OUR MISSION

The mission of The Columbus School is to develop a multicultural and bilingual academic community of responsible, self-directed, critical thinkers with a global perspective, encouraging respect and community awareness through American and Colombian curricula.

OUR VISION

The Columbus School will become one of the leading multicultural bilingual schools in Latin America based upon academic innovation and development, integrity and life-long learning as stepping stones towards finding solutions for the betterment of all.

OUR BELIEFS

• Student learning and personal development guide all school policies and decisions.
  
  
• Education is a process of shared responsibility and commitment between the student, the family and the school, taking place in an atmosphere of freedom of beliefs and diversity of thought.
  
  
• Students demonstrate high standards in English and Spanish in a bilingual program that promotes the knowledge, appreciation, and integration of world cultures.
  
  
• Students fully develop their skills in a challenging academic environment, which gives them opportunities to solve problems and produce work utilizing complex reasoning in order to succeed in higher education and be lifelong learners.
  
  
• Students’ physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs are met through instructional practices which incorporate technology and a variety of activities for different learning styles.
  
  
• Teachers teach, assess, and report according to established standards and benchmarks.

OUR VALUES

• Community: The determined commitment to seek the common good.
• Honesty: Thinking, speaking, and acting with coherence and dignity.
  
• Innovation: The orientation toward new and more effective methods, strategies and systems.
  
• Learning: Personal growth through knowledge and experience.
  
• Respect: Recognizing, accepting, and valuing myself, others, and the world around us.
  
• Responsibility: Understanding, assuming, and fulfilling our commitments and goals.