La Salle Green Hills
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 Paaralang La Salle Green Hills |
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| Motto: Religio, Mores, Cultura | |
| Established | 1959 |
| Type | Private, Lasallian |
| Affiliation | DLSPI, NCAA |
| President | Br. Felipe Belleza FSC |
| Principal | Evangeline Tamaca (GS) Amy Galang (HS) |
| Faculty | ~900 |
| Students | ~7300 |
| Grades | Kinder 1&2, Grade 1-7, 1st-4th year High School |
| Location | Mandaluyong, Metro Manila Philippines |
| Oversight | De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines |
| Campus | Urban, 6 hectares |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Newspaper | EPA Link, Lazette, HASIK, the Greenery, and Tilamsik ng Diwa |
| Varsity Team | La Salle Green Hills Greenies |
| Website | www.lsgh.edu.ph |
La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) is a school for boys located in Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. It is being run by the Brothers of Christian Schools.
La Salle Green Hills has 2 kindergarten levels, 7 elementary levels with 11 sections on Grades 1 to 6, 10 sections on Grade 7, and 4 high school years with 11 sections on the first year and 10 sections on each of the other 3 years.
[edit] History
The history of La Salle Green Hills started more than three hundred years ago in France when a French Priest gave up his high social and ecclesiastical position and family wealth to dedicate himself to the neglected truth of his day by establishing an institute of religious teachers. This priest, St. John Baptist de La Salle, founded the Fratres Scholarum Christianarum or Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools on May 28, 1684 whose purpose was "to give Christian education to children" especially the "children of the artisans and the poor". In the Philippines, they are known as the De La Salle Brothers.
The educational work of the brothers in the Philippines started when nine De La Salle Christian Brothers from Marseilles, France arrived in Manila on March 29, 1911 on invitation of the Archbishop of Manila, Jeremiah James Harty, to establish a college. De La Salle College, now De La Salle University-Manila, was originally located in Paco but was moved to Taft Avenue in 1921.
During the early fifties, the Brothers of De La Salle acquired a six-hectare lot along Ortigas Avenue in Mandaluyong City to relocate and to accommodate increasing requests for admission to grade school.
In July 1959, La Salle Green Hills opened its door to two preparatory sections and one section each for grades one and two. On August 24, 1960, La Salle Green Hills, Inc. was registered as non-stock, non-profit corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In August 1964, the high school was established.
[edit] The Campus
The school is situated in a six-hectare land in front of Ortigas Avenue and across Wack-Wack Village and Golf Course.
[edit] St. Benilde Gym/Cafeteria
Probably the most well-known building in the school, the dome-shaped structure began construction in the 1970's. It houses the main basketball courts sometimes used for the Philippine Basketball League and the cafeteria on the ground floor. It is also used as a shortcut for high school students to get to the high school building. In the 1970's it was referred to as the "siopao" because of its shape. It is used every 6 years for the presidential election ballot counting by NAMFREL. Here the school holds its monthly masses for the grade school and high school. See below for sports usage. The Educational Exchange Center (Bookstore) is located beside the cafeteria. It also houses a basement, in which the HS Band Room and Ladies Shower Room are located. And its mezzanine houses the HS Electronics Room, HS Computer Laboratories, HS Art and Cooking Rooms, Cesar Cruz Hall, HS Guidance Office, HS Faculty Lounge, HS Chaplain's Office, HS Registrar's Office, Adult Night High School Guidance Office, and the Student Activities Central Body(SACB) Office.
[edit] St. La Salle Building
There are two wings of the St. La Salle Building, the building and the annex. Named after the founder of the school, the building is a five-storey high structure designed to facilitate the teaching-learning process in a multimedia environment.
This ediface features air-conditioned classrooms equipped with a computer, television monitor and a VHS equipment. They are occupied by Grades 5-7 as well as the bridge connecting to the St. Miguel Febres Cordero Building, which hosts half of the Grade 2 classrooms but now is undergoing renovation. There are also special rooms for Basic Carpentry, Basic Electricity and Cooking. 5 Computer Laboratories, and 2 Science Laboratories can also be found here. It also hosts the office of the Assistant Principal of the Learning Community 3.
