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Colombia, Bogota
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St. Matthew School sits on a 34,208-square-meter campus north of Bogotá, with 70% of the grounds dedicated to green spaces. The campus is designed for kindergarten through grade 12 and includes 45 classrooms, four laboratories, three art studios, two music rooms, and an auditorium for 350 seats, plus two fully equipped dining facilities, two libraries, a High-Tech Center, four football pitches, and a chapel. The Grimm's Kindergarten is housed in a separate villa with age-appropriate spaces and outdoor areas for early learning. Primary facilities include a High-Tech Center for robotics and programming, and spaces for dance, music, and visual arts, along with extensive sports spaces such as football fields and multipurpose courts. Secondary facilities offer advanced classrooms, physics and chemistry laboratories, quiet study areas, tutoring rooms, and dedicated spaces for visual and performing arts, complemented by a recording studio and large outdoor sports areas.
Sports facilities include four football pitches, multipurpose courts, and expansive green spaces for team and individual sports. The preschool has a dedicated gym for motor-skill development. Primary and secondary levels benefit from extensive outdoor sports areas and courts to support physical education and after-school activities.
Classrooms are modern and equipped with the latest technology to support interactive learning. The campus includes physics and chemistry laboratories with a wide range of experiments, a High-Tech Center for robotics and programming, and dedicated spaces for visual arts, performing arts, and music, including a recording studio for radio and video production. There are two libraries and quiet study areas with tutoring rooms to support academic work.
St. Matthew's offers a broad extracurricular program with clubs and representative teams running from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Clubs include sports such as Equitation, Taekwondo, LEGO and Golf, Squash and Tennis, Football, Youth Basketball, and Children's Basketball; arts clubs include Choir, Dance, Piano, and Rock Band; and design clubs cover Ceramics, Embroidery, and Character Design. Representative teams include Football, Volleyball, Rock Band and Musical, and academic teams such as Model United Nations (SMMUN), One Globe, Technology, and French B1-B2; the school covers participation costs, with families responsible for uniforms, transport, and travel. There is also a Before School program at Grimm's from 7:00 to 8:15 a.m. for younger students.
St. Matthew School in Bogota is a private bilingual school for students aged 2 to 18. The 34,208-square-meter campus north of the city includes 45 classrooms, science laboratories, a High-Tech Center for robotics and programming, spaces for visual and performing arts, two libraries, a 350-seat auditorium, a chapel, four football pitches, and dining and study areas. The Grimm's Kindergarten operates in a separate villa with age-appropriate spaces. The school offers the Cambridge International curriculum from early years through A Levels (IGCSE and AS Levels), alongside the CBSE curriculum options. Instruction is in English and Spanish, providing a dual diploma: the Colombian high school diploma and the Cambridge International diploma. Founded in 1984 and rooted in Catholic values, it emphasises discipline, creativity and innovation. In 2017 it joined Inspired Education Group, the only Inspired school in Bogota. Extracurriculars include Model United Nations, Dance, and a French language club for students.
