Colegio La Salle La Colina
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Colegio La Salle La Colina is a school located in Caracas
, Venezuela, part of the Lasallian educational institutions and run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Founded in 1944, this school provides education for pupils from the age of 4 until they graduate in the Venezuelan standard educations system (Bachillerato) at the age of 17-18, ready to join any university in or outside Venezuela.
The school is privately funded by the students, each paying a monthly fee to attend and it is run as a not-for-profit business. The school has always been regarded as one of the best schools in the Caracas among many other religious and private schools in the city which tend to cater for the middle and high class population looking for a better and more reliable education that the available through the state-run schools.
In a campus-style site, the school has over 6 buildings housing the classrooms, dorms, laboratories, administrative quarters, library, school supply shop, church, sports facilities and recreational areas. The sports facilities include multiple soccer fields, 2 baseball fields, 10 multi-use courts (volleyball, basketball, and indoor soccer) and an Olympic gym.
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela, part of the Lasallian educational institutions and run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
Founded in 1944, this school provides education for pupils from the age of 4 until they graduate in the Venezuelan standard educations system (Bachillerato) at the age of 17-18, ready to join any university in or outside Venezuela.
The school is privately funded by the students, each paying a monthly fee to attend and it is run as a not-for-profit business. The school has always been regarded as one of the best schools in the Caracas among many other religious and private schools in the city which tend to cater for the middle and high class population looking for a better and more reliable education that the available through the state-run schools.
Infrastructure
La Salle La Colina has a vast infrastructure to cater to its nearly 2,000 students and house the Brothers that run the school and serve as teachers.In a campus-style site, the school has over 6 buildings housing the classrooms, dorms, laboratories, administrative quarters, library, school supply shop, church, sports facilities and recreational areas. The sports facilities include multiple soccer fields, 2 baseball fields, 10 multi-use courts (volleyball, basketball, and indoor soccer) and an Olympic gym.