CNG Hub for Prospective Parents and Students: Hub Ambassador Map 2024_2025

BUILDING CNG's FUTURE CAMPAIGN

The Building CNG’s Future Campaign aims to raise $8.5 million USD for our next dream: A Cutting-Edge 5-Story Innovation Center. In order to advance our visionary future, we need more room for Design-Thinking, Project-Based Learning, and STEM across all grade levels. Our students today and tomorrow will need the following 21st-century skills to succeed in a rapidly changing world: innovation, creativity, collaboration, problem-solving, communication, and critical thinking. 

A program developed to meet the academic interests of highly motivated Middle and High school students. 

18 Honors courses in High School and 9 in Middle School 

31 AP courses: 2-D Art and Design, 3-D Art and Design, Art History, Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Comparative Government and Politics, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, Drawing, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, European History, French Language and Culture, Human Geography, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Music Theory, Physics 1, Physics C: Mechanics, Precalculus, Psychology, Research, Seminar, Spanish Language and Culture, Spanish Literature and Culture, Statistics, United States History, World History: Modern 

Universities in more than 60 countries recognize AP exam scores in the admissions process and/or for credit and advanced placement. 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

At CNG, Community Service and Service Learning is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 

All students at CNG participate in Service Learning, a type of Project Based Learning, where students apply academic content to address real world issues. This form of learning emphasizes critical thinking and personal reflection while encouraging a heightened sense of community, civic engagement, and personal responsibility. 

In Colombia, all High School students must carry out at least 80 hours of service. The school offers students a flexible program where they opt to support our sister school, Fundacion Hogar Nueva Granada, other non-profit organizations, and/or to lead their own impact initiatives. 

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY (NHS) & NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY(NJHS)

Student Organization established more than 60 years ago. 

• Elite U.S. Organization for students who stand out in scholarship, character, leadership, and service. 

• NHS & NJHS students are role models who enrich our community through community projects and activities like the Blood Drives, Sports Tournaments, teachers’ and principals’ appreciation celebrations, and fundraising for different causes. 

• Active participation in Social Service projects in Fundación Hogar Nueva Granada, Un Techo para mi País, Fundación Tierra de Nando and Casa de la Madre y el Niño. 

MODEL UNITED NATIONS (MUN)

This system of diplomacy and debate, based on the United Nations, was brought to Colombia by CNG in 1982. Today, more than 40 schools in Colombia and 700 students nationwide participate in the Model. In every conference, student delegates are assigned a diplomatic role to represent a given country. They face international problems, as per adults, and reach viable solutions as a group. MUN provides students with empathy and knowledge of the world they live in, as well as opportunities to analyze, discuss, negotiate, meet people from other schools, and understand how the actual United Nations functions. 

ATHLETICS PHILOSOPHY

The role of the Department of Athletics and Co-Curricular Activities is to extend the mission and vision of CNG beyond the four walls of the classroom. While the direct focus is strengthening the body to pursue competitive success, we also believe in sports as a vehicle for educating the mind and developing character. Our student athletes may acquire the necessary tools to meet their potential for excellence in the future, both on and off the playing field. Some of the sports offered are: basketball, soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, table tennis, track and field, dance, and chess for ES/MS/HS, and Athletics, soccer, gymnastics, and chess for PS.

The schoolwide House System has been a tradition at CNG. All students and teachers belong to one of four Houses: EAGLES, FALCONS, HAWKS, or OSPREY. 

Planned House activities throughout the year promote healthy competition, inclusion, and teamwork, while providing opportunities to foster a sense of community and belonging. House Family activities are aligned with our CNG Core Values and bring together students from different grade levels. House activities also contribute to service and leadership activities within the school community. 

Exceptional Learner Programs encompass CNG’s two special education programs: The Learning Center and the Gifted & Talented Program. The Exceptional Learner programs seek to create an inclusive learning environment that allows all students to be part of our learning community and reach their individual potential. Our programs provide remedial and educational support for students through the Learning Center programs and enrichment and acceleration opportunities through our Gifted & Talented program. 

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

At CNG, we believe in the power of engaging our students in arts education. The arts hold tremendous potential for fostering creativity, enhancing communication, improving academic performance, and boosting social-emotional development. Through the visual arts, music, theater, and dance, students explore ideas, emotions, and perspectives about the world around them. The arts humanize us, lift us up, fire our imaginations and talents, and foster skills and dispositions -- essential for learning and a full life. 

In addition to the varied classes offered to our students, there are also opportunities to participate in the Musical, HS Plays, Art Festivals and Exhibitions, School Celebrations, Outside School Performances, AMIS, International Festivals and Travel. 

CHARACTER EDUCATION

At CNG, we are purposeful in our efforts to shape our students’ character in preparation for a life well lived by actively fostering social-emotional competencies, growth mindsets, ethical judgment, and reflective capacity. The cross-disciplinary and comprehensive approach that we weave across school life we call Character for Life. We address Character for Life in all core content areas, extracurricular activities, and sports, as well as day-to-day teachable moments. We believe that the power of this approach is magnified when we work together as a community, regardless of our role. CNG was recognized as a Colombia 2020 School of Character by Character. org, the first South American school certified as a School of Character. 

A diverse group of High School students who are positive representatives of the CNG student community. Among other responsibilities, they provide campus and virtual tours to prospective families and school visitors, transmitting what CNG is about through their first hand knowledge of the school and personal experiences as students, team players, and participants in many of the opportunities offered by the school. Ambassadors participate, among others, in the following activities: 

In the past 5 years, CNG graduates have received 82 acceptances into Ivy League and Ivy-Plus schools. 

CNG offers 32 Advanced Placement courses that provide college credit at over 600 colleges and universities around the world. 

During the past 5 years, CNG students have been accepted into 362 universities in 23 countries, covering 5 different continents. 

CNG graduates have received over USD $ 27.5 million in scholarships and grants at U.S. universities over the past 5 years. 

CNG had over 3,000 teacher applications for 21 openings this past school year. 

CNG teachers have experience in 75 countries and more than 86% of them enter CNG with advanced degrees 

CNG has the highest number of international teachers of any school in Colombia. 

CNG has the lowest student-to-teacher ratio of any school in UNCOLI: 5-to-1. 

CONDOR ACTIVITIES

The role of the Department of Athletics and Co-Curricular Activities is to extend the mission and vision of CNG beyond the four walls of the classroom. While the direct focus is strengthening the body to pursue competitive success, we also believe in sports as a vehicle for educating the mind and developing character. Our student athletes may acquire the necessary tools to meet their potential for excellence in the future, both on and off the playing field. Some of the sports offered are: basketball, soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, table tennis, track and field, dance, and chess for ES/MS/HS, and Athletics, soccer, gymnastics, and chess for PS.

A wide range of extra-curricular activities are offered to students before and after school: 

Classroom Without Walls (CWW) is committed to providing experiential learning opportunities for grades K4 - 12 that give students context to their lives, helping them not only to navigate the world, but also empowering them to have a positive impact on it through leadership and service. • All of the CWW programs have academic content connecting to their class curriculum, a community service or outreach component and physical development activities. • Educational field trips take place in Bogotá, suburbs and various regions of Colombia. • Some examples of destinations are: Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Magdalena Medio, Santander, San Bernardo Islands (Bolivar Sucre), Amazon and Guajira.