Baras, Rizal
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Baras is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 31,524 people in 4,971 households.
The founding establishment of the Military General Headquarters of the 53rd Infantry Division, Philippine Commonwealth Army was active and build on 1942 to 1946 at Camp Caparas in Barangay Concepcion, Baras.
The Military General Headquarters and Camp Bases of the 53rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was establishment and active on 1942 to 1946 at Camp Caparas in Baras. The military engagements of the Anti-Japanese Operations in Manila, Northern and Southern Luzon and Bicol Peninsula and aided the local guerrilla resistance fighters and U.S. military forces against the Japanese Imperial forces.
Started the Fall of Intramuros on February 1945 under the Battle of Manila. Some of the stronghold of all local Filipino soldiers, military officers, military trucks, tanks, military IFV's artilleries and many other military equipments under the 53rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was sending the local military operations in the City of Manila from the military GHQ and camp bases at Camp Caparas in Barangay Concepcion, Baras and the military engagements of the Anti-Japanese Operations in Manila and they recaptured and liberated in Intramuros and aided the local recognized guerrillas and the U.S. military forces and defeated and fought against the Japanese Imperial armed forces under by Navy Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi.
s (9 urban, 1 rural).
The following year, Fr. Price relinquished the directorship in favor of Fr. Eliseo Peregrino who had succeeded Msgr. Dimbla as parish priest of Baras. Fr. Peregrino agreed to take over and decided to run the school on its own. Thus St. Joseph's High School formally opened on June 1953 with 27 first year students.
It was an uphill struggle for the school from the start. The school had nothing but a dilapidated cinvent and a few improvised chairs and tables. The town population then was so small, the people were poor, so the tuition fee had to be minimal. There was a stiff competition between the school and the public high school in the neighboring town. But Fr. Peregrino and his successor Fr. Arcadio Pascual with trust in God proved equal to the challenge.
On March 1957, Saint Joseph's High School proudly presented its 34 graduates. From them, the prestige of the school was firmly established under the principalship of Mr. Pedro Matignas.
In the year 1963, Fr. Antero Sarmiento succeeded Fr. Pascual as the school's director and parish priest. It is not surprising that the school made even greater progress under him. It was through his efforts that the school rose up again after the disastrous typhoon of 1964. Also, Msgr. Sarmiento helped the school through his Scholarship Foundation.
Fr. Patricio Lim continued Fr. Antero Sarmiento's work in May, 1967 to 1971. Highlights of his stay in Baras were the construction of wooden pews and chandeliers in the church and school. Fr. Manuel Guerrero temporarily took over the school after him until Fr. Salvador Jose succeeded with Miss Escolastica Pangilinan, as principal. During Fr. Jose's administration, the present high school building was reconstructed and was financed by His Emminence Rufino Cardinal Santos. Fr. Felipe Ocol succeeded Fr. Jose, as the director-principal of the school for one year until Miss Melania Advincula became the principal.
Saint Joseph's High School started under a different name, San Ildefonso College of Baras. As a branch of SIC Tanay, Rizal, it opened its doors to thefirst batch of 40 first year students in June 1992 with Fr. Arthur Price as founder and director and Sister Mamerta Rocero as assistant principal with Mr. Pedro Matignas and Miss Avelina Teston as the first teachers.
The following year, Fr. Price relinquished the directorship in favor of Fr. Eliseo Peregrino who had succeeded Msgr. Dimbla as parish priest of Baras. Fr. Peregrino agreed to take over and decided to run the school on its own. Thus St. Joseph's High School formally opened on June 1953 with 27 first year students.
It was an uphill struggle for the school from the start. The school had nothing but a dilapidated cinvent and a few improvised chairs and tables. The town population then was so small, the people were poor, so the tuition fee had to be minimal. There was a stiff competition between the school and the public high school in the neighboring town. But Fr. Peregrino and his successor Fr. Arcadio Pascual with trust in God proved equal to the challenge.
