Colombia, Bogota
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The school provides trilingual education in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Digital classrooms are equipped with connectivity, iPads, projectors, and interactive resources that enrich teaching and learning. Computational thinking and programming are taught through ARUKAY, and the school runs an Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship program (IBEC). With more than 150 years of history, the school combines a deep academic tradition with an international vision and a commitment to Christian values and the holistic development of each student.
Panal CAB is a school news program conceived as a platform for expression, leadership, and institutional identity in which students are the protagonists. Sound CAB, the school radio, is a student-led project where students design, produce, and host content with ongoing guidance from the supervising teacher. These platforms foster expression, leadership, and creative communication within the school community. They promote collaboration and critical thinking.
Multilingual in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, strengthening global competencies and expanding academic, professional, and personal opportunities at an international level. We have established strategic alliances with prestigious institutions in the United States, Brazil, and Europe. These partnerships support international collaboration and exposure for students. The school's international outlook broadens cultural understanding and prepares students for global citizenship.
Panal CAB and Sound CAB provide student-led media and communication opportunities. Panal CAB informs, inspires, and connects students, families, teachers, and staff with events inside and outside classrooms. Sound CAB is a student-led project where participants design, produce, and host content under teacher guidance. These activities promote teamwork, creativity, and social engagement within the school community.
The school is founded on Reformed Christian principles and values. It emphasizes education grounded in Christian values and the development of the whole person. It implements the Virtuous Leadership System to form the Americanista community with character, virtue, and purpose. This leadership framework fosters leadership with character and purpose within the school and the broader family of Americanists.
The school is an international leader in implementing the Virtuous Leadership System. It shapes the Americanista community with character, virtue, and purpose. ARUKAY computational thinking and programming and the IBEC Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship program cultivate student leadership, creativity, and entrepreneurial skills. Strategic alliances with prestigious institutions in the United States, Brazil, and Europe expand opportunities for student leadership development.
Emotional Education and Affective Competencies are strengthened through the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence's RULER program. The RULER program focuses on students' social-emotional learning and wellbeing. The campus features modern digital classrooms and sports facilities, including 8-a-side and 5-a-side soccer fields, a basketball court, a coliseum, a paraninfo, and school shops. Student-led initiatives such as Panal CAB and Sound CAB provide platforms for expression, collaboration, and personal growth.
The Colegio Americano de Bogotá is a co‑educational, multilingual school in Bogotá offering a bespoke, trilingual program for students aged 3–18 in English, Portuguese and Spanish. The curriculum covers Spanish Language, Arts, Social Sciences, Technology and Computing, Natural Sciences, Environmental Education, Mathematics, Christian Education, Physical Education, Foreign Languages, Robotics and a wide range of Extracurricular Activities. The learning model emphasizes autonomous learning and the development of declarative, procedural and attitudinal knowledge. The campus spans 16,531 square meters in central Bogotá and provides eight-a-side and five-a-side football pitches, basketball courts, a coliseum, a paraninfo (auditorium) and school shops, alongside digital classrooms with iPads and interactive technology. Virtual modules are provided through a Santillana Internacional partnership; teaching is supported by BEAM, ARUKAY, UNOi and Scholastic Learning Zone. Notable programs include ARUKAY computational thinking, IBEC (Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship) and the Yale RULER emotional‑intelligence program, coupled with the Virtuous Leadership System and international alliances with institutions in the United States, Brazil and Europe for a holistic, globally oriented education.