La Salle Green Hills

Infobox Secondary school
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native_name = La Salle Green Hills, Lungsod ng Mandaluyong

motto = "Ad Deum Per Fidem Mores Culturam"
To God, through faith, virtue and culture
established = 1959
city = Mandaluyong
state = Metro Manila
province =
country = Philippines
campus = Urban, 60,000 m²
type = Private, Lasallian, Catholic
affiliation =
affiliations = NCAA, DLSPI, EDSOR [ [http://www.rockedphilippines.org/schools_edsor.html RockEd Philippines - Where Future Leaders Meet] rockedphilippines.org.Accessed September 2007.]
president = Br. Felipe Belleza FSC
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principal = Ramelle Javier GS
Amy Galang HS
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faculty = ~900
students = ~7,300
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grades = Kindergarten 1-2
Grade 1-7
High School I-IV
address = 343 Ortigas Avenue
district =
oversight = De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines
accreditation = PAASCU
mascot = The Green ArcherCref|a
colors = Green and White color box|#003300 color box|#FFFFFF
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newspaper =Hasik, EPA Link GS
Lazette, PALS. net HS
yearbook = Ranger GS
Scope HS
free_label_1 = Hymn
free_1 = De La Salle Alma Mater Hymn
free_label_2 = Varsity Team
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website = [http://www.lsgh.edu.ph http://www.lsgh.edu.ph]
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La Salle Green Hills (LSGH or La Salle) is a Private Catholic school for boys located on Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is run by the Roman Catholic Brothers of the Christian Schools- Philippine District.

La Salle Green Hills offers elementary education, [ [http://gsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/admsn.html LSGH Grade School: Admissions] gsweb.lsgh.edu.ph.] and secondary education. [ [http://hsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/admission.html La Salle Green Hills - High School Website | Admission] LSGH High School.]

La Salle Green Hills is the fourth oldest campus of De La Salle Philippines, the association of all Lasallian institutions in the Philippines, after De La Salle University in Manila (1911) [ [http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/inside/history.asp DLSU-Manila : Inside DLSU : History] .dlsu.edu.ph. Accessed June 2008.] , University of St. La Salle in Bacolod (1952) [ [http://usls.edu.ph/University_Profiles/Inside_USLS.cfm University of St. La Salle - Bacolod.::Inside USLS::.] usls.edu.ph. Accessed June 2008.] , and the La Salle Academy in Iligan (1958). [ [http://www.lasalleiligan.org/site1/history.htm www.lasalleiligan.org - Official website of La Salle Academy - Iligan] .lasalleiligan.org.Accessed June 2008.]

La Salle Green Hills was given a clean 7-year accreditation by the PAASCU in 1991 and 1998, thus making it the first and only high school institution in the Philippines to receive such. [http://delasalle.ph/index.php De La Salle Philippines] DLSPI Website.] [ [http://hsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/about.html#histo La Salle Green Hills - High School Website | About LSGH] LSGH HS Website.]

Background

La Salle Green Hills was founded by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a religious congregation founded by Saint John Baptist de La Salle more than 300 years ago. On March 1911, nine FSC brothers, upon request of then Manila Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty, arrived and established the De La Salle College now known as De La Salle University. La Salle Green Hills, as mentioned above, is the fourth Lasallian educational institution established in the Philippines, after DLSU-M, USLS, and LSA-Iligan.

The Brothers have so far opened 17 schools in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao forming De La Salle Philippines. [ [http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/brothers/delasalle-years.asp De La Salle: 1911-1986] [http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/history.asp dlsu.edu.ph] Accessed May 16, 2006]

History

During the early 1950s the Brothers of De La Salle College-Manila led by Brother H. Gabriel Connon FSC, hesitantly acquired a six hectare lot on Ortigas Avenue in Mandaluyong City to relocate the De La Salle Novitiate from Baguio and to accommodate increasing requests for admission to the then De La Salle Grade School on Taft Avenue, Manila.

Then, in July 1959 La Salle Green Hills (then spelled La Salle - Green Hills [La Salle - Green Hills High School Diploma dated 1974.] ) opened its door to two preparatory sections and one section each for grades one and two. Its first Brother-Director was Brother Alphonsus Bloemen FSC who first came to teach in De La Salle College in Manila in 1940. 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. [http://hsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/about.html# La Salle Green Hills - High School Website | About LSGH] . Accessed July 2007.] In 1968, when the De La Salle High School - Manila was made defunct, graduates of the De La Salle Grade School were transferred to the La Salle Green Hills High School, making La Salle Green Hills the high school of De La Salle University - Manila. The De La Salle Grade School - Manila was made defunct in 1983. [ [http://www.dlsaa.com:8081/dlsaaPublic/dlsaaNews/about90/about2.html De La Salle Alumni Association | About DLSAA] dlsaa.com.Accessed November 2007.]

