INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

We are part of the 52 schools belonging to the World International Baccalaureate in Colombia.

Focused on preparing our students for an international scenario with full knowledge of their faculties and abilities as human beings.

IB LEARNING COMMUNITY PROFILE

The fundamental objective of the International Baccalaureate (IB) programs is to promote an international mindset that, aware of the condition that uses them as human beings and the responsibility they share to look after the planet, contribute to creating a better and more peaceful world.

Gimnasio Los Pinos is an International Baccalaureate World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy: a commitment to quality and rigorous international education that we consider important to our students.

MISSION STATEMENT

The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

MISSION STATEMENT

The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

* Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programs: the Primary Years Program (PYP), the Middle Years Program (MYP), the Diploma Program (PD) or the Professional Guidance (POP). The applicant college category does not guarantee that the college will obtain authorization. To learn more about the IB and its programs, visit http://www.ibo.org

International Curriculum

Our Gimnapino students access an educational model with international educational excellence throughout their school life, from preschool to eleventh grade.

We are part of a network of the best schools in the world

We are part of the 52 schools that have IB in Colombia. As members of the International Baccalaureate community, we are part of a network of the best schools in the world.

Access to the best universities in the country and abroad

The IB facilitates access to the best universities in the country and abroad, with the possibility of homologate subjects and receiving important scholarships.

Training of citizens of the world

Training of children, autonomous, with critical thinking, with a global vision and the best skills to be citizens of the world and contribute to the construction of society

We are a school of
world International Baccalaureate

We train citizens of the world, prepared under an educational model that guarantees international educational excellence

At Gimnasio Los Pinos we believe in the infinite potential of children

We are a school:

  • Calendar A, mixed.
  • Bilingual with international Cambridge certifications and academic IELTS Certification. 
  • With French as a third language.
  • We have an exclusive program for the Development of Talents in Arts, Music, Sports, Sciences, Humanities and Entrepreneurship. 
  • With double degree program.
  • With a spectacular high-level campus with: 4 sports arenas, 5 brick dust tennis courts. 
  • Unique musical conservatory in Latin America.
  • We have spacious, biosecure facilities and beautiful green areas. 
  • Prime location.

As members of the IB learning community, we strive to be:

reflective

Check here our policies of:

Educational inclusion policy
Evaluation policy
Linguistic politic
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Primary Years Programme - PYP

Gimnasio Los Pinos School belongs to the International Baccalaureate Organization. Offers and teaches the Primary Years Programme that is present in more than 101 countries, in addition to this it is the only Calendar A school to have this type of pedagogical approach.

Through relevant, stimulating and meaningful learning experiences, the school develops different skills that allow us to relate to our environment, encouraging creativity, curiosity and social learning through inquiry.

Gimnasio Los Pinos aims to generate students capable of reflecting on their own learning and on the world that surrounds them, generating actions that contribute to the development of the community to build a better world. 


Applicant school to the
Middle Years Program - MYP

Gimnasio Los Pinos is an MYP applicant* school and wishes to obtain authorization to be an IB World School.
IB World Schools share a common philosophy: a commitment to a quality and rigorous international education that we believe is important to our students.
 
*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization, can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Program (PYP), the Middle Years Program (MYP), the Diploma Program (DP) or the Vocational Guidance (POP). The applicant school category does not guarantee that the school will obtain authorization.
For more information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org/es/

Diploma Programme - DP

Gimnasio Los Pinos is now a world School, it is now part of a network of schools that offer the International Baccalaureate Programs and one of them is the Diploma Program which enhances the development of critical thinking in students, the inquiry, the recognition of being part of a learning society and identifying that through different cultures, societies and governments we are all responsible for seeking solutions to global challenges.  

International Baccalaureate (IB) students are globally recognized for obtaining better results than students from other programs, which
distinguishes them when they start their university studies, as well as having a wide possibility of accessing universities around the world.