[edit] Bro. Arnold Reche Building
Rising along the school quadrangle is the Bro. Arnold Reche Building where five of the Grade 2 and all of the Grade 3 and 4 classrooms are situated. It houses a room for Home Arts, a room for Ceramics, 1 Science Laboratory, and 1 Music Room. It is also where the Learning Community 2 Assistant Principal's Office, Student Activities Coordinator's Office, and Grade School Academic Coordinators' Office are located. it also houses the St. La Salle Chapel (see below), Main Clinic, and the Main Library (see below).
[edit] St. Miguel Febres Cordero Building
The building which is located behind the St. La Salle Main Building, which houses the grade 1 classrooms, seven classrooms of grade 2, Learning Community 1 Assistant Principal's Office, and the Grade School Principal's Office. It houses 2 Computer Laboratories, a Music Room, and an Activity Room.
[edit] St. Mutien Marie Building
Behind the St. Benilde Gym, the St. Mutien Marie Building houses the whole High School Department. It has 11 First Year classrooms, and 10 classrooms each from Second Year To Fourth year. The Principal's Office, High School Chapel, High School Office, Lower Years Activity Room, Maria Pilapil Hall, and High School Library (see below) are all found in the Ground Floor. the Lower Years Assistant Principal's Office and the LY Prefect's Office is found at the Third Floor, while the Upper Years Assistant Principal's Office, UP Prefect's Office, and HS Academic Coordinators' Office are found at the Fifth Floor. A Computer Laboratory is also found at the Fifth Floor. The Adult Night High School (see below) Academic Coordinator's Office is found at the Second Floor. And the Basement houses the Automotive Room, Drafting Room, and the Kundirana Room.
[edit] Kinder Buildings
The Newly Built Buildings house the students and faculty of the Kindergarten Department.
The Kinder 1 Building has 2 floors to accommodate the students and faculty of the department. It also has its own Library.
The Kinder 2 Building is the newest building. It has 4 floors to accommodate the students. The rooms used by the Kinder 2 Department only reaches until the third floor. On the fourth floor, The HS LCLE Computer Laboratories, HS Music Room, HS Performing Arts Room, and HS Publication Office are located.
[edit] Central House
More known to the students as the Brothers' House, this is where the FSC Brothers of LSGH live. It is usually off-limits to all students except the Fourth Floor where the HS Science Laboratories are located. The four major areas namely: Integrated Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics have their own Laboratories.
[edit] St. Joseph's Theater
The former St. Joseph's Auditorium underwent a complete renovation in 2004. Renamed as a theater, it has orchestra and balcony sections that can accommodate 628 persons. Its newly-installed lighting and sound systems make it the best equipped medium-sized performing arts venue within the San Juan and Mandaluyong-Ortigas area. It is the home of both the grade school and high school theater arts departments of La Salle Green Hills.
[edit] Libraries
[edit] Main Library
The Main Library of LSGH is located in the quadrangle area located at the Br. Arnold Reche Building. It has the Filipiniana section, Easy Reading, Cyberquest, Reference and Fictional and non-Fictional sections. It is complete in computer services including internet and printing.
[edit] Annex Library
The Annex Library is located in the St. La Salle Building Annex and is used mainly by the grades 5-7 and is off-limits to the lower grades. It has most of the services as the Main but no longer includes the Easy Reading. Xerox services are available at this library.
[edit] High School Library
The High School library is located at the ground floor of the High School Building and is used only by the High School. It has the same services as the Annex Library but also includes the Leisure Reading area where comics and digests can be found. It is generally the biggest library in the campus. The GHArchives (Green Hills Archives) and the HS Audio - Visual Center, and ANHS collection are also housed in this library.