On March 1957, Saint Joseph's High School proudly presented its 34 graduates. From them, the prestige of the school was firmly established under the principalship of Mr. Pedro Matignas.
In the year 1963, Fr. Antero Sarmiento succeeded Fr. Pascual as the school's director and parish priest. It is not surprising that the school made even greater progress under him. It was through his efforts that the school rose up again after the disastrous typhoon of 1964. Also, Msgr. Sarmiento helped the school through his Scholarship Foundation.
Fr. Patricio Lim continued Fr. Antero Sarmiento's work in May, 1967 to 1971. Highlights of his stay in Baras were the construction of wooden pews and chandeliers in the church and school. Fr. Manuel Guerrero temporarily took over the school after him until Fr. Salvador Jose succeeded with Miss Escolastica Pangilinan, as principal. During Fr. Jose's administration, the present high school building was reconstructed and was financed by His Emminence Rufino Cardinal Santos. Fr. Felipe Ocol succeeded Fr. Jose, as the director-principal of the school for one year until Miss Melania Advincula became the principal.
In th school year 1977-1978, Fr. Alfonso Ma. Erestain took over the directorship with the help of his principal, Mrs. Julieta Arroyo of Tanay, Rizal. That was the first time when the enrollment of the school rose to 524 students. Fr. Erestain created the San Jose de Baras Educational and Cultural Foundation but for some reasons it failed. This also led the school in the verge of being closed. The school was left in debt to the principalship of Mrs. Agapita Telado, a retired public elementary school teacher and principal.
Fr. Santiago Hughes then temporarily took care of the parish but refused to be the director of the school which was then in a shaky condition until a clever and brave priest was sent by Cardinal Sin to be the parish priest and director of the school. He was Fr. Patrick Ronan, the first Columban priest assigned in St. Joseph Parish. He started in a cludy month of June, 1981. He began with full emphasis on the survival of the school not only financially but academically and spiritually. The school stood on its own feet with the good collection of tuition fees and other miscellaneous income. The Student Council Organization worked cooperatively to raise more funds for the improvement of the school. On the second year of Fr. Ronan's administration, Sis. Simeona Torres became principal but she died in March. Mrs. Cresisanta A. Vallestero, who was the registrar and cahier at the same time, took over and became the officer-in-charge of the school and later was designated as prncipal, S.Y. 1983-1984.
Henceforth, the school was very much involved in different spiritual activities, at the same time on academic side. Academically speaking it is not behind other schools in the sense that it always make it to the top in unit meets and even in provincial athletic meets. Not only did it boast of these academic success but also in athletic events that it had joined so far.
As of now the school runs smoothly with the help of some organizations like PTA, some alumni who are never tired of giving help toour school in terms of books, chairs, and improvements of other facilities.
One of the significant changes in our school is its changing name from St. Joseph's High School to Saint Joseph Parish School. This was made possible through Bishop Protacio Gungon, who was the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the school, the Director being its treasurer and the principal as the secretary. Reasons for the change are especially to emphasize that our school should be an integral and active part of parish life and also, so that we may have an umbrella name that will cover all levels of education.
In 1990, the Director and Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Patrick Ronan left for his homeland for medical treatment. He was temporarily replaced by Msgr. Emiliano Belain as the director and parish priest. Later, he was appointed to become permanent because of the death of Fr. Ronan due to cancer. Whatever goals and policies of the former directors of the school, the present director continued, but with greater efforts so the school can be more developed. The school ran smoothly under his administration.
In 1993, Rev. Fr. Jose P. Matan took over as the new director and parish priest. There was a big progress then that in 1994-95 enrollment started to grow up. Many students from different towns enrolled here. In the same year, under the supervision of the principal, Mrs. Cresisanta A Vallestero, there was the opening of the Elementary from Grade I to Grade IV. The construction of additional school facilities were made possible, like school canteen, steel fence, window grilles, pathways and the statue of St. Joseph.
