Colegio Rochester

Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia. The campus sits on Autopista Norte at Km 15, with access via Avenida 7a, in Vereda Fusca. The area is part of the Bogotá metropolitan region.

Prekindergarten through Twelfth Grade (ages 4–17).

Co-educational, multilingual school with international accreditation.

The school has a Center for Wellbeing with professionals in psychology, occupational therapy, medicine, and orthopedics, plus a chaplain. It includes a Coordinator of Learning Development (Decree 1421) since August 2020, and offers Learning Development support and Therapies for Therapeutic Needs.

Catholic (optional) – the program supports faith development with optional First Reconciliation and First Communion.

Transportation is offered with multiple routes by distance (less than 13 km; up to 18 km; 18–22 km; more than 22 km). Route times can be monitored in real time via the OnTrack app; billing is monthly from August to June via a Davivienda Diners agreement; there is a Transport Coordinator and a Transport Director.

Colegio Rochester is a coeducational, multilingual school with a Calendar B (August to June). The curriculum emphasizes learning through relationships and collaboration to develop the competencies, attitudes, and values useful for life, along with social-emotional development. Students develop fully bilingual abilities in English and Spanish, including listening, reading, speaking, and writing. The program covers mathematics for problem solving, and develops skills in music, visual arts, dance, and theatre, with integrated motor coordination to optimize learning. Students develop scientific thinking using the natural and social sciences and computing to solve real‑world problems, and there is a focus on service to others with optional Catholic sacraments. University preparation spans eight semesters, with English proficiency targets at C1-C2 for TOEFL IBT international admissions, Portuguese CELPE-BRAS or French DELF-DALF at B2-C1, Saber 11 A+, and a capstone project in eleventh grade.

8 students per teacher.

A+ on the Saber 11 national exam.

The school is a coeducational, multilingual institution with a Calendar B (August to June). Our educational model is based on friendly and collaborative relationships, focused on the development and use of knowledge across multiple areas useful for life and the world, such as healthy holistic living, biodiversity conservation, promoting social equity, and happiness. Our top-priority goal is that every student feels safe and loved, learns all that is expected, and that parents perceive this.

The school aims for students to be happy.

1. Request Contact: Request contact by clicking 'Contáctame' in the left-hand menu. 2. Apply for Admission: Apply online by signing in to rochester.openapply.com/parents/sign_in and completing the Admission Form under 'Student Details', then click 'DILIGENCIAR FORMULARIO DE ADMISIÓN'. Have ready the following documents in electronic format: Birth certificate (PDF), résumé (PDF), applicant photo (JPG, white passport background), and photographs of both parents (JPG, white passport background). 3. Attend an interview, pedagogical activity: Attend a one-hour interview for both parents. The applicant will participate in a pedagogical activity (or the Transition to 7th grade exam) simultaneously. Applicants coming from Santa Barbara Preschool to Prejardín do not have to attend the pedagogical activity. 4. Accept the Seat: Accept the seat once the school assigns it, all within the admissions platform. 5. Enroll: Enroll the student on the assigned date virtually. 6. Inspiring and Happy Parenting Workshop: Attend the Inspiring and Happy Parenting Workshop for both parents before the start of the school year. Grade Equivalency: Grade equivalency is as follows: Prejardín — Prekindergarten, 4 years; Jardín — Kindergarten, 5 years; Transición — First Grade, 6 years; Primero — Second Grade, 7 years; Segundo — Third Grade, 8 years; Tercero — Fourth Grade, 9 years; Cuarto — Fifth Grade, 10 years; Quinto — Sixth Grade, 11 years; Sexto — Seventh Grade, 12 years; Séptimo — Eighth Grade, 13 years; Octavo — Ninth Grade, 14 years; Noveno — Tenth Grade, 15 years; Décimo — Eleventh Grade, 16 years; Undécimo — Twelfth Grade, 17 years. We focus the Skills on: • Interact politely and productively with colleagues. • Develop fully bilingual skills in English and Spanish, when listening, reading, speaking and writing. • Use mathematics to solve narrated problems. • Develop skills in music, visual arts, dance and theater. • Integrate motor skills, hearing and vision for optimal visual learning. • Swim in the four styles and practice common sports for optimal physical development. • Develop scientific thinking by using knowledge of natural, social and computational sciences to solve real problems. • Develop a sense of service toward others, strengthen your relationship with God, and optionally make the sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Communion. We focus the Skills on: • Prepare for university with an eight-semester curriculum. • Develop level B2-C1 in Portuguese (CELPE-BRAS) or French (DELF-DALF). • Develop C1-C2 in English certified by the TOEFL iBT for international admissions. • Solve real-life problems with advanced levels in biology, chemistry, sustainability, physics, programming and design in computers, algebra, trigonometry, statistics, calculus, systems thinking, philosophy, history, geography, economics, citizenship and the Colombian constitution. • Develop leadership skills in service through sustainability projects and, optionally, confirm Catholic faith. • Implement an eleventh-grade capstone project that is investigative and useful to the community and related to the student's life project. • Develop advanced skills in a sport and an art sub-area among options such as aquatic sport, basketball, volleyball, soccer, toning, singing, an instrument, visual arts, theater and dance. • Obtain level A+ on the Saber 11 national exam.