[edit] Clinics
[edit] Main Clinic (Parmenie)
The Main Clinic is located in the Bro. Arnold Reche Building, right beside the main entrance of the FMAC. It has a doctor's clinic, treatment room, dentist's clinic, a resting area with 10 beds and an isolation room. The Main Clinic went under full renovation before the start of the SY 2006-07.
[edit] High School Clinic
The High School Clinic is located in the St. Mutien Marie Bulding servicing High School and Kindergarten students.
[edit] Spiritual Activities and Development Facilities
Since La Salle Green Hills is a school dedicated for the formation of Christian Gentlemen, the school has provided facilities for the Spiritual Activities and Development of its students.
[edit] St. La Salle Chapel
A chapel, located at the ground floor of Bro. Arnold Reche building hosts the Class Masses and Para liturgies of the Grade School. It is also open for all students and faculty who would like to meditate and pray.
[edit] High School Chapel
Located at the St. Mutien Marie Building, it hosts the Class Masses and Para liturgies of the High School. It is also open for High School students who would like to meditate and pray. It has a sacristy which also serves as a confessional. A collection of Binhi, the school's praisebook which compiles different mass songs and prayers are stored in its sacristy.
[edit] National Shrine of the Divine Child and Adoration Chapel
The shrine is a fully air-conditioned church which can seat 300-400 students at a time. It is where the Kindergarten graduations, and the Grade 2 First Holy Communion is celebrated. It is also used for wakes of the faithfully departed alumni, students, faculty, and family members of the said persons of the school. It celebrates regular Sunday Masses held at 10:00 in the morning, as well as a 11:00pm Christmas mass every December 24.
[edit] Retreat House Complex
The Retreat House is situated behind the Kinder One building. It can house two simuntaneous class recollections. The two story building has the same facilities on both floors namely:conference room, dining hall, kitchen, dormitory, shower rooms and comfort rooms.
[edit] Sporting areas
La Salle Green Hills has two main gymnasiums the St. Benilde Gym and the FMAC (see below). La Salle Green Hills also has 2 fields. The upper field and a wide football field (see below) which hosted festivals such as the Nike Cup. It also has a swimming pool
[edit] St. Benilde Gymnasium
The Saint Benilde Gymnasium is the main multi-purpose gymnasium of the school, which the other one is the FMAC (see below). This is where the basketball varsity holds their practices regularly. As said above it is used by the PBL for games and used rarely by Assumption College-San Lorenzo for the basketball games. It has 3 full courts, with two being wooden, and the other hardcourt. The hardcourt has a seating capacity of about 450.
[edit] Father Martinez Activity Center (FMAC)
Inaugurated on September 11, 1998, this multi-purpose gym is equipped with 1 full court basketball court, 2 convertible courts, wall climbing, Taekwondo and weights. A special room is also found here that hosts to Basic Carpentry of Grade 5 and Macrame of Grade 6. This is where the grade school basketball team holds their practices annually. The Monday and Tuesday morning assemblies are held here.
[edit] Brother Gilbert Cotter Field
Also known as the Lower Field, this is the football ground of the school. The grade school and high school teams practice here. Although often closed due to rain, the school does not allow play at these times because of the sensitivity of the soil and the grass, which is usually managed. Its grass is changed yearly and because of this it is closed for the month of June. It has been used for school activities such as P.E. periods (football only) and for the once every two year Kabihasnan Fair which they hold the field presentations. The field is 3/4 size of the official football pitches such as the ones in England. It has a seating capacity of approximately 250. The Grade school team consists of student Grades 3-7 with the Grade 3&4 team designated as Midjets D, with Grade5 as Midjets C, Grade 6 Midjets B and Grade 7 Midjets A, in which all teams practice regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The High School team consists of 1st to 4th year student playing for one team, they hold practices on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
[edit] Upper Field
This field is located inside the track oval. It is where the baseball diamond, and the Beach Volleyball court(see below) are located
[edit] Track and Field Oval
Added in 2001, the track and field oval is where the varsity teams hold their jogging sessions and as well as practice for the track varsity.
