self-control.
Ivan Sache, 13 September 2022


Venecia, Colegio

image by Ivan Sache, 26 June 2014

Colegio Venecia is located in the Venecia borough, part of the municipality of Tunjuelito (Capital District).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-blue with the institute's emblem in the middle. White is a symbol of liberty, peace and purity. Blue is a symbol of justice, truth and loyalty.
Source: http://www.colegiovenecia.edu.co/index.php/simbolos/bandera - Institute's website
The emblem of the institute is made of a shield shaped according to the heraldic Hispano-American tradition. The eagle represents the New Kingdom of Granada and the town of  Santafé de Bogotá; the eagle means that the institute directly depends  of the Secretariat of Education of the Bogotá Special District. The  eagle is a symbol of liberty, activity and swiftness. The book is a symbol of humanities, sciences and technology. St. Mark's lion with an halo and an open book, here St. Mark's Gospel, are the symbols of the town of Venice. The institute adopted the  symbol of Venice to highlight friendship with the town of Venice, to  indicate open-mindedness to universal culture, and to recall the Christian heritage. The lion is a symbol of power, vigilance and  protection.
Blue is a symbol of justice, truth and loyalty.
Black is a symbol of firmness, rigor, rectitude and prudence.
Gold is a symbol of light, constancy and knowledge.
Silver is a symbol of integrity and self-control.
Green is a symbol of hope, friendship, respect and service.
Red is a symbol of fight, strength and joy
Source: http://www.colegiovenecia.edu.co/index.php/simbolos - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 26 June 2014


Venecia, Institución Educativa Departamental

image by Ivan Sache, 07 August 2014

Institución Educativa Departamental Venecia is located in Venecia (Cundinamarca Department).
The flag of the institute is vertically divided green-white-green with the institute's emblem in the middle.
Source: http://ievenecia.blogspot.fr/2012/11/himno-colegio-venecia-normal-0-21-false.html - Institute's blog
Ivan Sache, 07 August 2014


Versalles, Institución Educativa

image by Ivan Sache, 08 July 2011

"Institución Educativa Versalles" (INEVE) originates in "Liceo Anexo Versalles", a secondary seat of "Liceo Tomás O. Eastman" founded on 15 March 1974 (Decree No. 352) in the village of Versalles, Santa Bárbara (Antioquia Department). Subsequently known as "Concentración Educativa Versalles", the institute was renamed in 1996 "Colegio Versalles". It took its current name on 25 October 2002.
The flag of INEVE is described on the institute's website as horizontally divided blue-white-green. Blue means nobleness, loyalty, watch, as well as the highest sky above the mountains. White means purity, integrity, obedience, firmness, watch, eloquence, innocence and virginity, as well as the clouds covering the mountains and separating the sky from the green mountains. Green represents hope, abundance, liberty, faith, friendship, service and respect, as well as the local vegetation and agriculture.
The symbols (flag and emblem) were designed by Juan Carlos Cardona Corrales, Willian Fernando Cardona Corrales, Marco Aurelio Castañeda Suaza, Luz Mery Corre Quirama (d.), Dora Luz Quintero Serna and Martha Elcy Rios Rendon. The symbols (including the anthem) were officially inaugurated in October 1986.
Source: http://www.ineve.edu.co/simbolos
Ivan Sache, 08 July 2011


Versalles, Institución Educativa Comunal de

image by Ivan Sache, 07 September 2014

Institución Educativa Comunal de Versalles (IECOV) was established in Magangué (Bolívar Department) by Departmental Ordinance No. 20 of 29 November 2002, as the merger of Concentración Educativa Comunal de Versalles, Concentración Mixta Barrio Sur, Concentración Mixta Ezequiel Atencio Campo, Preescolar Municipal Ilusión, Escuela Municipal Mixta Costa Azul, and Escuela Municipal Buenos Aires.
The flag of IECOV is horizontally divided yellow-white-green. Yellow is a symbol of energy supplied by the sun, honour, loyalty, originality, and intelligence. White is a symbol of light, peace, perfection, and safety. Green is a symbol of harmony, as the colour of natural environment, of growth, fertility, freshness, hope and renovation.
Source: http://www.iecov.edu.co/simbolos.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 07 September 2014