Together we can
empower our
children to pursue
their passions
Head
of School
Trisha Nikrandt
I have many years of experience teaching, learning and leading in the international and U.S. schools systems. I believe that all students learn in unique ways and the role of the educator is to facilitate experiences that provide the opportunity to connect learning to the real world.
I have led teams and schools in strategic planning, aligning curriculum, strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration, and helping administrators and teachers use data to identify practices that lead to improved learning experiences.
At AGS we work to educate human beings whoIdentify purpose in everything they do, through:
Spirit of Entrepreneurship:
Growth Mindset:
Constructive Collaborators:
Good Human Beings:
Emotionally Intelligent:
Critical Thinkers:
Autonomous Beings:
Ethical Workers:
Global Citizens:
Spirit of Entrepreneurship:
People looking for new and better ways to do things, positively impacting their community.
Growth Mindset:
Lifelong learners capable of achieving success with effort and practice, identifying their mistakes and proactively managing their frustrations.
Constructive Collaborators:
Leaders capable of working with others to solve global and local problems, who recognize that diversity of thought generates better solutions.
Good Human Beings:
Supportive, honest and respectful who live their values according to a moral compass, always focused on their needs and the common good with a sense of justice and social equity. Aware of their spirituality and respectful of other convictions.
Emotionally Intelligent:
Empathic people, capable of perceiving, understanding, managing and using emotions.
Critical Thinkers:
Able to deeply analyze and argue their ideas, defending their position respectfully and honoring the perspectives of others.
Autonomous Beings:
They know how to handle responsible freedom where self-management and self-motivation allow them to make decisions without needing constant control.
Ethical Workers:
Everything they do is of the highest quality that each can achieve and they deliver on their commitments. They are honest with their self-assessment and respect the authorship of others’ work.
Global Citizens:
They recognize that all citizens are different and valuable, and are part of their community.
Accreditation and Awards
We achieved success with the foundational stage of NEASC accreditation that will be ready by 2025 and which means the double degree for our students and their international baccalaureate. At the moment, Avante is on the path not to standard accreditation but to the “Ace Pathway”, a much more rigorous certification that guarantees the highest standards in education and the highest quality of several factors in the Institution.
About our story
Avante Global School began as a project in 2017, when the founders of Gimnasio Los Caobos and international experts decided to embark on a path to transform education in Colombia, founding the Golden Circle Schools as a starting point. In 2018, the project was consolidated with the entry of the DAER Group, businessmen from Cartagena, who contributed to making Avante Global School a reality in the city. The first stone was laid in November 2019, on the land where the school is currently located, on the Ring Road km 12 via, on a 6-hectare lot. This land will be developed in stages to house the entire school.
Avante opened its doors in August 2020, beginning the educational offer for students from kindergarten to 2nd grade, with spaces specially designed for these stages of development and an innovative educational infrastructure.
Avante Global School is a world-class, inspiring, empowering and enriching learning community, focused on academic excellence and self-development, guiding students to learn and live with passion and purpose to reach their full potential.
The above, through a competent academic body and a support department specialized in the best educational methodologies, from the Tots level to Fifth grade, within a mixed and bilingual academic and training environment.
Avante Global School will position itself as the best globally connected learning community, to develop motivated, adaptive, inclusive and empathetic individuals who are valuable contributors to global dialogues.
ASOAVANTE
It is the Parents Association of Avante Global School.
This association is a non-profit entity made up mainly of Avante parents with the purpose of working together with the School, for the common good of the students and the entire community. This includes, but is not limited to things like:
- Promote fraternal relationships with all members of the educational community.
- Promote the improvement of physical facilities, projects, plans and programs, both academic and cultural and sports.
- Support the School in obtaining a high academic level and education in values.
- Collaborate and act in coordination with the School's objectives to achieve excellence from different aspects.
- Organize cultural, social, sports and learning events for both teachers and staff as well as parents.
The association was established by a group of founders of the School and all parents become part of it, as active members, from the moment they enroll their children in Avante.
Each year, the association will have a board of directors that will be elected by vote of all its active members at the general assembly;
which is carried out in the last period of the school year, prior to the period to be exercised. Below is the list of the members of the current board of directors, whom you can count on throughout this school year.
