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. 

Middle Years Programme – MYP

At Gimnasio Los Pinos, our students in the middle years program seek to develop mental flexibility that allows them to solve academic and also emotional situations everyday, through the transfer of interdisciplinary learning to  everyday contexts, where students develop as part of a globalized world.

In this sense, inquiry becomes the element of the search for stimulating learning challenges that allow students to experience the thrill of discovering new ideas from knowledge acquired through personal experiences and intentions, which favor their immediate context at school, and also impact their city, their country and even the world.

The IB middle years program seeks to transform the student through learning experiences and one of the main characteristics it´s the emphasis on interdisciplinary teaching and learning, and as a consequence students are exposed to challenges in each experience, looking for them to understand the world in a complex and globalized way.

The MYP program is characterized by:

  • Allow students to use knowledge areas creatively in order to gain new understanding.
  • Develop in students a mental flexibility that prepares them to continue learning throughout their lives.
  • Foster intellectual rigor, by approaching the study of complex issues and ideas in a holistic manner.
  • Exemplify the importance of collaboration and teamwork across disciplines.
  • Facilitate and encourage the transfer of understanding to new contexts.

Two of the projects that are developed in the MYP middle years program are:

  • My personal project, where children have “the opportunity to carry out an independent and age-appropriate exploration of an area of personal interest. During the process of inquiry, action and reflection, students are
    encouraged to demonstrate and build on their ATL skills” 1
  • Community project, based on “the concept of community and service, and encourages students to explore their right and responsibility to implement service as action in the community. This project gives students the opportunity to become aware of the needs present in various communities and address them through service-learning.” 2

1. IB International Baccalaureate. (2021-2022). Guía del Proyecto Personal . Programa de años intermedios.
2. IB intenational Baccalaureate. (2021). Guía del Proyecto Comunitario. Programa de años intermedios

Programa de Diploma - PD

El Gimnasio Los Pinos es ahora un Colegio del Mundo y hace parte de una red de colegios que ofrecen los Programas del Bachillerato Internacional (International Baccalaureate) y uno de ellos es el Programa de Diploma, el cual potencializa en los estudiantes el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico, la indagación, el reconocimiento del hacer parte de una sociedad de aprendizaje identificar que a través de las diferentes culturas, sociedades y gobiernos todos somos responsables de buscar soluciones a los desafíos globales.

Los alumnos Bachillerato Internacional (IB) son reconocidos globalmente por obtener mejores resultados que alumnos de otros programas lo que los distingue cuando inician sus estudios universitarios, además de gozar de una amplia posibilidad de acceder a universidades alrededor del mundo.