Levels Offered – Colegio Liceo Moderno

This is the early childhood education stage offered at our school. It includes the Toddler, Pre-K, Kindergarten and Transition grades.

This stage combines care and nurturing with academics: as children go through their first stages of exploration and discovery, they also build academic skills in early reading, writing and mathematical thinking.

From this level on, children take English, ICT and robotics, subjects that are part of our institutional educational project. In short, we meet the goals of Preschool education in Colombia as set out in the General Education Law:

• Awareness of their own body and its possibilities for action, as well as the development of their identity and autonomy.

• The harmonious and balanced growth of the child, in a way that supports motor development, school readiness and motivation for reading and writing, and for solving problems involving mathematical relationships and operations.

• The development of creativity and of age-appropriate skills and abilities, as well as their capacity to learn.

• Spatial and temporal orientation and the exercise of memory.

• Participation in play-based activities with other children and adults.

• The development of habits in eating, personal hygiene, cleanliness and order that build awareness of the value and importance of health.

This stage covers grades 1 through 5. We aim for our children to strengthen their academic skills through autonomy and the use of technology tools.

Through our academic activities, we pursue the goals set out in the General Education Law.

• To provide a general education through critical and creative access to scientific, technological, artistic and humanistic knowledge and its relationship to social life and nature, so as to prepare students for the higher levels of education and for their participation in society and the workforce.

• To develop communication skills for reading, understanding, writing, listening, speaking and expressing oneself correctly.

• To broaden and deepen logical and analytical reasoning for interpreting and solving problems in science, technology and everyday life.

• To foster knowledge and understanding of the national reality in order to strengthen the values of Colombian nationhood, such as solidarity, tolerance, democracy, justice, social harmony, cooperation and mutual support.

• To encourage interest in and positive attitudes toward research.

• To foster social, ethical and moral education and other values of human development

This stage covers grades 6 through 8. Our students become more independent and build their knowledge through research, practice and experience.

Knowledge in technology must be firmly established so that in high school they can begin producing digital content. We meet the goals of the General Education Law:

• The development of the ability to understand texts and to correctly express complete oral and written messages in Spanish, as well as to understand, through systematic study, the different elements that make up the language

• The appreciation and use of the Spanish language through literary expression in Colombia and around the world.

• The development of logical reasoning skills through mastery of numerical, geometric, logical, analytical and set systems, operations and relationships, and their use in interpreting and solving problems in science, technology and everyday life.

• Progress in the scientific understanding of physical, chemical and biological phenomena through the comprehension of laws, the formulation of problems and experimental observation.

• The development of positive attitudes toward understanding, valuing and conserving nature and the environment.

• Understanding the practical dimension of theoretical knowledge and the theoretical dimension of practical knowledge, and the ability to apply it to solving problems.

• An introduction to the more advanced fields of modern technology and training in disciplines, processes and techniques that enable students to perform a useful social role.

• The scientific study of national and world history aimed at understanding the development of society, and the study of the social sciences with a view to analyzing current social conditions.

• The scientific study of the universe, the Earth, its physical structure, its political division and organization, the economic development of countries, and the diverse cultural expressions of peoples.

• Education in the exercise of duties and rights, knowledge of the Political Constitution, and international relations.

• Artistic appreciation, aesthetic understanding, creativity, familiarity with the various means of artistic expression, and knowledge, appreciation and respect for artistic and cultural heritage.

• Understanding of and the ability to express oneself in a foreign language.

• An appreciation of health and of the habits related to it.

• The critical use of different types and forms of information, and the pursuit of new knowledge through one's own efforts.

• Physical education and the practice of recreation and sports, participation in youth organizations, and the healthy use of free time.

At our school, upper secondary education begins in 9th grade, when our students increase their academic hours with emphasis subjects such as web development, a capstone project and entrepreneurship.

In this stage we seek to develop not only autonomy and initiative in our students, but also leadership, creativity and innovation, so that their knowledge can contribute to the academic and technological growth of humanity. We meet the goals of the General Education Law

• In-depth study of a field of knowledge or a specific activity according to the student's interests and abilities.

• In-depth study of advanced knowledge in the natural sciences.

• The integration of research into the learning process, both in the laboratory and in relation to the national reality, in its natural, economic, political and social aspects.

• The development of the ability to study a field of knowledge in depth, according to the student's potential and interests.

• Involvement in social and community development and organization programs aimed at solving social problems in their surroundings.

• Fostering the student's awareness of and responsible participation in civic activities and social service.

• The ability to reflect critically on the many aspects of reality and to understand ethical, moral and religious values and those of living together in society.

• Fulfillment of the goals of basic education contained in item b of Article 20, item c of Article 21, and items c, e, h and ñ of Article 22 of this law.