Laura Holguin

Rochester School

Rochester School is a Green Glasser Quality School, private, Catholic, coed and bilingual Pre-K to 12th Grade school, located in Chía, Colombia. Rochester School has been in operation since February 1959, year in which was authorized by the Ministry of Education to dedicate the Institution for educational purposes. Our guiding statements are inspiring and encourage all members of the school community to give their best and be kind and respectful. Our school's institutional purpose, Inspiring and educating students to take charge of their lives with the world in mind, fosters the development of autonomy, global citizenship, sustainable thinking, responsibility, internal control and the application of knowledge to daily life situations learning to value competent and quality work. All faculty and non-faculty staff work with that purpose in mind and make sure we provide inspiring service to our families. We want students to be independent, autonomous, understand the world as a system and be able to make responsible decisions that benefit the community they live in, for the sake of upcoming generations. Through our core virtues, SHICKEL —Systems citizen, Integral Health, Integrity, Cooperation and collaboration, Kindness and service, Self-evaluation, and Leadership—our students are able to live a life based on being respectful and caring, serving others and society, and leading change. The school promotes a positive and supportive culturally-sensitive environment for student well-being and learning because everyone at Rochester School makes sure that students feel safe, loved, learn all that is expected and their parents perceive it that way, as our Highest Priority Goal states.