In April 30, 1995, the principal received an award as Outstanding Educator sponsored by International Research Communication Center Inc., which added credit to the name of the school. Another similar success was the 100% passing of graduating class in the NSAT, the replacement of NCEE. Eventually, SCO President, James Edward Golla passed the University of the Philippines Entrance Examination. From then on, other graduates passed the said examination and even in other college entrance examinations.
In the same year, construction of additional three rooms for the elementary and the reconstruction of grotto near the school canteen in the same school year happened. Continuous physical development was done yearly like construction of the TLE Room, Canteen and school garage through Mr. Ms. St. Joseph 1997-98. After Fr. Jose Matan, a young priest in the person of Rev. Fr. Aguedo A. Gula took over the directorship. He developed the Parish as well as the school with the help and assistance of Mrs. Cresisanta A. Vallestero who has been Principal since 1983 to present.
Year 2002, the school ceebrated the 50th Foundation Day(March 19, 2002). It marked its Golden Anniversary with a year round program of activities, which turned out to be a remarkable event in its history.
Through the collaborative efforts of the school and the General Paren-Teacher Auiliary Council (GPTAC) with the leadership of Mr. Edgard Ferrera as president, the Audio Visual Room was brought to completion within three years(2003-2006). Repairs of comfort rooms, roof and repainting are being done under the directorship of the very young and humble parish priest, Rev. Giovanni Osias Delfin O. Yago.
And hopefully with the continuous collaborative efforts of parents, school benefactors, community friends and with administration and staff, St. Joseph Parish School will always be in progressive rate of development.
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. According to the latest census, it has a population of 31,524 people in 4,971 households.
History
During the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese armed forces was occupied and entering the municipal town of Baras from 1942 during the Japanese Occupation.The founding establishment of the Military General Headquarters of the 53rd Infantry Division, Philippine Commonwealth Army was active and build on 1942 to 1946 at Camp Caparas in Barangay Concepcion, Baras.
The Military General Headquarters and Camp Bases of the 53rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was establishment and active on 1942 to 1946 at Camp Caparas in Baras. The military engagements of the Anti-Japanese Operations in Manila, Northern and Southern Luzon and Bicol Peninsula and aided the local guerrilla resistance fighters and U.S. military forces against the Japanese Imperial forces.
Started the Fall of Intramuros on February 1945 under the Battle of Manila. Some of the stronghold of all local Filipino soldiers, military officers, military trucks, tanks, military IFV's artilleries and many other military equipments under the 53rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was sending the local military operations in the City of Manila from the military GHQ and camp bases at Camp Caparas in Barangay Concepcion, Baras and the military engagements of the Anti-Japanese Operations in Manila and they recaptured and liberated in Intramuros and aided the local recognized guerrillas and the U.S. military forces and defeated and fought against the Japanese Imperial armed forces under by Navy Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi.
Barangays
Baras is politically subdivided into 10 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s (9 urban, 1 rural).
- Evangelista
- Rizal (Pob)
- San Jose
- San Salvador
- Santiago
- Concepcion
- San Juan
- San Miguel
- Mabini
- Pinugay
Saint Joseph Parish School
Saint Joseph's High School started under a different name, San Ildefonso College of Baras. As a branch of SIC Tanay, Rizal, it opened its doors to thefirst batch of 40 first year students in June 1992 with Fr. Arthur Price as founder and director and Sister Mamerta Rocero as assistant principal with Mr. Pedro Matignas and Miss Avelina Teston as the first teachers.The following year, Fr. Price relinquished the directorship in favor of Fr. Eliseo Peregrino who had succeeded Msgr. Dimbla as parish priest of Baras. Fr. Peregrino agreed to take over and decided to run the school on its own. Thus St. Joseph's High School formally opened on June 1953 with 27 first year students.
