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Colombia, Barranquilla
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The school has a Dress Code with Nido uniforms, a Daily Uniform, a Physical Education Uniform, and Accessories.
The school uses a four-house system. Students are allocated randomly to a house at enrollment, and younger siblings join the same house when they enroll. The four houses are EGETES (Green) — Leadership; ΟΙΚΙΑ (Red) — Family; GNOSIS (Yellow) — Knowledge; and POLITEIA (Blue) — Biculturism.
Altamira International School is a family-owned non-profit corporation. The Shareholders Assembly is the supreme governing body responsible for appointing and evaluating the Director, ensuring the financial viability of the institution, and directing its general policies.
Altamira International School, located at Km 10 via Puerto Colombia highway, Atlántico, Colombia, offers an American Curriculum for Pre-Primary through Secondary. It is an international community with bilingual instruction in Spanish and English and an intercultural ethos that supports global perspectives. The curriculum complies with Colombian regulations and aligns with the U.S. Common Core, with French introduced in secondary. PRAE integrates Environmental Education with Problem-Based Learning to connect learning with real-world issues. The campus includes physics, robotics, and fabrication laboratories, a library opened in 2004, a cafetorium and new administrative offices in 2019, and the Antonio Ruiz Angulo Coliseum (2009). After-school programs feature volleyball, football, basketball, coding and robotics, music, and the arts. Clubs focus on Arts and Creative, Cultural and Language, and Community and Service. AIS Life emphasizes well-being and leadership, and the House System fosters collaboration and school spirit. The school prepares students to be globally competitive leaders.
