Wednesday, March 26, 2025

“A Community That Inspires Excellence”

DIDACTICA INTEGRAL DE SERVICIOS GENERALES, C.A

OUR HISTORY

Colegio Jefferson was founded in May 1974 by Mrs. Silvia Alvarez de Saiden and her daughter Mrs. Silvia Saiden de Navarro. The school opened its doors in September of that same year in “Quinta Tonteria”, located in Plaza Yare, San Roman, Caracas. They began with a small group of preschool children. At that moment, the main objective was the formation of the students with an integral education, offering English as a second language.
Since its founding Colegio Jefferson has been a private coeducational school registered in the Ministry of Education.
Over time, enrollment increased. The school facilities were insufficient, and during the 1985-1986 academic year the board of directors along with the community of parents and representatives decided to give continuity to the curriculum of studies and in this manner give rise to the levels of middle and high school.
To achieve this goal, it was necessary to build a new school in 1987. It is currently located in the residential area of Colinas de Valle Arriba and was inaugurated on October 3, 1988.
Today, Colegio Jefferson prides itself in offering a top bilingual education to its students. It provides an academically rigorous curriculum with a concentration in the sciences. There are over nine hundred students enrolled. After 50 years it is one of the most successful private schools in Caracas, Venezuela.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Presidente: Dr. José Simón Elarba

Director: Lic. Luis Tabares

Principal: Ms. María Teresa Freyre

Subdirector: Lic. Pedro Muñoz

English Coordinator: Ms. Rodi Hanna

Spanish Coordinator: Ms. Carolina Echezuría

Evaluation Coordinator: Ms. Samar Hanna de Oliviero

Founder In 1974: Mrs. Silvia Álvarez de Saiden
Cofounder Mrs. Silvia Saiden de Navarro

OUR MISSION

Colegio Jefferson’s mission is to be teachers, guides, mediators, and facilitators of the learning process; form leaders in democratic, moral and ethical values in order to be authentic citizens; prepare children to confront their future roles in life; direct their learning according to technological advances; promote and improve human relations between the directors, teachers, family members and students.

OUR VISION

Count with participative families, immersed in education; directors, teachers, family members and students identified and committed in the reality of the school and community; children eminently sociable with the capacity of competitive leadership and managers of change; a modern school implementing the technological advances with updated teachers; an adequate building structure to harbor teachers and students for a better performance; teachers that work in a harmonious and friendly environment.

OUR CAMPUS

OUR SCHOOL’S PHILOSOPHY

Ever since its founding, Colegio Jefferson has earnestly worked towards achieving excellence, demanding honesty, responsibility and perseverance from its students, while stimulating their creativity and instilling a sense of positive leadership growth. In the words of its founder, Silvia Álvarez de Saiden:
“At Colegio Jefferson we push ourselves to help our students become individuals who are able to think for themselves, and to solve the type of problems they will encounter throughout their lives” We work towards bringing out in them an appreciation for beauty, curiosity for the unknown, tolerance in accepting differences, a love for learning, and optimism for the future. We awaken in our students the desire to reach ideal results in their work. In order to achieve our objectives, we count on a great team of faculty and staff members; they all work under a same umbrella: one of love, work and consistency.
The words of the well-known Venezuelan educator, Francisco Tamayo, can help summarize the philosophy of our school:
“We must teach our children and youth to love their environment, their family, their friends, the work of men, nature, their country, the world” The outstanding results obtained by Colegio Jefferson are due to the joined effort of its student body, parents, teachers and professors, who, during all these years have maintained one fundamental mission: achieve excellence.