It was an uphill struggle for the school from the start. The school had nothing but a dilapidated cinvent and a few improvised chairs and tables. The town population then was so small, the people were poor, so the tuition fee had to be minimal. There was a stiff competition between the school and the public high school in the neighboring town. But Fr. Peregrino and his successor Fr. Arcadio Pascual with trust in God proved equal to the challenge.
On March 1957, Saint Joseph's High School proudly presented its 34 graduates. From them, the prestige of the school was firmly established under the principalship of Mr. Pedro Matignas.
In the year 1963, Fr. Antero Sarmiento succeeded Fr. Pascual as the school's director and parish priest. It is not surprising that the school made even greater progress under him. It was through his efforts that the school rose up again after the disastrous typhoon of 1964. Also, Msgr. Sarmiento helped the school through his Scholarship Foundation.
Fr. Patricio Lim continued Fr. Antero Sarmiento's work in May, 1967 to 1971. Highlights of his stay in Baras were the construction of wooden pews and chandeliers in the church and school. Fr. Manuel Guerrero temporarily took over the school after him until Fr. Salvador Jose succeeded with Miss Escolastica Pangilinan, as principal. During Fr. Jose's administration, the present high school building was reconstructed and was financed by His Emminence Rufino Cardinal Santos. Fr. Felipe Ocol succeeded Fr. Jose, as the director-principal of the school for one year until Miss Melania Advincula became the principal.
Saint Joseph's High School started under a different name, San Ildefonso College of Baras. As a branch of SIC Tanay, Rizal, it opened its doors to thefirst batch of 40 first year students in June 1992 with Fr. Arthur Price as founder and director and Sister Mamerta Rocero as assistant principal with Mr. Pedro Matignas and Miss Avelina Teston as the first teachers.
The following year, Fr. Price relinquished the directorship in favor of Fr. Eliseo Peregrino who had succeeded Msgr. Dimbla as parish priest of Baras. Fr. Peregrino agreed to take over and decided to run the school on its own. Thus St. Joseph's High School formally opened on June 1953 with 27 first year students.
It was an uphill struggle for the school from the start. The school had nothing but a dilapidated cinvent and a few improvised chairs and tables. The town population then was so small, the people were poor, so the tuition fee had to be minimal. There was a stiff competition between the school and the public high school in the neighboring town. But Fr. Peregrino and his successor Fr. Arcadio Pascual with trust in God proved equal to the challenge.
On March 1957, Saint Joseph's High School proudly presented its 34 graduates. From them, the prestige of the school was firmly established under the principalship of Mr. Pedro Matignas.
In the year 1963, Fr. Antero Sarmiento succeeded Fr. Pascual as the school's director and parish priest. It is not surprising that the school made even greater progress under him. It was through his efforts that the school rose up again after the disastrous typhoon of 1964. Also, Msgr. Sarmiento helped the school through his Scholarship Foundation.
Fr. Patricio Lim continued Fr. Antero Sarmiento's work in May, 1967 to 1971. Highlights of his stay in Baras were the construction of wooden pews and chandeliers in the church and school. Fr. Manuel Guerrero temporarily took over the school after him until Fr. Salvador Jose succeeded with Miss Escolastica Pangilinan, as principal. During Fr. Jose's administration, the present high school building was reconstructed and was financed by His Emminence Rufino Cardinal Santos. Fr. Felipe Ocol succeeded Fr. Jose, as the director-principal of the school for one year until Miss Melania Advincula became the principal.
In th school year 1977-1978, Fr. Alfonso Ma. Erestain took over the directorship with the help of his principal, Mrs. Julieta Arroyo of Tanay, Rizal. That was the first time when the enrollment of the school rose to 524 students. Fr. Erestain created the San Jose de Baras Educational and Cultural Foundation but for some reasons it failed. This also led the school in the verge of being closed. The school was left in debt to the principalship of Mrs. Agapita Telado, a retired public elementary school teacher and principal.
