The education imparted by ASPAEN Gimnasio Cartagena de Indias is based upon Christian beliefs, with total fidelity to the Catholic Church Teachings, and a clear secular purpose and therefore open to people of all religious beliefs.
At the request from the ASPAEN promoters, Opus Dei is responsible for the pastoral attention given to the Gimnasio Cartagena de Indias, the selection and training of its Religion & Morals teachers, and the spiritual and personal orientation of its students.
A deep sense of respect, positive recognition of effort, virtues and human values, make up the atmosphere in which the education of ASPAEN Gimnasio Cartagena de Indias is generated.
There exists a friendly treatment among people, joined by the exercise of the virtue of strength that allows us to speak in a clear and firm way, striving towards personal improvement.
Parents are, by nature, the first and main teachers of their children. Based on this basic and universal principle, ASPAEN Gimnasio Cartagena de Indias, focuses its main effort firstly, to the parents’ development, who can become the parents' complement and can help them educate their daughters, only if the teachers themselves are spiritual formed, too; and finally, to the students.
Coherent educational foundations between parents, faculty and students is the key to successfully fulfilling educational goals.
ASPAEN Gimnasio Cartagena de Indias loyally works in accordance with its institutional principles, joining management and corporate culture with the National Direction of ASPAEN and following a teaching style based on trust.
The institutional culture is based on: a job well done, the happiness that derives from trust among people, the spirit of service, the constant innovation of the different processes (technological and pedagogical), and the constant search of quality through self-assessment and the process of continuous improvement.
