Gimnasio Fontana

Gimnasio Fontana was founded in September 1986 and offers a bilingual education to nearly 700 students, grades K-12. It will be recognized in Colombia as a bilingual school which strategically undergoes change.

The school aims to have international accreditation within the next five years. It will be recognized in Colombia as a bilingual school. It has an innovative educational option that integrates the sciences and the arts, and develops creativity and critical thinking for the construction of knowledge. It educates students to be bilingual (English-Spanish) and to be proficient in a third language (French). Students in their last two years (grades 10th and 11th) select an emphasis according to their interests, abilities, and possible future studies: emphasis in philosophy and political science,emphasis in biology and chemistry or emphasis in Physics and Mathematics. In the area of Aesthetics, students in their last four years (grades eight to eleven) are able to focus in one of the following areas: music, drama, fine arts, TV and Radio production and information technology. As additional support for talented students or students with diffulties, the school is fortunate to have available a center staffed by four psycholgists, one language therapist, one resource teacher and one special needs teacher. They conduct the "Life Skills Programs" which includes: substance abuse prevention, conflict management, learning skills and carreer counseling. In order to promote positive use of leisure time the school offers the following after school activities: chorus, band, modeling clay, theatre, dance, horseback riding, swimming, soccer, basketball, volleyball, baseball, gymnastics and cheerleading.