[edit] Beach Volleyball Court
The beach volleyball court which is located in the track oval is used by the College of Saint Benilde beach volleyball varisty and often hosts the Nestea Beach Volleyball Competition.
[edit] Swimming Pool
Located beside the FMAC, the 25m by 25m pool is used by PE classes and the school's varsity
[edit] Lawn Tennis Court
The Lawn Tennis Court is located beside the Retreat House and is used by the school's varsity team.
[edit] The School Emblem
The shield is quartered by the form of a cross. On the upper left, the three broken chevrons are as in the coat of arms of the La Salle family representing the name of the school La Salle. The upper right contains the five-point star with rays, the sign of faith, from the seal of the Brothers of the Christian Schools who conduct the school. The lower left portion contains a section of the Philippine flag signifying loyalty to the country. The lower right, with its hill represented in green is for Green Hills, and the monument to signify Rizal Province, localizes the location of the school.
The shield is topped with the helmet and breastplate. The salvation of souls is the uppermost aim of our school, hence the "helmet of salvation" and the "breastplate of integrity" signify the primary objective. The motto "To God, through faith, virtue and culture" further emphasizes that the school offers all the greater honor and glory of God. In green and white in classical design, the name and place of the school surround the shield.
[edit] The Adult Night High School
The ANHS was established to educate the marginalized, not only financially, but also to the physically challenged namely: the deaf and the mute Filipinos. It teaches them vocational courses that they could use to earn a living. It usually teaches from post-teen years students to those who are already advanced in years. These classes are held at the High School Building, from 6:00 to 11:00 in the evening after the regular students have their classes.
[edit] Accreditation
The grade school and high school of LSGH was formally accredited by the Philippine Accrediting Assoc. of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), in 1974. Such recognition attests the high standards of both the grade school and high school has achieved in the following areas:
- School and Community
- Faculty
- Admin./School Staff
- Instructional Programs
- Student Activity program
- Student Services and Facilities
It further indicates the grade school and high school's genuine concern for improvement and development. On December 11, 1992, PAASCU granted LSGH a seven-year accreditation status, making LSGH the first to be granted the status during the decade. In 1998 and again in November 2004, the school underwent another successful accreditation.
[edit] Core Values
The core values have been drawn from the mission-vision statement of the school which former Bro. President Bernard Oca FSC, caused to be reconceptualized during the first year of his presidency in SY 97-98.
- Christian Gentlemen
- Committed to Excellence
- Contributes to Society
- Competent
- Concerned for the Marginalized
- Cares for the Earth
- Compassionate
- Future Leader
- Proud Filipino
- Confident
[edit] Academics
[edit] Grade School academics
- Language (Grammar, Composition and Speech)
- Reading (Vocabulary, Comprehension and basic literature)
- Mathematics (Basic Mathematics. Operations, fractions, decimals, basic geometry and algebra)
- Science (General Sciences)
- Chrisitan Living (Religious Studies)
- Filipino (Filipino Grammar, Literature, Comprehension and Vocabulary) - taught in Filipino
- Sibika at Kultura/HEKASI (History) (Philippine History taught in Filipino Language)
- Penmanship (Grades 1-7)
- Art (Grades 1-7)
- EPP (Grades 3-7)
- Physical Education (Grades 1-7)
[edit] Edukasyong Pantahanan at Panlipunan
The EPP class is catered to Grades 3 to 7 students to enhance their skills in Home Economics. Curriculums of this class are:
- Grades 3 and 4: Home Arts and Ceramics
- Grade 5: Basic Carpentry (Projects include toolbox, medicine cabinet and pencil case)
- Grade 6: Basic Electricity (Project is the lampshade) and Macrame (Project is a knot-made image)