Fr. Santiago Hughes then temporarily took care of the parish but refused to be the director of the school which was then in a shaky condition until a clever and brave priest was sent by Cardinal Sin to be the parish priest and director of the school. He was Fr. Patrick Ronan, the first Columban priest assigned in St. Joseph Parish. He started in a cludy month of June, 1981. He began with full emphasis on the survival of the school not only financially but academically and spiritually. The school stood on its own feet with the good collection of tuition fees and other miscellaneous income. The Student Council Organization worked cooperatively to raise more funds for the improvement of the school. On the second year of Fr. Ronan's administration, Sis. Simeona Torres became principal but she died in March. Mrs. Cresisanta A. Vallestero, who was the registrar and cahier at the same time, took over and became the officer-in-charge of the school and later was designated as prncipal, S.Y. 1983-1984.
Henceforth, the school was very much involved in different spiritual activities, at the same time on academic side. Academically speaking it is not behind other schools in the sense that it always make it to the top in unit meets and even in provincial athletic meets. Not only did it boast of these academic success but also in athletic events that it had joined so far.
As of now the school runs smoothly with the help of some organizations like PTA, some alumni who are never tired of giving help toour school in terms of books, chairs, and improvements of other facilities.
One of the significant changes in our school is its changing name from St. Joseph's High School to Saint Joseph Parish School. This was made possible through Bishop Protacio Gungon, who was the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the school, the Director being its treasurer and the principal as the secretary. Reasons for the change are especially to emphasize that our school should be an integral and active part of parish life and also, so that we may have an umbrella name that will cover all levels of education.
In 1990, the Director and Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Patrick Ronan left for his homeland for medical treatment. He was temporarily replaced by Msgr. Emiliano Belain as the director and parish priest. Later, he was appointed to become permanent because of the death of Fr. Ronan due to cancer. Whatever goals and policies of the former directors of the school, the present director continued, but with greater efforts so the school can be more developed. The school ran smoothly under his administration.
In 1993, Rev. Fr. Jose P. Matan took over as the new director and parish priest. There was a big progress then that in 1994-95 enrollment started to grow up. Many students from different towns enrolled here. In the same year, under the supervision of the principal, Mrs. Cresisanta A Vallestero, there was the opening of the Elementary from Grade I to Grade IV. The construction of additional school facilities were made possible, like school canteen, steel fence, window grilles, pathways and the statue of St. Joseph.
In April 30, 1995, the principal received an award as Outstanding Educator sponsored by International Research Communication Center Inc., which added credit to the name of the school. Another similar success was the 100% passing of graduating class in the NSAT, the replacement of NCEE. Eventually, SCO President, James Edward Golla passed the University of the Philippines Entrance Examination. From then on, other graduates passed the said examination and even in other college entrance examinations.
In the same year, construction of additional three rooms for the elementary and the reconstruction of grotto near the school canteen in the same school year happened. Continuous physical development was done yearly like construction of the TLE Room, Canteen and school garage through Mr. Ms. St. Joseph 1997-98. After Fr. Jose Matan, a young priest in the person of Rev. Fr. Aguedo A. Gula took over the directorship. He developed the Parish as well as the school with the help and assistance of Mrs. Cresisanta A. Vallestero who has been Principal since 1983 to present.
Year 2002, the school ceebrated the 50th Foundation Day(March 19, 2002). It marked its Golden Anniversary with a year round program of activities, which turned out to be a remarkable event in its history.
Through the collaborative efforts of the school and the General Paren-Teacher Auiliary Council (GPTAC) with the leadership of Mr. Edgard Ferrera as president, the Audio Visual Room was brought to completion within three years(2003-2006). Repairs of comfort rooms, roof and repainting are being done under the directorship of the very young and humble parish priest, Rev. Giovanni Osias Delfin O. Yago.
And hopefully with the continuous collaborative efforts of parents, school benefactors, community friends and with administration and staff, St. Joseph Parish School will always be in progressive rate of development.