De La Salle John Bosco College

De La Salle John Bosco College
De La Salle John Bosco College
DLSJBC Seal.png
Motto Fides Servitum Communitas (Faith Service Community)
Established 1963*
2007**
Type Private, Co-ed
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic, Lasallian
President Br. Ophelia Fugoso AFSC
Admin. staff 147[1]
Students 2,769[1]
Location Bislig City, Surigao del Sur,  Philippines
Former names John Bosco School (JBS)
John Bosco College (JBC)
Hymn The DLSJBC Alma Mater Song, The De La Salle Hymn
Colors Green and White         
* As St. John Bosco Technical High School
** As De La Salle John Bosco College

The De La Salle John Bosco College (DLSJBC) is a Lasallian district school and an affiliate of the PAASCU located in Mangagoy, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur in the Philippines. It was established in 1963 by the Don Bosco Fathers, the administration and supervision of which was formally turned over to the De La Salle Brothers in 1977.

Brief history

DLSJBC founded in the mid 50's as the Bislig Bay Elementary School was established exclusively for the dependents of the Bislig Bay Lumber Incorporated (the forerunners of the Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines or PICOP, one of the biggest papermill companies in entire Asia at that time). In 1961, the company turned over the management of the school to Fr. Alberto Grol, then-parish priest of Brgy. Mangagoy, Bislig City after the permission of Msgr. Charles Van den Ouewelant. Fr. Grol then converted the Bislig Bay Elementary School into a parochial school that allowed access of non-company dependents.

Later on in the years 1962-63, the parochial school was converted into an elementary school for girls under the name St. Margaret Mary school managed by the Augustian Recollect Missionary Sisters (ARM). Fr. Grol then envisioned the establishment of a school for boys with the blessing of the Bishop and the financial assistance of Don Andres Soriano (co-owner of BBLI) who readily gave up the idea on condition the proposed boys' high school be put up in Mangagoy where the BBLI of the Andres Soriano Corporation was located. About the same time, the Don Bosco School in Mandaluyong planned a pattern for a school supposedly for Davao City. Negotiations went fast and in 1963, the Salesian Fathers of Don Bosco agreed to manage the school and the company committed to subsidize its operations with focus on training young males who could answer the increasing demand for skilled workers at the company.

In 1964, a number of teachers from Don Bosco Mandaluyong assigned in Mangagoy became the pioneering staff of the St. John Bosco Technical High School. The school was located at the former parish convent at Mangagoy and used part of the church as classrooms. Fr. Grol was then replaced by Fr. Henry Raam. At the same year, the St. Margaret Mary School also opened its High School Department for girls. In the year 1967, St. John Bosco Technical High School and St. Margaret Mary School's first batch of high school students graduated. Meanwhile in 1968, the Augustian Recollect Missionary Sisters contract to manage the school expired and the Maryknoll Sisters were invited to turn over the management. The following year (1969), High School girls of nearby St. Margaret Mary's School were transferred and merged with St. John Bosco, thus making it a co-educational institution. After the merging was completed, it was renamed as the John Bosco School (JBS).

In 1974, the Jose Maria Soriano - Learning Center (JMS-LC), a La Salle-Supervised school in Coleto, also in Bislig, was established by PICOP for the benefits of the children of the company employees living in Forest Drive Village which is 13 kilometers away from the company. The school was then appointed a Brother-Supervisor, Br. Thomas Cannon, FSC as the first school director.

In 1977, while the Don Bosco Fathers were slowly departing away, the last batch of the Maryknoll Sisters also left Bislig and the administration and supervision of John Bosco School was formally turned over to the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines. Br. Tom Cannon also became the Brother-Supervisor both in JBS and JMS-LC. In 1982, by the supervision of Br. Mifrando Obach, FSC (who replaced Br. Cannon) John Bosco School and the Jose M. Soriano - Learning Center were merged thus making it a school with 2 campuses, the Main campus located in Mangagoy and the JMS-LC campus located in Coleto, still bearing the name John Bosco School.

In 1997, the PICOP Resources, Inc. withdraw its financial assistance to the school and the JMS-LC was then phased-out and all of its operations were transferred to John Bosco Main campus. Also in that year, complete pre-school education with complete nursery and complete kinder levels were opened at John Bosco. It was also in the same year that John Bosco School became John Bosco College (JBC) with the opening of its College Department.

In 1999 onward, the JBC was accredited by the La Salle Schools Supervision Office and in 2006, the school was officially accepted as a District School of De La Salle Philippines. With Ophelia S. Fugoso as the School President and Bro. Narciso "Jun" Erguiza, FSC as the LaSallian Brother representative and school supervisor, the acceptance ceremony was done on February 2007 making it as the 18th district school of the De La Salle Philippines thus renaming it now as the De La Salle John Bosco College.

School Seal (Old)

Seal of the John Bosco College
  • The white shield with a tower and cross symbolizes the school's being a Catholic institution.
  • The Chi-Rho in the upper corner of the crest is the sign of peace.
  • The gold star is the De La Salle Brothers' Signum Fidei or Star of Faith.
  • Three broken chevrons on the white shield signify St. John Baptist De La Salle, founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

References

  1. ^ a b DLSP September 2008 Statistics. delasalle.ph. Accessed May 26, 2009
  1. http://jbclasalle.net/
  2. http://delasalle-jbc.ning.com/
  3. Significant Events in the History of John Bosco College
  4. Erquiza, N. (2006). John Bosco College. Philippine Lasallian FaMiLi, 8, pp. 9.


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