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Colombia, Cali
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The school has a comprehensive social and emotional learning (SEL) program focused on wellbeing, inclusion, and empathy. The Week of Well-Being emphasizes managing emotions, a sense of community, inclusion and empathy as daily practices. This initiative is aligned with the Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and addresses mental, physical, emotional, relational, and cognitive wellbeing. Activities include expert talks, promotion of healthy habits, balanced nutrition, physical exercise, mindfulness practices, and yoga. The counseling team coordinates these activities with input from teachers, the library, the music program, alumni, and families to foster a supportive community and to promote resilience and social-emotional growth as part of a holistic education.
The school has Learning Support Services that work with teachers and families to strengthen skills, overcome difficulties, and enhance talents, supporting academic and socioemotional development. The program covers foundational learning (Preprimaria to 2nd grade): attention, memory, and phonological awareness, as well as English reading and writing support (1st–5th). It also includes Mathematics understanding (1st–5th), critical thinking and deep learning, executive functions (1st–5th): self-regulation, organization, and emotional management, and English enrichment (K4–5th) plus Mathematics enrichment (2nd–5th) for advanced learners. In Middle School and High School, the program supports learning processes and study strategies such as organization, time management, comprehension, and autonomy.
The school offers a bilingual English–Spanish program to support language development for all students, including reading and writing in English and enrichment in English for advanced learners.
The school places emphasis on mental wellbeing as part of its wellbeing initiatives. The Week of Well-Being focuses on mental health, emotional health, and the development of healthy coping strategies through activities designed for every grade level. The counseling team coordinates initiatives related to social-emotional learning, including mindfulness, stress management, and resilience-building activities. The program engages administrators, teachers, the counseling department, the library, and families to create a supportive environment for students' mental health. The school aims to foster a culture of wellbeing that recognizes mental health as essential to learning and development.
The school has a Manual for the Protection of Minors. The school also maintains a Data Protection Policy outlining how personal information is collected, stored, and used in compliance with privacy regulations.
Colegio Bolívar is a Cali-based school offering a bilingual program from preprimary through high school. The Preprimary curriculum follows the Ontario framework with a play-based, bilingual approach that develops inquiry, communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking. Grades 2–5 use a Deeper Learning model, emphasizing reading and writing alongside science, math and technology, with English instruction and integrated arts, music, dance and physical education. Middle School provides bilingual program that prepares students for Colombian Bachillerato and U.S. High School Diploma, with class sizes up to 22 and electives like art, robotics, video production, Model UN, AI and video game design. High School offers a double diploma, AP courses, AP Capstone and Senior Project, and college guidance for SAT/ACT/TOEFL/ICFES. 14-hectare campus includes science and technology centers, Fine Arts and Science Center, library, a sports complex and outdoors. Core values include Respect, Integrity and Social Commitment, guiding graduates to universities worldwide and beyond.
