Pasig Christian Academy
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Pasig Christian Academy (PCA) is a private sectarian elementary and high school located at Caniogan, Pasig City
, Philippines
. It was founded in 1988 under the name of Sunbeam Playschool. It was founded by the Masanga family, led by Dr. Isagani C. Masanga. Its high school building is located along Masanga compound, in front of Rizal High School
. Its elementary building is located at the back of its high school building. It is known for its values-laden and Christian-oriented educational system.
Encouraging development necessitated the construction of a large two-storey concrete building in its place in 1990. Another concrete building in the adjoining property was completed for the 1994-1995 school year. Other structures in the compound already in existence are being utilized for various school activities such as library, clinic, speech laboratory, audio-visual room, etc.
It was in the school year 1993-1994 when High School started, in consonance with the official change of name to Pasig Christian Academy signifying both its status and goals. The name Sunbeam Playschool is retained in its category and is classified as a subsidiary of PCA.
Today, PCA is a full-fledged institution that offers Preschool, Elementary and High School (all departments are recognized by the Department of Education
). The founder of the school is Dr. Isagani C. Masanga, who wants to keep alive the ideas that they inherited from their late father and dedicated church leader, Santiago Teofilo Masanga.
The founders of the school, who in the beginning intended simply to keep alive the ideals they inherited from their father, the late Santiago Teofilo Masanga.
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Pasig City
The City of Pasig is one of the city municipalities of Metro Manila in the Philippines and was the former capital of the province of Rizal prior to the formation of this grouping of cities designated as the National Capital Region...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It was founded in 1988 under the name of Sunbeam Playschool. It was founded by the Masanga family, led by Dr. Isagani C. Masanga. Its high school building is located along Masanga compound, in front of Rizal High School
Rizal High School
Rizal High School , an institution of secondary education based in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, has been listed as the “largest secondary school in the world” since 1993 by the Guinness Book of World Records. This evaluation is based on the size of the student population.The school was...
. Its elementary building is located at the back of its high school building. It is known for its values-laden and Christian-oriented educational system.
History
Pasig Christian Academy began humbly as a nursery and kindergarten school in 1988 with the name Sunbeam Playschool and Grade School which was taken from a hymn that says, "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam". Enrollment was only a dozen in a one-storey building with four (4) spacious rooms. The center housed a playroom and a library/music room, the side rooms were occupied by the nursery and the kindergarten.Encouraging development necessitated the construction of a large two-storey concrete building in its place in 1990. Another concrete building in the adjoining property was completed for the 1994-1995 school year. Other structures in the compound already in existence are being utilized for various school activities such as library, clinic, speech laboratory, audio-visual room, etc.
It was in the school year 1993-1994 when High School started, in consonance with the official change of name to Pasig Christian Academy signifying both its status and goals. The name Sunbeam Playschool is retained in its category and is classified as a subsidiary of PCA.
Today, PCA is a full-fledged institution that offers Preschool, Elementary and High School (all departments are recognized by the Department of Education
Department of Education (Philippines)
The Department of Education , is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the management and governing of the Philippine system of basic education. It is the chief formulator of Philippine educational policy and is responsible for the Philippine primary and secondary...
). The founder of the school is Dr. Isagani C. Masanga, who wants to keep alive the ideas that they inherited from their late father and dedicated church leader, Santiago Teofilo Masanga.
The founders of the school, who in the beginning intended simply to keep alive the ideals they inherited from their father, the late Santiago Teofilo Masanga.
School verse
"Let your light shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven" - MatthewGospel of Matthew
The Gospel According to Matthew is one of the four canonical gospels, one of the three synoptic gospels, and the first book of the New Testament. It tells of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth...
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