La Salle Green Hills was first accredited by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities or PAASCU in 1971 and was given a three-year accrediting grant. La Salle Green Hills received three-year accreditations again in 1974 and 1977. After which, La Salle Green Hills was given a better five-year grant in 1982 and 1987 after two accrediting visits. Accrediting visits in 1991 and 1998 were given seven-year accreditations making it the first and only high school in the Philippines to be granted two seven-year accreditations. After the seven-year accrediting grant that was given to La Salle Green Hills in 1998, the school was surveyed on September 2005 and was granted a five-year accreditation. [ [http://www.paascu.org.ph Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities] paascu.org.ph.] [ [http://hsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/paascu.htm News - La Salle Green Hills High School] hsweb.lsgh.edu.ph. Accessed August 2007.] Then in 2008, the La Salle Green Hills Grade School was granted a Level III accreditation by PAASCU, making it the first and only school in the Philippines to be granted such. [http://gsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/web-inside-news.htm [LSGH-GS] News and Highlights] . gsweb.lsgh.edu. Accessed August 2008.]

In June 8 2009, La Salle Green Hills will celebrate its golden jubilee, and in 2011 will celebrate together with the rest of the De La Salle schools in the Philippines the centennial celebration of the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines.

Departments

Grade School

The La Salle Green Hills Grade School (LSGH-GS) is a Catholic elementary school for boys. It offers education for students from the kindergarten level to the seventh grade. Its facilities and classrooms are located within the St. Joseph the Worker Building (Kindergarten), St. Brother Miguel Febres Cordero FSC building, Brother Arnold Reche FSC building, and the St. La Salle building (Grades 1-7). The Grade School shares the athletic facilities with the High School. Its current principal is Mr. Jose Ramelle Javier. The Grade School has the distinction of being the first grade school in the country to receive a Level III accreditation from the PAASCU.

The curriculum for the LSGH-GS focuses on basic elementary education, in which Language(English), Filipino, Christian Living, Science, art, Music, Computer, Adding, and Subtracting, are introduced in Kindergarten 1 & 2. Further Language, Reading, Filipino, Christian Living, Science, Arts, Computer and Music, with the addition of mathematics (in which multiplication, division, geometry, etc. are added), History (which is called "Sibika at Kultura" for Grades 1 - 3 or "HEKASI" for Grades 4 - 7) which is taught using the Filipino Language , and Physical Education are taught in Grades 1-7. "Edukasyong Pantahanan at Panlipunan" (Home Economics) or EPP is introduced in Grade 3. [ [http://gsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/objacad.html#acad_inst LSGH Grade School: Objectives and Academics] La Salle Green Hills Grade School website. ]

High School

The La Salle Green Hills High School (LSGH-HS) is a Catholic secondary school for males. Its entire department is located within the St. Brother Mutien Marie FSC building aside from the Arts & Technology classrooms which are located at the St. Benilde Gym's mezzanine, and the top floors of the St. Joseph the Worker building and Central House. Its current principal is Mrs. Amy Galang.

The curriculum of the LSGH-HS focuses mainly on college preparatory education in which English, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Christian Living, and Filipino make up the Academic subjects while Arts and Technology (includes Electronics, Music, Drafting, Integrated Arts, Culinary Arts and Automotive), Computer, and Physical Education and Health make up the co-curricular subjects which are all taught through 1^st to 4^th Year High School. [ [http://hsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/academics.html La Salle Green Hills - High School Website | Academics] . Accessed July 2007.] A good number of graduates from the LSGH-HS move on to study at the Ateneo de Manila, De La Salle, and University of the Philippines. [Data at LSGH-HS Guidance Unit, the Unit responsible for college admissions.]