- Grade 7: Home Cooking (concentrates on cooking the six - course meal. 1 meal per meeting)
[edit] High School academics
[edit] English
- Freshman - Basic and Philippine Literature, Grammar and Reading
- Sophomore - Afro-Asian Literature, Grammar and Reading
- Junior - English-American Literature, Grammar and Reading
- Senior - World Literature
[edit] Social sciences
- Freshman - Philippine History
- Sophomore - Asian Studies
- Junior - World History
- Senior - Economics
[edit] Mathematics
- Freshman - Algebra I
- Sophomore - Algebra II
- Junior - Geometry and Statistics
- Senior - Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry
[edit] Science
- Freshman - General Sciences
- Sophomore - Biology
- Junior - Chemistry
- Senior - Physics
[edit] Chrisitan Living
- Freshman - Old and New Testament
- Sophomore - Church History and Sacraments
- Junior - Morality and Vocation
- Senior - Social Teachings of The Church
[edit] Filipino
- Freshman - Wide study of the Language and Literature
- Sophomore - Intelligent study of the Language and Literature
- Junior - Literature and introduction to Rhetorics
- Senior - Rhetorics and Literary Analysis
[edit] Arts and Technology
- Freshman - Electronics, Music, Computer - Flash MX 2004
- Sophomore - Drafting/AutoCAD 2006, Integrated Arts, Computer - ActionScript
- Junior - Home Management and Culinary Arts, Computer - HTML
- Senior - Automotive, Music Appreciation, Computer - Visual basic (basic programming)
[edit] Others
- Physical Education
[edit] Special programs offered to students
- Chinese Language Program - for all ages (basic, intermediate, and intermediate 2 levels)
- MTAP Program (Mathematically Advanced Pupils) - for students who excel in mathematics
- Reading Development - for students who can't read very well
- Special Filipino and Hekasi - for non-Filipino speakers
- Sports Program - for all students (Tae Kwon Do, Basketball, Volleyball, Fencing, Tennis, Soccer, Swimming, Golf, Aikido, Karate, wall climbing, badminton, Track & Field, & baseball)
- Enrichment program - offered to a student who either fails in a particular subject or a student who excels in a particular subject
- Summer classes program - offered to a student who fails in either Mathematics, English, Science, and Filipino
- Spanish, French, or Japanese Language classes - offered only to High School Students
[edit] Debate team
The Debate society of La Salle Green Hills was formed the school year of 2005-2006. The founding students were Sophomores and Juniors at that time. By the first year, the team participated in major and minor competitions including a number of IDEA (International Debate Education Association) competitions.
[edit] Kundirana
For more info on this section, see main article, Kundirana.
[edit] Athletics
La Salle Green Hills represents De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in the Juniors division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It once represented De La Salle University-Manila in the 1970s.
[edit] Basketball
- NCAA
- Milo Small Basketeers of the Philippines
- PAYA Midgets
- PRADA Midgets
- PSBL Midgets
- Mini PAYA
- Mini PSBL
- Milo PASSERELLE
- PAYA Juniors
- PRADA Juniors
[edit] Football (soccer)
- NCAA
- Rizal Football Association (RIFA)
- Inter-La Salle League
[edit] Track and Field
- NCAA
- PRADA
- Inter-La Salle League
- International Meet
- Grade School PRADA
[edit] Notable alumni
- Ogie Alcasid entertainer
- Stephen Fernandez Taekwondo Olympic medalist
- Bongbong Marcos politician
- Ralph Recto senator
- Gary Valenciano entertainer
- Jett Pangan singer, frontman of The Dawn (band)
- Paeng Nepomuceno - Champion Bowler
- Randy Santiago - Actor, Singer, Comedian
[edit] External link
| National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) Season 82 |
Seniors:  Letran Knights |  St. Benilde Blazers |  JRU Heavy Bombers |  Mapúa Cardinals PCU Dolphins |  San Beda Red Lions |  San Sebastian Stags |  UPHSD Altas |
| Juniors: Letran Squires | JRU Light Bombers La Salle Greenies | PCU Union Baby Dolphins San Beda Red Cubs | San Sebastian Staglets | UPHSD Altalettes |
| NCAA South | List of seasons | Championship events |
