Cra. 2 Este No.70-20 Bogotá, Colombia - www.cng.edu
CEEB/ACT Code 925440
SCHOOL PROFILE 2022-2023 DIRECTOR: Dr. Eric H. Habegger HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: Ms. Mary West HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE COUNSELORS Ms. María Lucía Puerta - Ms. Anna Stewart - Mr. Matthew Johnson E-mail: mlpuerta@cng.edu - E-mail: anna.stewart@cng.edu - Email: matthew.johnson@cng.edu School Telephone: 57601-212-3511 | FAX: 57601-211-3720
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Colegio Nueva Granada is a private, co-educational day school founded in 1938 to provide students (K4 - 12) with a U.S.oriented, college-preparator y education. CNG is accredited by Cognia/AdvancED and the Colombian Ministr y of Education. The school year begins in August then ends in June and this year’s enrollment was 1646. The student body is international consisting of 45% Colombian, 16% U.S., 15% dual (U.S.-Colombian), 15% dual (Other-Colombian) and 9% from other countries. There are a total of 49 nationalities at CNG. All classes are taught in English except Colombian social studies, Spanish, French, and Mandarin. The average class size in high school is 11, and the maximum class size is 23 by policy. CNG does not provide class rank. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BODY Currently, there are 419 students enrolled in the high school, the Sophomore class 100, and the Freshman class 104. Both the U.S. High School and the Colombian Bachillerato program School diploma. Additionally, eighty three percent (83%) of the Class of 2022 received a Colombian Bachillerato diploma. Ninety-nine percent (99%) of graduates go on to university studies. CLASS OF 2022 UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT DATA 6% 21%
44%
CURRICULUM Courses at CNG are college preparator y. CNG consistently places in the highest categor y, A+, on the ICFES SABER 11 Formal Advanced Placement courses and 9 PreAP courses. ceptance by the AP teacher. AP subjects include Art History, Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Comparative Government, Computer Science, Computer Science Principles, English Language, English Literature, Environmental Science, European History, French Language, Human Geography, Physics C: Mechanics, Psychology, Seminar, Research, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Statistics, Studio Art 2D, Studio Art 3D, Studio Art Drawing/Painting, United States Histor y, World History. AP HIGHLIGHTS •
29%
Study in USA Study in Colombia
Study in other countries university of choice
Of the class of 2022, 7% chose to defer their college entrance either for a semester or a year.
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90% of students in grades 10-12 are enrolled in one or more AP classes CNG students took 747 AP Exams in 2022 81 students received AP Scholar Awards 26 of these received AP Scholar with Distinction Award 21 received International Diploma 17 received AP Scholar with Honor Award 29 received AP Capstone Diplomas and 20 received AP Seminar Research Certificates
Ministerio de Educación Nacional República de Colombia
MID 50% SAT SCORES
CODE OF HONOR COUNCIL
YEAR
EBWR
MATH
TOTAL
# OF TEST TAKERS
2022
530 - 650
530 - 660
1060 - 1330
101
2021
540 - 640
560 - 620
1090 - 1240
73
2020
548 - 670
520 - 680
1058 - 1320
108
reporting to universities, when pertinent or required, based on the CNG Honor Code and its established criteria.
GRADE DISTRIBUTION CLASS OF 2023
* 87% of our students are non-native English speakers. * 9% of our students receive learning-support in High School.
50%
GRADING POLICY 4.0 - Advanced - With thorough / clear evidence of independence & extended thinking
40%
31
A: 3.50 - 4.10
3.0 - Proficient - With some evidence of independence B: 3.00 - 3.49 & extended thinking
20%
2.0 - Basic - Able to demonstrate basic knowledge and/or C: 2.50 - 2.99 skills that were taught
10%
1.0 - Below Basic - Unable to demonstrate basic knowledge and/or skills that were taught.
32
31.07% 30.10%
30%
F: 0.00 - 1.99
0%
* 0.3 weighting is added to the final semester AP and Honors course grades.
