St. Andrew's School Parañaque
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Saint Andrew's School is a private
Catholic
parochial school
of the Cathedral Parish of St. Andrew and managed by the Diocese of Parañaque
. It is located in Parañaque City
, Metro Manila
, Philippines
. The school offers preschool
, primary
, secondary
and alternative
education
.
In February 2006, the school was temporarily closed due to mercury
spillage and its exposure
to 89 students and 17 teachers, totaling to 106 victims, resulting a nationwide restriction of mercury usage in schools. In May 2006, different environmental agencies conducted a clean-up of the spillage. Thus, it was announced that the school is "mercury-free" and the school reopened on June 2006. Although the school faced these problems, it was once recognized as one of the Best Schools for Boys in Parañaque City because of its quality education.
St. Andrew Parish was established by the Augustinian missionaries who landed in a fishery village during the Spanish era in the Philippines to evangelize
and spread Christianity
to the land. These missionary friars ruled over Palanyag for almost four hundred years.
After the Augustinians came the missionaries of the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (CICM), otherwise known as the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Rev. Fr. Joseph "Pare Jose" Van Runckelen, born at Kortenaken
, April 16, 1883, was assigned as parish priest of St. Andrew Parish in October 1915. With the donations and help from the people of Belgium
, Fr. Van Runckelen established the said school on June 27, 1917, and titled it after Saint Andrew
, the patron
of the parish. Incorporated in his newly-established elementary school
were four of his colleagues from CICM. One of the first teachers in the school is Eleuterio de Leon who had been Mayor of Parañaque.
In 1932, Fr. Van Runckelen expanded the school, and with Mrs. Gloria Aspillera-Quintos, he founded the high school
department. The new department started with 32 students (20 boys and 12 girls) and ended up to seven (four boys and three girls); moreover, the seven were the first high school graduates dubbed as The Magnificent Seven.
Upon the demise of Fr. Van Runckelen († Parañaque, October 24, 1934), Rev. Fr. Antonio Van Overveld took over as head of St. Andrew's School from 1934 to 1937. In his period, the school was relocated from the original, which is present site of St. Paul College of Parañaque, to the Parañaque convent building, where the school is presently located.
After Fr. Van Overveld, Rev. Fr. Adolfo Cansse became school director from 1937 to 1952.
broke out in 1941, the school was closed. After the war, the school re-opened for school year 1945-1946 through the efforts of Fr. Cansse and notable faculty members. However, the school opened only the first year class and it was exclusively for boys. St. Paul College of Parañaque, a neighboring school, offered education only for girls.
Fr. Cansse, as a civil engineer
, expanded the school by building the gymnasium and more classrooms in 1949. Rev Fr. Louis Thys, school director from 1952-1977, made several improvements in the school such as a three-story building of different facilities and the library on the second floor. The school hymn, composed by Mr. Francis Dandan, was first sang by the graduating class of 1976. Also, 55 typewriters were acquired, resulting the inclusion of the bookkeeping
subject for third year and stenography and typing in the fourth year curricula
.
Fr. Foulon soon became the school director from 1977 to 1991. In 1979, the annual publication of The Andrean was initiated. Rev. Fr. Joseph Gevaert, the last CICM school director, managed from 1991-1993.
The year 1994 marked the transition of the parish's and school's administration from religious to diocesan. Rev. Fr. Romerico A. Prieto, the first diocesan parish priest of the parish became school director from 1994 to 1995; followed by Rev. Fr. Manuel Sebastian (1995-1996) and Msgr. Manuel Valenzuela (1996-2004).
Msgr. Valenzuela made numerous developments to the school: the construction of a new building for the preschool and elementary departments, a new gymnasium, computer rooms, laboratories for physics, chemistry and home economics and other facilities. In 1999, the preschool department, later dubbed as the Center for Early Childhood Education (CECE), was founded by Msgr. Valenzuela and Mrs. Gertrudes F. Bautista. Also in the same year the coeducation
al status was revived. It started in the CECE department (S.Y. 1999-2000) and the elementary department (S.Y. 2000-2001)
created the new Diocese of Parañaque, an offshoot of the Archdiocese of Manila
, on December 7, 2002. He appointed Bishop Jesse E. Mercado, D.D., an Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, to become the first bishop of the diocese. Msgr. Manuel Gabriel then became school director from 2004 until present.
