Our History
1983
CONSTITUTION OF FECIR
FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION INTERREGIONAL CENTER OF COLOMBIA
INAUGURATION COLEGIO ALBANIA
FIRST SCHOOL DIRECTOR RAY WAITES: Colegio Albania
1984
Former President Belisario Betancourt inaugurates operations of Cerrejón North Zone
FIRST TEXAS INSTRUMENT COMPUTER
FIRST SCHOOL LOGO
1985
SACS ACCREDITATION-Southern Association of Colleges and Schools-
1986
School Library opens its doors
School Director Larry Ash
1988
FIRST SCHOOL PROMOTION: Mauricio Garcia y Lina Salazar
SENIOR CLASS VALEDICTORIAN: Mauricio Ricardo García Royero
SENIOR CLASS SALUTATORIAN: Lina Salazar Sorzano
1990
ECOPETROL AWARD FOR BEST BACHELORS OF COLOMBIA: LUIS ENRIQUE ACERO BARRERA
1991
DIRECTOR: ERIC SPINDLER
FIRST COALBA’S UNITED NATIONS MODEL
CREATION OF THE MUSIC PROGRAM
1992
INTERNET: ALBANIA SCHOOL PIONEER IN THE COUNTRY!
SCHOOL ANTHEM
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PLAYS AT CORFERIAS IN BOGOTA: YOUTH EXHIBITION
COALBA WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE MEETING: MARACAIBO HEADQUARTERS
1993
DIRECTOR JORGE LEYVA
ESCUDO DEL COLEGIO
1994
DIRECTOR BRYAN LEWALLEN
1996
NATIONAL ANDRES BELLO AWARD: ISAAC REDONDO MARTINEZ
Carlos Haime Scholarship, awarded by the Weizmann Scientific Institute to: Manuel A.Forero Rueda
COMBARRANQUILLA, AND FUNDATION OF FRIENDS OF ASTRONOMY IN ITS 2ND. SCIENCE AND CREATIVITY FAIR. AWARDED THE AWARD FOR THE BEST NATURAL SCIENCE PROJECT TO THE ALBANIA SCHOOL IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY.
1997
CONSTITUTION OF FECEN NORTH CERREJON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Sports Program Creation
CORPOGUAJIRA
RECOGNITION TO COLEGIO ALBANIA FOR ITS ENVIRONMENTAL AND COPIOUS WORK PARTICIPATION IN THE III ECOLOGICAL STORY CONTEST.
1998
DIRECTOR LAURA HORBAL
NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Youth Expo-Colciencias Participation Colciencias – Bogota
2000
BINATIONAL GAMES SACS SCHOOLS. Host by CoAlba
DR. CURTIS HARVEY AWARD
SCHOLARSHIP FOR OUTSTANDING ABILITY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE: Freddys Rafael Eljach Ortega
DR. THOMAS MOORE, SCHOLARSHIP FOR OVERALL ACADEMIC ABILITY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AWARD:Ernesto Carlos Otero Garavito
2001
MAYOR OF RIOHACHA GRANTS RECOGNITION TO THE SPORTS PROGRAM OF COLEGIO ALBANIA
COALBA PLAYERS AT RIVER PLATES SECOND LEVEL LEAGUES IN ARGENTINA: Francisco Perez y Hector Pinzón.
2004
Students participate at The Odyssey of the Mind in Knoxville Tennessee – EE UU
DIRECTOR: GUY WORTHINGTON
2005
DIRECTOR: RUTH ALLEN
2007
COALBA BINATIONAL CHAMPIOS MIDDLE SCHOOL AT PEREIRA
WORLD SCHOOL CHESS COMPETITION AT HALKIDIKE, GRECIA. STUDENT JORGE VILLARREAL GONGORA
2009
Cerrejón Excellence Scholarship: Rosa Inés Daza Mejía
2010
JUNIO 10 DIPLOMA PROGRAMA ACCREDITATION
COALBA AFFILIATED TO AACBI (Asociación Andina de Colegios del Bachillerato Internacional)
2011
MAYO 17 MYP PROGRAM ACCREDITATION
2012
FIRST CLASS OF THE DIPLOMA PROGRAM
COALBA JOINS NHS- National Honor Society-
2013
FIRST MUSICAL CONCERT
2014
MEETING OF PHILANTHROPISTS SCHOOLS IB-SEDE COALBA
Coalba participa en encuentro mundial de Robótica. Estados Unidos.
2015
NOVIEMBRE 25 AUTORIZACIÓN PROGRAMA PYP
RECTOR: ERON STRONG
2016
RECONOCIMIENTO A COALBA POR CENTROS ETNOEDUCATIVOS INDÍGENAS DE LA GUAJIRA
RECONOCIMIENTO PREMIO NOBEL CESAR JARAMILLO
2017
El Club Space de la NASA seleccionó al Tardigrado “La YIYA” para ir al espacio.
Alumno participa en el concuso mundial de cohetería. Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum. Bangalore (India).
2018
PRIMIER INTERCAS DE COLEGIOS IB. Anfitrión COALBA
COALBA PARTICIPA EN INTERNACIONAL DE ROBOTICA SEDE ESTONIA
2020
Colegio Albania abrió sus puertas a la virtualidad durante la pandemia.
2021
PRIMIER INTERCAS DE COLEGIOS IB. Anfitrión COALBA
2023
Rector: Simon Fulford
New website
40 years of excellence