4
2
D: 2.00 - 2.49 2.67 2.83 C
2.50 - 2.99
12
3.17 3.33 B
3.34 3.49 B+
11
3.88%
1.94% 2.50 2.66 C-
11
10.68% 11.65% 10.68%
3.00 3.16 B-
2.84 2.99 C+
3.00 - 3.49
3.50 3.66 A-
3.67 3.83 A
3.50 - 4.20
3.84 4.20 A+
STANDARD SECONDARY ACADEMIC SEQUENCE BY CURRICULAR AREAS Departments
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
English 1 PreAP English 1 Honors PreAP
PreAP English 2 - or Honors English 10 - or any AP course with recommendation and enrollment in the Accelerated English Program
English 11: Creative Writing and Critical Reading - or English 11: Sports and Literature - or any AP course with recommendation
Research or AP Research (Required) -AP Literature with recommendation - AP Language with recommendation
S PANISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Spanish 9 Honors Spanish 9
Spanish 10 Honors Spanish 10
Spanish 11 Honors Spanish 11
Spanish 12 - AP Spanish Literature and Culture
PreAP Algebra I Algebra I Honors PreAP Geometry & Statistics Accelerated PreAP Honors Geometry & Statistics
PreAP Geometry & Statistics Honors PreAP Geometry & Statistics Honors Algebra II Accelerated Honors Algebra II
PreAP Biology
PreAP Chemistry
Honors Pre AP Biology
Honors Pre AP Chemistry
MATH
S CIENCE
Honors Precalculus Algebra II / Trigonometry
AP Calculus AB Calculus or Probability and Statistics, or AP Statistics
Math electives - AP Statistics Phisics
AP Physics C
Earth Science - AP Physics 1 - AP Chemistry - Science Electives AP Biology - AP Environmental Science Latin American Studies
S OCIAL S TUDIES
Pre-AP World History & Geography Honors Pre-AP World History & Geography
S OCIALES
Sociales 9 Honors Sociales 9
FINE PERFORM ARTS LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY
Sociales 10 Honors Sociales 10
Sociales 11 Honors Sociales 11
Sociales 12 Honors Sociales 12
Credits from among Fine & Performing Arts electives or Modern Language (French/Mandarin)
OR MODERN
PHYSICAL E DUCATION
Project Green Challenge - Economics- Psychology AP Human Geo- AP World History- AP US History - AP Psychology - AP Comparative Gov - AP Microeconomics - AP European History - AP Art History - AP Macroeconomics
PE 9
PE 10
Credit from among PE electives Technology electives
AFFECTIVE E DUCATION
Affective Education electives + 0.5 Credit Health
ELECTIVES
Credits from among electives in any department
* Boxes shaded in gray are taught in Spanish. * Sequence modifed when student learning needs warrant it. *All Pre-AP Classes are College Board Certified. The ‘Honors’ Pre-AP courses require students to dive deeply into course content and standards at an accelerated pace.
COVID 19 UPDATE FOR CNG
PROJECT 2025
safety and health of all our community and adhering to local and national guidelines. 2020-21 began online, and continued with 16 extracurricular activities, athletic games or tournaments. Virtual social service opportunities were created for the students to comply with their mandatory hours. 2021-22 entailed four weeks of all-virtual mode and local health regulations regarding clusters. All activities resumed. 202223 has begun fully presencial with enhanced instruction and activities, derived from the lessons learned during the pandemic.
This major new initiative incorporates into CNG’s schoolwide curricular program the components of design thinking, project-based learning, and STEM courses to provide students with open-ended design challenges, which help develop their 21st-century skills. The project includes two partnerships that support the creation of new programs along with professional development for teachers and specialists. Stanford d.school provides ongoing professional learning for the entire staff and the NuVuX consortium of schools, associated with MIT’s Design Lab, supports K-12 curriculum planning and the development of studio projects.
SOCIAL SERVICE
ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES CNG believes in maximizing the individual potential of all students. In levels of support based upon their needs through our Learning Center learning needs can have support in the form of an IEP, IAP, or ILP, and through specially designed classes.
CNG empowers students to become citizens of leadership and service through community service and service learning projects aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Our core outreach program is our sister-school, Colegio Fundación Nueva Granada. All students carry out at least 80 hours of service during their HS years. HS students served 12,055 hours during the 2021-2022 school year.
GOA AND VHS ONLINE CLASSES
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
As of Fall 2020, high school students have been able to take online classes through Global Online Academy (GOA), a consortium of leading independent schools from around the world reimagining learning to empower students and educators to thrive in a globally networked society of learners, as well as from Virtual High School (VHS), a fully online, asynchronous secondary school accredited
High School students have numerous opportunities to participate in athletics, visual and performing arts, community service options, student organizations, and academic clubs. Our activities snapshot includes Ambassadors, Model United Nations, Student Council, National Honor Society, Athletics, Drama Productions, CNG Heroes, and Math and Physics Olympiad competitions.