The Campus

The school is situated on a six-hectare campus fronting Ortigas Avenue, across from Wack-Wack Village and Golf Course.

t. Benilde Gym/Cafeteria

Probably the most well-known building on the school grounds, construction of the dome-shaped structure began in 1967. [http://hsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/about.html#histo La Salle Green Hills - High School Website | About LSGH#History] LSGH HS Website.] It houses the main basketball courts sometimes used for the various basketball games and the cafeteria on the ground floor. It is used every six years for presidential election ballot counting by NAMFREL. [ [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=67870 NAMFREL to stay in La Salle after May 26] INQUIRER.net. Accessed July 2007.] The mezzanine houses most of the Computer and Arts & Technology classrooms of the La Salle Green Hills High School.

Classroom buildings

*Saint La Salle BuildingHouses the Learning Community 3 classrooms (Grades 5-7), some computer labs and special classrooms, offices including the Presidents' Office and a canteen. [http://gsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/srvclty.html#facility LSGH Grade School: Services and Facilities] .gsweb.lsgh.edu.ph.Accessed June 2008.]

The 3rd floor of the St. La Salle Building houses one of the campuses of the Ramon V. del Rosario Sr. Graduate School of Business, of which LSGH is designated as the "Ortigas campus". [ [http://www.dlsps.edu.ph/index.php?cat=72&id=42 De La Salle Professional Schools] .dlsps.edu.ph. Accessed May 20, 2008.]

*Brother Arnold Reche FSC BuildingHouses 5 Grade 2 classrooms and houses all of the Grade 3 and 4 classrooms.

*Saint Brother Miguel Febres Cordero FSC BuildingThe building is located behind the St. La Salle Main Building, and houses the Grade 1 classrooms, seven Grade 2 classrooms, the Learning Community 1 Assistant Principal's office, and the Grade School Principal's office. It houses two computer laboratories, a music room, and an activity room.
*Saint Brother Mutien Marie FSC BuildingThe Saint Mutien Marie Building, or the High School Building, houses the entire High School Department of LSGH, from classrooms to the administration offices. The classrooms are organized with each year level occupying one level starting with the 1st year on the second floor. The ground floor comprises the HS library, offices and the HS chapel.

*St. Joseph the Worker Building

The St. Joseph the Worker Building houses the students and faculty of the Kindergarten department, and is divided into the Kinder 1 building and the Kinder 2 building.

Other buildings

*Central House

This was the first building in 1959. It was here that the first classes of LSGH were held. Today, it is the residence of the FSC Brothers of LSGH, this is more commonly known to the students as the "Brothers' House." It is usually off-limits to all students except for the HS Science Laboratories on the fourth floor.

*Brother Rafael S. Donato FSC Center for the Performing Arts

The Brother Rafael S. Donato FSC Center for the Performing Arts (Br. Donato Center) is the home of both the grade school and high school theater arts departments of La Salle Green Hills. The former St. Joseph's Auditorium (SJA) underwent a complete renovation in 2004 and was renamed as the St. Joseph's Theater (SJT to the students). It was then dedicated on March 2007 to Brother Rafael Donato FSC, who died in Bagac, Bataan, on November 2, 2006, 2 weeks after his 50th anniversary as a De La Salle Brother. It has orchestra and balcony sections which can accommodate 628 persons and 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. ["Br. Rafael S Donato FSC Center for the Performing Arts", page 142, La Salle Green Hills Grade School Student Handbook, 2007-08 edition. Accessed May 22, 2008. ]

This has also been the venue of productions by the Grade School's Junior Actors' Guild and the High School's Cue Drama Club [ [http://members.tripod.com/cuedramaclub/ The Cue Drama Club of La Salle Green Hills High School] Cue Drama Club Website, Accessed August 2007.] . Cue Drama stages productions every year.

porting areas

La Salle Green Hills has many various sport facilities, catering to various sports.

Among the facilities, one of them is the St. Benilde Gymnasium (pictured above), which is the one which is the most familiar building on campus. Although called a gym, it does not house an actual gym (unlike the one in the Father Martinez Activity Center, or FMAC), but houses basketball games and practices.

The other gym is the Father Martinez Activity Center (FMAC). It is named after LSGH's rector in the late 1990s but unfortunately died in 1998, the time that the FMAC was constructed.Cref|b It has 3 basketball courts, one full court made of Taraflex and the other two are convertible to volleyball/ badminton courts, the Weights room.La Salle Green Hills Grade School Handbook, p.140 (2007-08 edition). ] , and a Wall climbing facility. La Salle Green Hills also has a full-sized football field, named after Brother Gilbert Cotter, FSC, an American De La Salle Brother who used to handle LSGH and was closely tied to football. [ [http://www.usls.edu.ph/brothers/index.php?display=gilbert_v La Salle Brothers in the Philippines] . usls.edu.ph. Accessed June 2008.] This is where football matches are held (mostly by the school's varsity team) as well as field demonstrations in school festivities.

