Colegio Karl C. Parrish
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| Colegio Karl C. Parrish | |
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| Type | Independent |
| Motto | Studiositas Quaerem Intellectum |
| Established | 1938 |
| Director of school | Matthew Shannon |
| Soccer coach | Yesid Piñeres |
| Faculty | 130 |
| Grades | Preschool–12 |
| Enrollment | 784 total |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 20 acres (0 km2) |
| Colors | Green and white |
| Website | www |
Colegio Karl C. Parrish (also known as KCP) is a bilingual private school that offers Preschool through 12th-grade education. The school is located in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Colegio Karl C. Parrish was founded in 1938. It is accredited by the Colombian Ministerio de Educación Nacional and the US-based Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, now part of the Cognia-AdvancED accrediting agency. KCP is affiliated with international organizations such as the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Model United Nations, and CharacterCounts!.
The school teaches a U.S college-preparatory curriculum. Students study for both the U.S High School Diploma and the Colombian Bachillerato Diploma. The school offers Advanced Placement courses. Pipi
History
The school opened its doors for elementary students in 1938 as the result of an initiative by American and Colombian families to establish a school that could offer a United States-type education. They named the school after Karl Calvin Parrish, a civil engineer from Iowa lived in Barranquilla in the 1920s. The first director was Miss Miriam Best. The school has changed its location twice since its beginnings, once in 1946 and later in 1978 to its present site.
Dr. Burton B. Fox became director in 1964. The school became an internationally accredited school in 1966 by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges – now an accreditation division of AdvancED now Cognia – and still holds that status. The first class of seniors graduated in 1967.
In 1998, the KCP Preschool adopted a Reggio Emilia approach – a specially designed project-based learning environment for preschoolers. It was the first school in Colombia to have this program.
