Director:  Mr. Joseph Nagy

High School Principal:  Georgia Costalas

College Placement Counselor: Cindy Clark

H I G H    S C H O O L    P R O F I L E

HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY AND STUDENT BODY

All 33 members of the High School faculty hold university degrees; 20 hold advanced degrees.  The average number of years teaching experience is 14.  There are three counselors and one psychometrist.  The High School faculty consists of 10 North Americans, 21 Colombians and 2 of other nationalities.  The student/teacher ratio is 10:1.  The student body comprises 85% Colombians, 10% North Americans and 5% other nationalities.  Students are from the upper socioeconomic levels and all are bilingual.

GRADING SYSTEM

The Colombian Ministry of Education has mandated an evaluation system that reports student achievement measured against the objectives of a course.  At Colegio Bolivar, the student's overall achievement in a course is an average of the objectives which is reported on a scale of 0-100.  Each course has 4-8 objectives per semester and a student's achievement of each objective is reported as follows:

Objective is met with excellence (Meeting with excellence all the course objectives equals 100 for the course)

Objective is well met (Receiving well met in all the course objectives equals 87 for the course)

Objective is adequately met (Meeting adequately all the course objectives equals 73 for the course)

Objective is minimally met (Receiving minimally met in all the course objectives equals 60 for the course)

Objective is not met (Not meeting any of the objectives of the course equals 0 for the course)

Grade Equivalency

100=A+; 90-99=A; 80-89=B; 70-79=C; 60-69=D; 0-59=F, Failing

RANK/GPA/BLOCK SCHEDULING

Students are ranked at the end of six and eight semesters on the basis of their cumulative GPA of all their subjects (9/97-6/01), except religion 9 and PE 9 and 10.  New students 10-12 are not ranked.  All courses are designed to prepare students for rigorous academic work at the university level; no courses are designated as honors.  All high school courses meet for 80 minutes, five times every two weeks, for 40 weeks. 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Colegio Bolivar is dedicated to fomenting an attitude of service to the community.  Each grade carries out several activities a year with an institution to provide educational, economic or social benefit and to encourage mutual understanding.  In addition, there are permanent committees that plan short-term projects and that organize relief efforts in times of disaster or tragedy.  These activities are in addition to the social service requirement stipulated in the Colombian Law of Education. To fulfill this requirement, all students contribute 80 hours of community service.  This year's Seniors worked with students from an economically disadvantaged elementary school; They planned and carried out integration, academic and sports activities, and helped in the physical maintenance of the school.  As Sophomores, they assisted the classroom teachers at a school for the blind and deaf.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Model U.N., Green Act, Counsel, Justice Committee, Musical, Leadership, Yearbook (Kiosko), Newspaper (Tribuna), Community Service Committee, Grade Level Activities.  Sports include: soccer, volleyball, swimming, basketball, baseball.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

Juniors with a cumulative GPA of 87 become candidates for the Honor Society.  Students with exemplary scholarship, character, citizenship, service, and leadership are invited to become members.

YEAR

90-99

80-89

70-79

60-69

2000

13

37

27

3

1999

5

29

31

  4

1998

7

24

26

  1

1997

3

28

25

  8 

1996

4

20

17

19

1995

7

16

15

14

1997-2000 graduates are studying in (*) or have been accepted in these institutions

Academy of Art C.*

American U, Paris*

American U. (D.C.)* 

Babson C.*

Barnard C.

Barry C.*

Beloit C.

Bentley C.* 

Boston C.

Boston U.*

Brandeis U.*

Broward CC*

Brown U.*

Bryant C.*

C. of Charleston*

C. of William & Mary*

C. of Wooster*

Carnegie-Mellon U.

Christopher Newport C.*

Clemson C.

Creighton U.

Cornell U.*

Emerson C.*

Emory U.*

Florida Atlantic U.*

Florida Gulf Coast U.*

Florida International U.*

Florida State U.*

Fordham U.

Franklin Marshall C.

Georgia Tech*

Glion, Switzerland*

Hamilton C.*

Johns Hopkins U.*

Lake City CC*

Lakehead U., Ontario*

Lehigh U.*

Louisiana State U.*

Loyola U. (NOLA)*

McGill U., Toronto*    

McMaster, Ontario*

Mercer C.*

Miami U of Oxford

Middlesex CC*

New York U.*

North Carolina State U.

Northeastern U.*

Northern Kentucky U.* 

Oregon State U.*

Pace U. *

Pennsylvania State U.*

Philadelphia C.*

Princeton U.*

Purdue U.*

Rutgers--S.U. of N.J.*

Savannah Art & Design*

Shelton State CC*

Southeastern Louisiana*

Stanford U.

Suffolk U.*

Swarthmore C.*

Tallahassee CC*

Texas A&M U.*

Trinity U.(Texas)*

Tulane U.*

U of North Texas*

U. of Bridgeport

U. of California*

U. of Central Florida*

U. of Florida*

U. of Maryland

U. of Mass, Boston*

U. of Miami*

U. of Nebraska*

U. of North Carolina

U. of Pennsylvania*

U. of Richmond

U. of S. California

U. of Tampa*

U. of Tennessee

U. of Virginia*

U. of West Florida*

U. of Texas*

U. of Washington*

Vista CC*

Washington C.*