Other facilities include the Track Oval, Baseball diamond, Beach Volleyball court, Lawn Tennis Court, Swimming pool, Wall climbing facility, and Table tennis room.

Libraries

*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."The Leaning Resource Center",pages 130-132, La Salle Green Hills Grade School Handbook. Accessed May 22, 2008]

*Annex Library

The Annex Library is located in the St. La Salle Building Annex and is used mainly by Grades 5-7 and is off-limits to the lower grades(Grades1-4). It has most of the services of the Main Library but no longer includes the Easy Reading Section. Photocopying services are available in this library. There is also the internet which is commonly used by Grades 5-7 which will only be used for studying purposes.

*High School Library

The High School library is located on 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 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.

piritual 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.

La Salle Green Hills has 2 chapels, the St. La Salle Chapel, and the High School Chapel, and one shrine, the National Shrine of the Divine Child.

The National Shrine of the Divine Child, or the NSDC is where wakes are held (for deceased faculty, alumni, brothers, etc.). The shrine also serves regular Sunday masses. This is also where the Grade 2 classes have their First Holy Communion every December-February. Recently, the NSDC is the place where ZTE scandal witness Jun Lozada held a press conference concerning the scandal. [ [http://news.delasalle.ph/2008/02/chronology-of-events-lsgh-brothers.html De La Salle Philippines Media Bureau: Chronology of Events: LSGH Brothers' Community as Sanctuary for the Lozada Family] . news.delasalle.ph. Accessed May 22, 2008.] [ [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=108381 ABS-CBN New Online (BETA)] . abs-cbnnews.com. Accessed May 22, 2008.]

Large community gatherings such as the community mass are done at the gym. [ [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080216-119363/Ateneo-La-Salle-Cory-lead-mass-for-Lozada-on-Sunday Ateneo, La Salle, Cory lead mass for Lozada on Sunday - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos] . newsinfro.inquirer.net. Accessed May 22, 2008.]

Retreat House Complex

The Retreat House is situated behind the Kinder One building. It can house two simultaneous class recollections.Cref|c The two-story building has identical facilities on both floors: Conference room which can be converted to a chapel, dining hall, kitchen, dormitory, showers, and lavatories. The dormitories are furnished with bunk beds which can accommodate a class of about 55 (full) and is air-conditioned.

Extra-curricular

Performing Arts

Ever since the opening of the school, LSGH has been holding plays, concerts and so-called "Activity Days" in each grade level (a particular day in the year where students recite short stories, poems, and even give speeches in English and Filipino), to enhance the students taste for the performing arts. Most of these events are held at the now Bro. Rafael Donato Center for the Performing Arts, and even in the old St. Joseph's Auditorium, (the name of the Bro. Donato Center before renovation).

La Salle Green Hills has clubs for those who want to partake in plays, the Junior Actor's Guild (JAG) in the Grade School and the Cue Drama Club in High School. These clubs hold about 3 plays per year and are held in the Bro. Donato Center. The school also has a well-renowned singing group, Kundirana, which is composed of about 12-18 high school students. Kundirana has performed several concerts since its establishment in the 1970s. The Kundirana has also the distinction of being the most famous high school singing group in the Philippines. [ [http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/june/16/yehey/life/20060616lif2.html The Manila Times Internet Edition | LIFE & TIMES > 35 years of Kundirana music] manilatimes.net. Accessed August 31,2007.]

Athletics

The La Salle Green Hills varsity team is named the La Salle Greenies, the named used when representing the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde Blazers in the NCAA as their junior counterpart. They were also the juniors representative of the De La Salle Green Archers in the NCAA from 1968-1981. [ [http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220504 Pinoy Exchange Forums] . Pinoy Exchange Forum. Accessed August 2007.] La Salle Green Hills' former varsity name were the La Salle Green Hills Rangers. [ [http://www.lsghaa.net/ LSGH Alumni Association - Going Green Online] . lsghaa.net. Accessed May 21, 2008.] There are several claims as to where the moniker was taken from. [ [http://rektikano.vox.com/library/post/why-green-hills.html Why "Green Hills"? - Vox] . rektikano.vox.com. Accessed May 21, 2008.]

