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Colegio Boston School Profile 2019
Colegio Boston School Profile 2019
Colegio Boston School Profile 2019
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© Colegio Boston Guatemala 2018 • Tel: +502 7956 2000
Our Mission…
Leaders forming leaders for a new
day.
Our Vision…
To be a benchmark in the
construction of an educational
community which will mark the
difference in the integral development
of the country and its citizens.
Our Values…
Respect
Responsibility
Solidarity
Honesty
Empathy
Loyalty
Tolerance
Our Objectives…
To spearhead the development and
education of our students, to serve
with excellence, quality and
commitment, and to continually
improve our processes in order to
ensure the satisfaction of our
community.
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School History and Community
Colegio Boston was founded in 1984 in La Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez. It was
conceived as an educational institution which would offer High School education of the
highest quality to young women in the area who aspired to be qualified bilingual
secretaries. Although the school opened with an enrollment of only 13 students, it soon
became a leader within its field in Sacatepéquez.
In 1990, Colegio Boston expanded its operations to include Middle School students. Nine
years later, the cycle was completed when the school opened Kindergarten, Elementary,
and High School for both boys and girls, thus becoming a coeducational bilingual school. A
high school program which included orientation in Computer Technology was offered
initially; it was later expanded to offer orientation in Sciences and Letters as another
option.
The decision to expand the school’s services arose in answer to a need for private
education of the highest standard, one which would permit graduates to matriculate in
the best national and international universities and colleges. Such was the response of
local parents that Colegio Boston’s student and teacher population quadrupled in five
years, necessitating that the school be transferred to its present location in San Lorenzo el
Cubo, Ciudad Vieja, Sacatepéquez. Nestled among imposing volcanoes and abundant
foliage, the school is currently comprised of five modules, a large cafeteria, and a recently-
built gymnasium.
The sense of social responsibility which also characterizes Colegio Boston manifests itself
in diverse ways: a student scholarship program, social visits regularly carried out by
students, as well as Dual Language programs offered to public school teachers and other
organizations in the locality. Branches of Universidad Galileo and Universidad Rafael
Landivar presently operate in the school´s installations.
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Organizational Structure…
One program which has notably benefited Colegio Boston’s
students is Student Entrepreneurs of Junior Achievement.
The program offers students in 4th to 12th grades the
Colegio Boston is organized on a
opportunity to acquaint themselves with their business hierarchical model, at the top of
community, learn how to manage personal finances, create which is General Management, and
a product or service with a competitive advantage, and School Principal, followed by an
manage a virtual company. In addition, program finalists Executive Committee. Committee
are invited to spend a day with a manager so as to observe members direct the following areas:
and learn from the way he handles his responsibilities. Administration and Finance;
Management; Coexistence and
Human Development; and
In 2011, Colegio Boston commenced a student exchange Academics, which oversees both the
Teaching-Learning-Evaluation
program to Cincinnati, Ohio, thus providing participating
process (E-A-E by its Spanish initials)
students with the opportunity to be enriched by the
as well as the keeping of academic
proximity with another culture and to practice the English
and attitudinal records, the
language in context. An additional exchange program for
institution’s main processes. The
teachers was begun in 2012 in cooperation with professors academic area is, in turn, divided
from North Texas University, allowing the visitors to gain a into two sub-areas: Spanish,
fresh perspective on teaching techniques and methodology. regulated by the Ministry of
Education (MINEDUC), and English.
University Acceptance
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Loyola University Chicago,
Universidad Del Valle, Universidad del Istmo, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Universidad Mariano
Gálvez
School Calendar
Colegio Boston’s academic year begins in January and ends in mid-October. The school year consists
of 180 school days which are organized into quarters, each school day being divided into seven 45-
minute periods. Local Guatemalan holidays are observed and recesses scheduled at Easter, mid-
year, and year’s end.
Leadership
Intellectually competent
9th Grade: Spanish Language, Mayan Language, English Language, Information and
Communication Technology, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Music, Art,
Dance, Theater, Home Economics and Workshop, Accounting, Physical Education, and
Education in Values.
10th Grade: Spanish Language, Mayan Language, English Language, Information and
Communication Technology, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Music, Art,
Dance, Theater, Home Economics and Workshop, Accounting, Physical Education, and
Education in Values.
12th Grade: Hispanic Literature, Preparation for the TOEFL iBT, Information and
Communication Technology, Mathematics, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Social Sciences,
Art, Seminar, Physics II, Physical Education and Education in Values.
12th Grade (with orientation in Computer Science): Hispanic Literature, Preparation for
the TOEFL iBT, Mathematics, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Social Sciences, Computer
Repair and Technical Support, Production of Digital contents, Computer Lab. 2, Supervised
Internship, Physics II, Seminar, Physical Education, and Education in Values.
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Grading
Colegio Boston’s students receive numeric grades on a 100-point scale; the passing grade
is 60. Sixty percent of the final grade is derived from classwork, while the remaining forty
percent is derived from quarterly exams.
Average/Good: 71-80
Failure: 59 or below