SENIOR RESEARCH PROJECT (SRP)
CLASSROOM WITHOUT WALLS (CWW)
courses help students develop a research project that draws conclusions from student-generated data as relevant to a community of practitioners. Students write a 4,000-5,000 word paper and prepare an oral presentation and defense. Students develop academic research skills (i.e, annotated bibliography, literature review, methodology, etc.) needed in university.
The experience of a lifetime! Students are challenged to take what they are learning (curriculum) and apply it, supported by the United Nations Sustainability Goals, in a real-world context. The program is built around CNG’s vision statement, with a community service focus. Students are empowered locally and / or nationally.
CNG’S MINIMUM GRADUATION CREDIT REQUIREMENTS BACHILLERATO Diploma & High School Diploma
HIGH SCHOOL Diploma ONLY
English Language Arts
4.0
4.0
4.0
English Language Arts Spanish as a New Language If not possible, another World Language may substitute. Mathematics
Spanish Language Arts
4.0
Mathematics Science
4.0
Science
Social Studies
1.0
4.0
Sociales
2.5
Social Studies
3.5
Visual, Media & Performing Arts OR World Languages Physical Education
2.0
Visual, Media & Performing Arts OR World Languages
2.0
2.5
Physical Education
2.5
Cultural Studies & Personal Development
1.5
Cultural Studies & Personal Development
1.5
3.0 4.0
Technology Education
1.0
Technology Education
1.0
Electives
5.5
Electives
6.5
Total Credits
32
Total Credits
32
Social Service Hours
80
Social Service Hours
80
- Students take 4.0 credits per semestrer, 8.0 credits per year. - All students in their Senior Year must take at least one Advanced Placement, unless written request approved by the High School Principal.
COLOMBIA CESA (14) Universidad de Los Andes (49) Universidad Javeriana (18) Universidad Sergio Arboleda UNITED STATES American University Babson College (3) Baylor University Bentley University (5) Boston College Boston University (7) Carnegie Mellon University (2) Case Western Reserve University (2) Columbia College Chicago Cornell University (2) Dartmouth College Duke University (2) Elon University Emerson College Florida International University Furman University George Mason University George Washington University (7) Georgetown University (2) Georgia Institute of Technology (3) Georgia Military College Harvard University Hillsborough Community College Hult International Business School (2) Indiana University - Bloomington (2) James Madison University (2) Johns Hopkins University (2) Loyola Marymount University Loyola University New Orleans (3) Lynn University (2) New York University (6) North Carolina State University Raleigh Northeastern University (11) Northwestern University Parsons School of Design Pennsylvania State University - Fayette Pomona College Purdue University Rollins College Rutgers University - New Brunswick Savannah College of Art and Design (2) Southern Methodist University Stanford University Texas A & M University Texas Christian University Texas Tech University
vision statement: statement: vision
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED BY CLASSES OF 2020, 2021 & 2022
mind
body
Educating the mind, strengthening the body, and developing character for
character
in the world of today for a better tomorrow.
JAPAN Keio University Tulane University of Louisiana (3) University at Albany SUNY University of California Berkeley (3) University of California Los Angeles (3) University of Chicago (2) University of Colorado Boulder (4) University of Idaho University of Miami (5) University of Michigan Ann Arbor (4) University of Minnesota Twin Cities University of Mobile University of Notre Dame (4) University of Pennsylvania (4) University of South Carolina - Columbia University of Southern California (7) University of Virginia (4) University of Wisconsin - Madison Villanova University Wake Forest University Washington University in St Louis Worcester Polytechnic Institute OTHER COUNTRIES CANADA Concordia University (2) Toronto Metropolitan University University of Calgary University of Toronto (3) CHINA NYU Shanghai
MEXICO Tecnológico de Monterrey NEW ZELAND PUERTO RICO University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon SOUTH KOREA Yonsei University SPAIN ESADE Business School IE University (16) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2) University of Navarra Universidad Politécnica de Valencia SWITZERLAND BHMS Business and Hotel Management School Les Roches Schools of Hotel Management UNITED KINGDOM Birkbeck, University of London Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts University of Birmingham * Number in parenthesis indicates more than one attending .
CROATIA RIT Croatia FRANCE ESCP Business School Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architectur Paris - Val de Seine
CNG 2022 CLASS FACTS •
$7,186,130 USD in scholarships and grants to U.S. colleges and universities
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Class of 2022 served 13,673 hours during their four HS years
Sciences Po Rennes (2) GERMANY Jacobs University (2) IRELAND Trinity College Dublin (3) ISRAEL IDC Herzliya - Reichman University ITALY Istituto Marangoni John Cabot University (2) Universita Bocconi