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Our History
Colegio Guillermo Ponce de Leon was founded on October 1959, under the name of Colegio Levapan, by the businessman Guillermo Ponce de Leon Paris. Ever since this Colombian entrepreneur established the national yeast company, LEVAPAN S.A., his wish was to create a school for the less favored social classes, especially for children who are outcasted by the violence undergoing in Colombia.
1959
2009
2019
By mid-1959 a group of low-income children, as well as children of different employees from Levapan, were selected by a census with the main goal of offering them high quality education. This is how the first group of 35 students started to make history.
In the year 2009, with 50 years of educational history, the former Colegio Levapan, becomes Colegio Guillermo Ponce de Leon, and begins to be seen as a more independent educational project whose aspirations are not only to benefit the children and grandchildren of the Levapan plant´s employees, but also the children of surrounding neighborhoods.
In the year 2013, the need to move the school to a bigger and more adequate space arises, and it is at this moment, when is necessary to implement high school and broaden the curriculum due to the change in needs of the community and the world in general. We then began to dream about graduating the best bilingual students of the region.
To this date, the school has graduated more than 1500 primary students, the results of the national evaluations SABER place us on an excellent level being a competitive school, not only in the region but also in the nation.
VISION
The Colegio Guillermo Ponce de Leon, formerly named Colegio Levapan, will be a community that trough innovation and leadership can impact positively its environment. To attain this goal, it will seek quality certification and it will emphasize the development f bilingualism scientific and humanist thought, providing the students with the necessary tools to face the challenges in our society.
MISSION
The Colegio Guillermo Ponce de Leon, shapes solidary, responsible and creative students, fomenting the development of their intellectual and humanistic capabilities.
Principles and Institutional
Values
Freedom:
Acting thinking about their own welfare, that of others, that of the foundation, that of society in general, materializing their status as an autonomous moral subject.
Commitment:
Acting with a sense of belonging, participating actively to contribute to the achievement of the Mission, Vision and strategic objectives of the COLEGIO GUILLERMO PONCE DE LEON, performing its functions in a disciplined responsible manner, with a sense of duty and a positive attitude of service and collaboration.
Respect:
Act with prudence, considering others with the same limitations, potential and own rights. Tolerate differences and strive for good interpersonal relationships, ensuring that these favor the optimal development of work activities. It also incorporates an appreciation for the environment, its care and the observation of behaviors to preserve and dignify it.
Professionalism:
Perform responsibilities in an excellent, competent and impartial manner,always in permanent function of continuous improvement, with vocation and dedication to exceed the expectations of external and internal clients.
Honesty:
Act with rectitude, honesty and truthfulness in each and every one of the acts of life, to proceed in accordance with rules and values accepted by society as good principles.
Solidarity:
Cooperate to achieve the objectives proposed by the school and also provide support in the face of adverse circumstances that arise at the personal, work or community level.
Transparency:
Show coherence between what is thought, felt, said and done in a conscientious way by conviction and not by convenience.
Loyalty:
Take responsibility for the trust that has been deposited and honor all confidential information to which access has been granted. Work always towards the interests and good image of the school.
Effectiveness:
Achieve the objectives and mission of the school efficiently and effectively, with the highest quality, under the best method, at the lowest cost and in the shortest possible time.
Justicia:
Act under the principles of equality and equity to guarantee a dignified treatment to both internal and external clients.
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