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Colombia, Bogota
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The facilities are built on a single floor to facilitate movement for students. The campus has more than 120,000 square meters of gardens, green areas, and sports fields. It includes eight football fields and three covered coliseums, with a total of more than 60 sports venues. The grounds emphasize green spaces and outdoor environments for learning.
The campus has substantial sports facilities, including eight football fields and three covered arenas. There are more than 60 sports venues on site. The environment includes extensive green spaces on campus. These spaces support both organized team sports and individual athletic activities.
Classrooms are equipped with large screens to visualize content and support teaching dynamics. Physics and Chemistry labs have interactive boards that enable a variety of teaching resources. The school has four fixed technology rooms and two mobile classrooms to facilitate computer-based learning. The Germán Arciniegas Library is a learning and research hub with collections across all knowledge areas and supports IB programs (PYP, MYP and DP).
The Department of Student Well-being offers more than 18 extracurricular activities across sports, arts, culture, and technology. Activities run from September 2025 to May 2026. Each student may choose and participate in a single extracurricular activity. Examples include basketball, volleyball, football, Teqball, LEGO, Robotics, Experiments, Programming, Plastilina, BMX, Preballet, Pretaekwondo, Gymnastics, Mini-chef, Initiation in music, Skateboarding, and Chess, among others.
Gimnasio del Norte International School is a bilingual IB World School in Colombia for students aged 3–18. It delivers the IB continuum (PYP, MYP, DP) with emphasis on the IB learner profile and inquiry-based learning. Diploma examinations are externally assessed and can be taken in Spanish, French or English; the DP requires the Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and CAS, and a minimum of 24 points. Founded in 1977 by Principal Director Ricardo Pérez Arciniegas, the school has grown with IB partnerships. The campus comprises 120,000 square metres of gardens and sport facilities, including eight football fields, three covered arenas and over 60 venues, plus green spaces for outdoor learning. The IB-aligned language policy makes Spanish the mother tongue and English an additional language taught from age seven, with English integrated across the curriculum. Extracurricular activities include robotics, music and chess, such as MADD Show and a school radio initiative.
