Colegio Rochester

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.