on February 20, and were released after few days. Several students were given chelation
therapy to remove the mercury in their blood. Due to the incident, the school was temporarily closed. Graduating students, whose education was postponed due to the school's closure, had classes on St. Paul's College of Parañaque; while the undergraduates had home studying
modules. Different agencies from the national and local governments pushed efforts to decontaminate the mercury, though they were unsuccessful. The Department of Health
hired experts from the United States for the clean-up, and the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) of United States responded to give help. Globecare and Royal Haskoning of the Netherlands
conducted a "pro bono" clean-up. Jun Bernabe, mayor of Parañaque, purchased a Lumex machine that aided in conducting mercury levels in the school premises. Parañaque representative Eduardo "Ed" Zialcita proposed a bill that bans the use of mercury in schools.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque
, after assuring on the positive findings of the Inter-Agency on Environmental Health validated by the US EPA, declared the school safe from mercury contamination and classes resumed on June 2006.
Despite the incident, St. Andrew's School gained an award from the Consumers and Marketing Executive in the Philippine Marketing Excellency Awards for being The Most Outstanding Catholic School for Boys (Parañaque) on May 2006.
The High School Department opened its doors for girls in 2006 as the coeducational status prospered.
In 2007, the school supported the Department of Education
's project, Alternative Learning System Accreditation and Equivalency (ALS A&E), together with Pag-unlad ng Kabataan sa Kapatiran ni San Andres (PKKSA). The project fosters alternative education to out-of-school youths and adults in relation to the "Christian and missionary formation" of the school. In February 2008, one hundred learners from SAS registered to take the national test. 16,000 from 80,000 examinees passed, and 27 passers were from SAS. Also, passers of the ALS A&E test graduated and received their high school diploma
song since the school was established. In 1976, he asked the English teachers, with the help of Odelia Cruz, to submit a poem about the school and that he composed the music for the chosen piece. Mr. Dandan based the lyrics from the works of Mrs. Edith Ferrer, Mr. Maximo Marcelo and Fr. Paul Foulon. After several revisions, the hymn was completed on March 6, 1976, and it was taught to the graduating class for them to sing it on their commencement
exercises. Thus, the batch of 1976 was first to sing the St. Andrew's School Hymn.
In 2006, music mentor Mrs. Cheribin Gregorio-Cruz translated the school hymn from English
to Filipino
. This was first sang during the school's cultural presentation in December 2006 with the participation of the school's music club, Musikero.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
Catholic
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
parochial school
Parochial school
A parochial school is a school that provides religious education in addition to conventional education. In a narrower sense, a parochial school is a Christian grammar school or high school which is part of, and run by, a parish.-United Kingdom:...
of the Cathedral Parish of St. Andrew and managed by the Diocese of Parañaque
Diocese of Parañaque
The Diocese of Parañaque is one of the 72 ecclesiastical territories called dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. It comprises the cities of Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Muntinlupa...
. It is located in Parañaque City
Parañaque City
The City of Parañaque , or simply Parañaque , is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila in the Philippines....
, Metro Manila
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...
, 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...
. The school offers preschool
Preschool education
Preschool education is the provision of learning to children before the commencement of statutory and obligatory education, usually between the ages of zero and three or five, depending on the jurisdiction....
, primary
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
, secondary
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
and alternative
Alternative education
Alternative education, also known as non-traditional education or educational alternative, includes a number of approaches to teaching and learning other than mainstream or traditional education. Educational alternatives are often rooted in various philosophies that are fundamentally different...
education
Education in the Philippines
During the period of governance of Spain and the United States, education in the Philippines changed radically, mostly modeled on the system of education in the United States of the time...
.
In February 2006, the school was temporarily closed due to mercury
Mercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...
spillage and its exposure
Mercury poisoning
Mercury poisoning is a disease caused by exposure to mercury or its compounds. Mercury is a heavy metal occurring in several forms, all of which can produce toxic effects in high enough doses...
to 89 students and 17 teachers, totaling to 106 victims, resulting a nationwide restriction of mercury usage in schools. In May 2006, different environmental agencies conducted a clean-up of the spillage. Thus, it was announced that the school is "mercury-free" and the school reopened on June 2006. Although the school faced these problems, it was once recognized as one of the Best Schools for Boys in Parañaque City because of its quality education.
The Augustinians
St. Andrew Parish was established by the Augustinian missionaries who landed in a fishery village during the Spanish era in the Philippines to evangelize
Evangelization
Evangelization is that process in the Christian religion which seeks to spread the Gospel and the knowledge of the Gospel throughout the world. It can be defined as so:-The birth of Christian evangelization:...
and spread Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
to the land. These missionary friars ruled over Palanyag for almost four hundred years.
