Newman School
The Newman School, founded in 1991, is located in Cajica, Colombia. Its first graduating class was in 2003. It is a Catholic school, but a kid can enter having any other religion without having any problem.
The Bilingual and private School was founded in 1991 by former Colegio Anglocolombiano's headmaster Augusto Franco Arbeláez. The school was named after Cardinal John Henry Newman, whose saying "from heart to heart we all speak heart to heart" is now part of the school's anthem. The Newman School belongs to the "UCB" ("Unión de Colegios Bilingües"). It has all grades from Pre-Kinder to Eleventh Grade. The classes that are taught in Elementary are: Science, Math, Religion (class that you only take if you are Catholic), Colombian History, Social Studies, English And Literature, Spanish And Literature, Science, Arts, Corporal Expression, Computers, Physical Education, an annual project, and once a week they give students 2 hours for an elective class.
Houses
It has 4 houses: Air, Water, Earth and Fire. There's an annual week mainly dedicated to win points for each house called the "Semana Cultural" in English Cultural Week. At the end one house is the winner and receives a cup. Some other important dates in the school are the English Day (That's really Newman's birthday) and Spanish day. The number of students is approximately 500. The School has 4 main buildings: The C.R.E., the Gym (called Coliseum) Betancourt and Newman. The C.R.E. consists mainly of a 2-floors library, an auditorium, eleventh graders' classrooms and a computer classroom. The Newman is for classrooms from Preschool to Primary and for reception and teacher rooms. The Betancourt has the classrooms for High school, the 2 science laboratories (Chemistry and Physics) and the administrative and academic offices. There are also small building such as the cafeteria, the music room and the sports room.
Anthem
UNITY RIGHTS AND FREEDOM
FOR THE LOVELY INSTITUTION
LATER ON WE’LL BE THE FUTURE
WORTH ON IT WITH WISDOM
CHORUS 1:
SO WE HELP OUR DREAMS COME TRUE
HELP THE WORD TO BECOME GOOD
IF TODAY WE WORK TOGETHER
OUR TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER
CHORUS 2:
FROM HEART TO HEART
WE ALL SPEAK HEART TO HEART
GOD BLESS NEWMAN OUR SCHOOL
EVERY DAY COMES AS A CHALLENGE
AND WE TRY TO GIVE OUR BEST
DAY BY DAY WE BUILD OUR SCHOOL
WITH OUR TALENT AND OUR STRENGTH
CHORUS 1:
SO WE HELP OUR DREAMS COME TRUE
HELP THE WORD TO BECOME GOOD
IF TODAY WE WORK TOGETHER
OUR TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER