Colegio Menor is a private, bilingual (Spanish-English) school located in Quito, Ecuador, in the valley of Cumbayá. It offers education from Pre-K to 12th grade. The school is known for its rigorous academic program and its emphasis on developing students through a variety of extracurricular activities based on liberal arts.
It was founded in 1995, by Santiago Gangotena, PhD and Carlos Montufar, PhD. It was the lower school of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito until 2019, when it joined Nord Anglia Education.
Colegio Menor has a campus in Quito and another one in Samborondón, near Guayaquil. The school's curriculum is designed to prepare students for both Ecuadorian and international university admissions, and it often incorporates elements from international educational systems.
The school's mission and vision emphasize the importance of fostering a sense of global citizenship, critical thinking, liberal arts, and ethical values in its students.
Its mascot is the spectacled bear, an animal native to Ecuador and other parts of South America.
Division
The school is divided into four sections: Early Childhood, grades playgroup-Kinder, 1st grade Elementary school, grades 2-5 Middle school, grades 6-8 High school, grades 9-12