The CICM Missionaries
Kortenaken
Kortenaken is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Hoeleden, Kersbeek-Miskom, Kortenaken proper, Ransberg and Waanrode. On January 1, 2006 Kortenaken had a total population of 7,540...
, April 16, 1883, was assigned as parish priest of St. Andrew Parish in October 1915. With the donations and help from the people of Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Fr. Van Runckelen established the said school on June 27, 1917, and titled it after Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...
, the patron
Patron saint
A patron saint is a saint who is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person...
of the parish. Incorporated in his newly-established elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
were four of his colleagues from CICM. One of the first teachers in the school is Eleuterio de Leon who had been Mayor of Parañaque.
In 1932, Fr. Van Runckelen expanded the school, and with Mrs. Gloria Aspillera-Quintos, he founded the high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
department. The new department started with 32 students (20 boys and 12 girls) and ended up to seven (four boys and three girls); moreover, the seven were the first high school graduates dubbed as The Magnificent Seven.
Upon the demise of Fr. Van Runckelen († Parañaque, October 24, 1934), Rev. Fr. Antonio Van Overveld took over as head of St. Andrew's School from 1934 to 1937. In his period, the school was relocated from the original, which is present site of St. Paul College of Parañaque, to the Parañaque convent building, where the school is presently located.
After Fr. Van Overveld, Rev. Fr. Adolfo Cansse became school director from 1937 to 1952.
From co-educational to "exclusive for boys"
When World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
broke out in 1941, the school was closed. After the war, the school re-opened for school year 1945-1946 through the efforts of Fr. Cansse and notable faculty members. However, the school opened only the first year class and it was exclusively for boys. St. Paul College of Parañaque, a neighboring school, offered education only for girls.
Fr. Cansse, as a civil engineer
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
, expanded the school by building the gymnasium and more classrooms in 1949. Rev Fr. Louis Thys, school director from 1952-1977, made several improvements in the school such as a three-story building of different facilities and the library on the second floor. The school hymn, composed by Mr. Francis Dandan, was first sang by the graduating class of 1976. Also, 55 typewriters were acquired, resulting the inclusion of the bookkeeping
Bookkeeping
Bookkeeping is the recording of financial transactions. Transactions include sales, purchases, income, receipts and payments by an individual or organization. Bookkeeping is usually performed by a bookkeeper. Bookkeeping should not be confused with accounting. The accounting process is usually...
subject for third year and stenography and typing in the fourth year curricula
Curriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
.
Fr. Foulon soon became the school director from 1977 to 1991. In 1979, the annual publication of The Andrean was initiated. Rev. Fr. Joseph Gevaert, the last CICM school director, managed from 1991-1993.
Religious to diocesan, and the revival of coeducation
Msgr. Valenzuela made numerous developments to the school: the construction of a new building for the preschool and elementary departments, a new gymnasium, computer rooms, laboratories for physics, chemistry and home economics and other facilities. In 1999, the preschool department, later dubbed as the Center for Early Childhood Education (CECE), was founded by Msgr. Valenzuela and Mrs. Gertrudes F. Bautista. Also in the same year the coeducation
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al status was revived. It started in the CECE department (S.Y. 1999-2000) and the elementary department (S.Y. 2000-2001)
The birth of a new Diocese
Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
created the new Diocese of Parañaque, an offshoot of the Archdiocese of Manila
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila or Archdiocese of Manila is a particular Church or Diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is also considered as the primatial see of the country, currently headed by the Archbishop of Manila and it enjoys primacy over the other dioceses in...
, on December 7, 2002. He appointed Bishop Jesse E. Mercado, D.D., an Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, to become the first bishop of the diocese. Msgr. Manuel Gabriel then became school director from 2004 until present.
Mercury spillage (2006)
The school had a mercury spillage during a science experiment on February 16, 2006. From the 89 students exposed with mercury, 11 were confined in the Philippine General HospitalPhilippine General Hospital
The Philippine General Hospital is a tertiary state-owned hospital administered and operated by the University of the Philippines Manila, the University of the Philippines System's Health Sciences Center. It is the largest government hospital administered by the university, and is designated as...
on February 20, and were released after few days. Several students were given chelation
Chelation
Chelation is the formation or presence of two or more separate coordinate bonds between apolydentate ligand and a single central atom....
therapy to remove the mercury in their blood. Due to the incident, the school was temporarily closed. Graduating students, whose education was postponed due to the school's closure, had classes on St. Paul's College of Parañaque; while the undergraduates had home studying
Homeschooling
Homeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school...
