What Sets Us Apart
Why GLM?
Intelligence only has meaning when it is built with kindness and placed at the service of others within a community.
Institutional Philosophy
Our Offering
We educate students with judgment, autonomy, and a sense of community, integrating academic excellence, well-being, and human development. We believe education goes beyond the classroom, becoming a tool for personal and social transformation.
Mission
Gimnasio La Montaña (GLM) develops people who understand reality and are committed to the responsible development of their local and global environment through an education grounded in Christian and civic values that promotes a critical, rigorous, and plural approach to knowledge.
Gimnasio La Montaña (GLM) develops people who understand reality and are committed to the responsible development of their local and global environment through an education grounded in Christian and civic values that promotes a critical, rigorous, and plural approach to knowledge.
Vision
By 2030, Gimnasio La Montaña will be a leader in educational innovation processes that harmonize academic development with values-based education.
By 2030, Gimnasio La Montaña will be a leader in educational innovation processes that harmonize academic development with values-based education.
Value Offering
At the forefront of educational practice, GLM develops each child’s maximum potential in a protective environment.
At the forefront of educational practice, GLM develops each child’s maximum potential in a protective environment.
History and Campus
Guided by their vocation and tradition as educators, María Mercedes de Brigard and Leopoldo García decided in 1988 to make their long-held dream a reality: to create a school that would contribute to building a better world. Together with another family member, Lucila de Brigard, whose experience in early childhood education was vital from the beginning, Gimnasio La Montaña welcomed its first group of 65 boys and girls on September 6, in a small colonial-style house.
Unique Differentiator
Phone-Free School
A pedagogical decision to protect students’ attention, relationships, and well-being.
By eliminating mobile device use during the school day, we reclaim space for genuine connection, reduce social anxiety, and maximize concentration on academic activities. The result is a community that is more deeply connected on a human level.
Focus
A deep focus on learning without digital distractions.
Social
Face-to-face interactions that strengthen empathy.
Social Commitment and Sustainability
Two expressions of one fundamental principle: our commitment to our community and society.
Social Commitment
For more than 38 years, Gimnasio La Montaña has educated people who balance academic excellence with human development, fostering each student’s talent in an environment that cares for, protects, and respects their individuality. Our commitment goes beyond the classroom. We believe education also means contributing to the country’s development and creating an impact on society. That is why we promote initiatives such as:
- Public education through concession: through Alianza Educativa, together with Universidad de los Andes and partner schools such as Los Nogales and San Carlos, we contribute to strengthening 11 public educational institutions, benefiting approximately 12,000 students. The principal of Gimnasio La Montaña currently serves as President of this organization.
- Commitment to children and adolescents: more than 20 years ago, Gimnasio La Montaña was where Red PaPaz was born, an organization that today supports and protects children, adolescents, and families throughout Colombia.
Sustainability
Sustainability is a cross-cutting pillar of Gimnasio La Montaña’s educational project. We seek to educate conscious citizens who can understand environmental challenges and act responsibly to care for natural resources and build a more sustainable future.
This commitment involves the entire educational community and is integrated into the curriculum through experiences that strengthen environmental awareness, critical thinking, and commitment to the environment.
Key initiatives include the school garden, waste separation and recovery programs, reducing plastic use, promoting the circular economy, and educational activities on biodiversity and climate change.
Through the GLM Sostenible program, Gimnasio La Montaña advances its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by promoting concrete actions that have a positive impact on the community and the planet.
Our Alumni
Our Alumni
Santiago Bonivento
“There are places that shape people, and there are places that, beyond that, become part of who they are. For me, that place has always been, is, and always will be GLM.“
Miguel Caballero
“La autonomía que fomentaron en mí fue clave para desarrollar mi carrera creativa con disciplina.”
Bibiana Taboada
“The school gave me an academic foundation that strengthened my critical thinking and has helped me greatly in my professional life. It also taught me to want to work for Colombia and help make it a better country. And, above all, to be a good person and a good citizen, with solidarity, social awareness, and values.”
Santiago Bonivento
Class of 2015 | Lawyer, Master’s in Compliance | Professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and CESA.
“There are places that shape people, and there are places that, beyond that, become part of who they are. For me, that place has always been, is, and always will be GLM.“
Miguel Caballero
Class of 2009 | Sports manager | Co-founder of Cíclico.
“It gave me three very important things that have helped me build what I do today: great friends, the values that have helped all of us grow so much, and third, a social and environmental awareness.“
Bibiana Taboada
Class of 1999 | Master’s in Public Administration |
Member of the Board of Directors of the Banco de la República
“The school gave me an academic foundation that strengthened my critical thinking and has helped me greatly in my professional life. It also taught me to want to work for Colombia and help make it a better country. And, above all, to be a good person and a good citizen, with solidarity, social awareness, and values.”
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