In the NCAA, the Greenies have won 11 Juniors General Championships, 8 with DLSU and 3 with DLS-CSB. [ [http://www.ncaa.org.ph/champions.php NCAA Champions List at NCAA.org.ph] NCAA.org.ph. Accessed August 2007.] La Salle Green Hills is currently the NCAA Season 83 Juniors' General Champions. [ [http://ncaaphil.multiply.com/ _____NCAA Philippines_____] .ncaaphil.multiply.com. Accessed May 21, 2008.]

La Salle Green Hills due to its ties with the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in the NCAA, uses the cheers of Benilde in the NCAA, but since LSGH being a La Salle school altogether, uses the cheers of De La Salle University outside the NCAA.Cref|d

The Adult Night High School

The Adult Night High School (ANHS) was established to educate the marginalized, not only financially, but also the physically-challenged through its Program for Deaf Learners. 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 5:30 to 9:00 in the evening after the regular students have their classes. [http://www.lsgh83.org/laking_verde/anhs.html Laking Verde - ANHS] . lsgh83.org. Accessed May 22, 2008.]

chool 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. [ [http://gsweb.lsgh.edu.ph/emblem.html LSGH Grade School: Emblem] . gsweb.lsgh.edu.ph. Accessed May 22, 2008.] Page 26, La Salle Green Hills Grade School Handbook, 2007-08 edition.]

The shield is topped with the helmet and breastplate. The salvation of souls is the uppermost aim of the 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.

Notable alumni

*Gerardo Ablaza Jr.(DLSC-GS'67, LSGH-HS'71, DLSU'74) - entrepreneur, CEO of Globe Telecom [ [http://lsgh71.org/welcome.html LSGH71 Toastmaster's Page] lsgh71.org. Accessed August 2007.]
*Ogie Alcasid - Singer/Actor/Songwriter
*Robert Ace Barbers - Politician
*Mike Bilbao (DLSC-GS'64, LSGH-HS'68, DLSU'73) - Captain of the De La Salle Green Archers/PBA Player
*Jose Ma. A Concepcion III (GS'72, HS'76, DLSU'81) - CEO of RFM corporation and current Presidential Adviser
*Thomas "Butch" Dumpit, Jr. (LSGH-HS'79,PMA Class '84) - Congressman
*Mike Enriquez(DLSC-GS'64, LSGH-HS'68, DLSU'73) - newscaster/VP-GMA Channel 7 [ [http://www.geocities.com/kean_barrera/24.htm PROFILE:MIKE ENRIQUEZ] Geocities.com. Accessed August 2007.]
*Stephen Fernandez - Taekwondo Olympics representative
*Gian Magdangal - Singer
*Edu Manzano - actor
*Ferdinand Marcos Jr. - Politician [ [http://www.geocities.com/lppsec/govs/marcos.html Personal Profile of Gov. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.] geocities.com.Accessed May 20, 2008.]
*Paeng Nepomuceno - World Champion Bowler [http://uaapforums.yehey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=42374 Name Famous Personalities of Your School] Uaapforums.com. Accessed August 2007.]
*Br. Bernard Oca FSC (DLSC-GS'67, LSGH-HS'71, DLSU'74) - De La Salle Christian Brother
*Francis Pangilinan - Politician / Senator
*Ralph Recto - Cabinet Secretary/Former Senator [ [http://eleksyon2007.inquirer.net/candidates.php?name=Recto,-Ralph-(Korecto)Eleksyon 2007 - INQUIRER.net] .eleksyon2007.inquirer.net.Accessed May 20, 2008.]
*Randy Santiago - Actor
*Robert John L. Sobrepena (GS'68, HS'72) - CEO of Fil-Estate
*Gary Valenciano - Singer [ [http://www.chordie.com/song.php/songartist/Gary+Valenciano/index.html Gary Valenciano profile] Chordie.com. Accessed August 2007.]
*Victor V. Villavicencio - CEO of Triple V Corporation, Kamayan, Saisaki and Dad's Chain of Restaurants

Notes

References

External links

* [http://www.lsgh.edu.ph La Salle Green Hills Official Website]
* [http://www.delasalle.ph De La Salle Philippines]
* [http://www.lasallian.ph Philippine Lasallian Family Website]
* [http://www.dlsaa.com De La Salle Alumni Association]
* [http://wiki.alumni.net/wiki/Asia/Philippines/Metro_Manila/Mandaluyong_City/La_Salle_Green_Hills/ Old Teachers & Brothers]