modules. Different agencies from the national and local governments pushed efforts to decontaminate the mercury, though they were unsuccessful. The Department of Health
Department of Health (Philippines)
The Philippines’ Department of Health is the principal health agency in the Philippines. It is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services to all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care and the regulation of...
hired experts from the United States for the clean-up, and the Environmental Protection Agency
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
(EPA) of United States responded to give help. Globecare and Royal Haskoning of the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
conducted a "pro bono" clean-up. Jun Bernabe, mayor of Parañaque, purchased a Lumex machine that aided in conducting mercury levels in the school premises. Parañaque representative Eduardo "Ed" Zialcita proposed a bill that bans the use of mercury in schools.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque
Francisco Duque
Francisco Duque, III, Philippine Secretary of Health, was born on February 13, 1957 in Manila. He started as director at the University of Pangasinan from 1989–1999; then as Medical Director at the Doctor's Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Veterans Village, Parañaque City from 1996–1999, among others...
, after assuring on the positive findings of the Inter-Agency on Environmental Health validated by the US EPA, declared the school safe from mercury contamination and classes resumed on June 2006.
Despite the incident, St. Andrew's School gained an award from the Consumers and Marketing Executive in the Philippine Marketing Excellency Awards for being The Most Outstanding Catholic School for Boys (Parañaque) on May 2006.
Origin of the spillage
There were several claims on the origin of the mercury spillage. One is the location of the spillage; there were reports that the mercury spilled in the classroom or in the science laboratory. Another is the action on how the mercury spilled. There were claims that the science teacher allowed to pass the beaker of mercury to the class only to observe it; others claimed that the students played with the mercury, and others claimed that the beaker was accidentally opened.Contemporary
In the late 2005, the gymnasium was demolished to make way for a six-story building with the gymnasium at the top floor. The construction was finished early 2007.The High School Department opened its doors for girls in 2006 as the coeducational status prospered.
In 2007, the school supported 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...
's project, Alternative Learning System Accreditation and Equivalency (ALS A&E), together with Pag-unlad ng Kabataan sa Kapatiran ni San Andres (PKKSA). The project fosters alternative education to out-of-school youths and adults in relation to the "Christian and missionary formation" of the school. In February 2008, one hundred learners from SAS registered to take the national test. 16,000 from 80,000 examinees passed, and 27 passers were from SAS. Also, passers of the ALS A&E test graduated and received their high school diploma
School hymn
Mr. Francis Dandan, the organist of the school and the St. Andrew Parish Choir (SAPC), came upon an idea of composing the school hymn for he noticed graduates leave the school without an alma materAlma mater
Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:...
song since the school was established. In 1976, he asked the English teachers, with the help of Odelia Cruz, to submit a poem about the school and that he composed the music for the chosen piece. Mr. Dandan based the lyrics from the works of Mrs. Edith Ferrer, Mr. Maximo Marcelo and Fr. Paul Foulon. After several revisions, the hymn was completed on March 6, 1976, and it was taught to the graduating class for them to sing it on their commencement
Graduation
Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as Graduands. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also...
exercises. Thus, the batch of 1976 was first to sing the St. Andrew's School Hymn.
In 2006, music mentor Mrs. Cheribin Gregorio-Cruz translated the school hymn from English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
to Filipino
Filipino language
This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...
. This was first sang during the school's cultural presentation in December 2006 with the participation of the school's music club, Musikero.
Publications
- The Andrean, the annual publication
- The SAS Courier, the official student publication (English)
- Ang Mensahero, the official student publication (Filipino)
School Directors
- Rev. Fr. Joseph Van Runckelen C.I.C.M. -1917- 1934 (founder)
- Rev. Fr. Antonio Van Overveld C.I.C.M. -1934- 1937
- Rev. Fr. Adolfo Cansse C.I.C.M. -1937- 1952
- Rev. Fr. Louis Thys C.I.C.M. -1952- 1977
- Rev. Fr. Paul Foulon C.I.C.M. -1977- 1991
- Rev. Fr. Joseph Gevaert C.I.C.M. -1991- 1994
- Rev. Fr. Romerico (Omer) Prieto -1994- 1995
- Rev. Msgr. Manuel Sebastian -1995- 1996
- Rev. Msgr. Bayani Valenzuela -1996- 2004
- Rev. Msgr. Manuel Gabriel, PC, STD -2004- present
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Affiliations
- Diocese of Parañaque Parochial Schools Association
- Manila Archdiocesan and Parochial Schools Association
- Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines