Claret School of Quezon City

Coordinates: 14°38′48″N 121°3′20″E / 14.64667°N 121.05556°E / 14.64667; 121.05556

Claret School of Quezon City
Paaralang Claret ng Lungsod Quezon
Motto	Scientia maxime cum virtute ("Knowledge is best with virtue")
Established	1967
Type	Private, Catholic, Claretians
Affiliations	PAASCU,ACSPI,CEAP,QC-MCGSC, PAYA, RIFA, QCAA, PRISSAAP, DepEd , AAPS ,CMLI, Claretian Missionaries, TAAPI, BSP-Quezon City Council, SCAP
Principal	Mrs. Carmelita C. Condecido GS Ms. Zenaida G. Dela Rosa HS
Students	Approximately 4,100
Location	Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Campus	29,101 m²(approximately 3.3 hectares) (Diliman Campus)
Colors	Fiery Red & Royal Blue
Nickname	Claret Red Roosters
Mascot	Red Rooster
Newspaper	Tanglaw (High School) The Claretian (Grade School)
School Director	Rev.Fr. Renato Manubag, CMF
Hymn	The Claret School March
Website	claretschool.edu.ph

The Claret School of Quezon City(CSQC, Claret School or Claret) is a Catholic school for boys run by the Claretian Missionaries and established in June 1967. It was named after its patron saint, St. Anthony Mary Claret, who founded the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is located at Mahinhin Street, U.P. Village, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.

History

School Directors of Claret School of Quezon City

1967-81 - Rev. Fr. Santiago González, CMF 1981 - Rev. Fr. Julián Mateos, CMF 1981 - Rev. Fr. Jesús Vásquez, CMF 1981 - Rev. Fr. Emilio Pablo, CMF 1981 - Rev. Fr. Luis Fernández Rey, CMF 1981 - Rev. Fr. Domingo Moraleda, CMF 1981-95 - Dr. Enrique Coraledo 1995-2001 - Rev. Fr. Agapito Ferrero, CMF 2001-06 - Rev. Fr. Felimon P. Libot, CMF 2006-09 - Rev. Fr. Salvador G. Agualada, Jr., CMF 2009-10 - Rev. Fr. Eduardo C. Apungan, CMF 2010-Present - Rev. Fr. Renato B. Manubag, CMF

The Claretian fathers dreamt to build a school in the Philippines after they had started their missions in Zamboanga and Basilan. The fathers needed a base to serve as the center for Claretian activities in the country. In the late 1960s, Fr. José Querexta, CMF acquired the 29,000 square meter lot in UP Village, Diliman, Quezon City. In 1967, the construction of the first two buildings of the school (Xifré and Clotet) were supervised by Fr. Miguel Mialet, CMF. Fr. Santiago González, CMF was the first school director. Under his guidance the school quickly grew to include the Intermediate Grade School Department in 1968 and the High School Department in 1972. In the 1970s the school included an upgrade of the old covered court into today's gymnasium, and The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish.^{[citation needed]}

In 1981, Fr. González was replaced by Fr. Julián Mateos, CMF; Jesús Vásquez, CMF; Emilio Pablo, CMF; Fr. Luis Fernández Rey, CMF; and Fr. Domingo Moraleda, CMF. From 1981 until 1995, the school was transferred under the supervision of Dr. Enrique Coralejo, a lay director.^{[citation needed]}

The 1990 earthquake forced the school to make reinforcements to the main buildings. During the same decade, the Sala building was completed as the last of the five main buildings of the campus.The Vilaró , Fàbregas and Sala buildings were then built in 1990's. From 1995 until 2001,Fr. Agapito Ferrero, CMF was the school director.^{[citation needed]}

From 2001–2006,Fr. Felimon P. Libot, CMF became the first Filipino Claretian priest to be assigned as school director. On on May 15, 2006, Fr. Salvador G. Agualada, CMF became the school director. In 2007, the school celebrated its 40th anniversary and the TLE building was completed.^[1][2].In the middle of SY 2008-2009, the former School Director, Rev. Fr. Domingo Moraleda died on a fatal accident at Mabalacat, Pampanga^[3]. In SY2009-2010 , the school director was Fr. Eduardo Apungan, CMF which he took office on June 1, 2009.After the School year 2009-2010 , Fr. Eduardo Apungan,CMF ,was succeeded by Rev.Fr. Renato Manubag , CMF in SY 2010-2011

Organization

Claret School of Quezon City is composed of the Child Study Center, the Grade School Department and the High School Department. While the Grade School and High School units were established in 1967, it was only in June 2001 that the school opened the Child Study Center. The Center accepts 3½ to 4½ year-old boys and girls for nursery and 4½ to 5½ year-old boys for Kinder. From Kinder, the curriculum ladder extends to the prep level which was integrated to the Grade School in 1967.

The Grade School department of Claret School of Quezon City was accredited by the PAASCU on March 15, 1978. It was granted reaccreditation in 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2005 and the latest was until 2010.

The High School department received its accreditation by PAASCU on April 19, 1991. It was granted reaccreditation in 1995, 2001, and 2006.^[2]

Aside from its membership in the PAASCU, Claret School of Quezon City also takes active roles in the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), Association of Private Schools Administrators, Inc. (APSA, Inc.) the QC-Marikina Grade School Consortium, and the Private Secondary School Administrators Association of the Philippines (PRISSAAP).

In the school year 2003–2004, the Association of Claret Schools in the Philippines, Inc. (ACSPI) was formally established and this further strengthened the linkages of the four Claret Schools in the Philippines: Claret School of Quezon City, Claret School of Zamboanga^[4], Claret College of Isabela, and Claret School of Tumahubong in Basilan Province.

Buildings and facilities

There are five major buildings on the campus named after co-founder Claretian fathers. The Xifré and Clotet buildings were the first two buildings of the school followed by the Fàbregas, Vilaró and Sala buildings. Two other major buildings are the TLE Building which was completed in 2007 and the CSC Building which was completed in 2001.

Xifré Building

The Xifré Building holds the Instructional Media Center-Print which is located on the 2nd Floor of the Building, The Student Development Center Main office which houses the Grade School Counselors and the Psychometrists, High School Student Moderator's offices (1st Yr. and 2nd yr. Student Moderator's Office is on the 4th Flr. , and the 3rd yr. and 4th yr. Student Moderator's Office is on the 5th Flr.) ,the 5th Grade Faculty Room (on the 3rd Floor of the Building) .In this building , it also housed the Grade School Department in the 3rd floor of the Building while the 4th Floor and the 5th Floor houses the High School Department.In the High School Department Wing of this building, the classrooms are equipped with amplifiers, speakers, LCD Projectors and Screen and Televisions. One of the facts about this building is that it is one of the 2 oldest buildings in CSQC alongside the Clotet Building. The letter Code for this Building is : "X".This building is named after Fr.José Xifré , CMF

Clotet Building

The Clotet Building's 1st floor holds the Grade School wing. It also holds the Intermediate Grade School wing which occupies the 2nd to 3rd Floors, The High School Department occupies the 4th floor and the 5th floor of the building.In the High School Department Wing of this building, the classrooms are equipped with amplifiers, speakers, LCD Projectors and Screen and Televisions.One of the facts about this building is that it is one of the 2 oldest buildings in CSQC alongside the Xifré Building. The letter Code for this Building is : "C".This building is named after Bl.Fr. Jaime Clotet, CMF

Fàbregas Building

The Fàbregas building holds the Elise Canteen (commonly known as the "old canteen"), the Intermediate Grade School wing from 2nd to 3rd Floor, and the High School Department occupies the 4th and 5th Floors of Fàbregas Building.In the High School Department Wing of this building, the classrooms are equipped with amplifiers, speakers, LCD Projectors and Screen and Televisions.The letter Code for this Building is : "F".This building is named after Fr. Domingo Fàbregas, CMF.

Vilaró Building

The Vilaró building houses the Primary Grade School wing, the printing office, Music Room for the Grade School . It also houses the alumni office and the Primary Faculty Rooms (Gr. 1 Faculty Room and Gr. 2 Faculty Room are both located on the 2nd Floor of the building while the Gr. 3 Faculty Room is on the 3rd Floor of the Building.The letter Code for this Building is : "V".One of the most interesting fact is that it became the background of CSQC IDs since it was renovated during SY 2004-2005. This building is named after Fr. Manuel Vilaró,CMF

Sala Building

The last major building is the Sala building which houses computer laboratories of both Grade School(Intermediate) and High School, Science Laboratories of the High School Department and the Science Research Center, The SDC Annex, High School Multi-purpose room, HS Faculty Conference Room and the High School Faculty Room.The letter Code for this Building is : "S".This building is named in the honour of Fr.Esteban Sala,CMF (one of the co-founders of the Claretian Missionaries)

TLE Building

Inaugurated in 2007, the TLE Building is accessible via a stairway behind the main lobby at Xifré Building.Another way to access the building is to use the bridge between Clotet Building(Clotet Main)and the TLE Building on their 2nd Floors. All the Grade School Science Laboratories are located on the 2nd Floor of the building. All the Practical Arts classrooms are located n the 3rd Floor of the Building, with 2 classrooms for Technological & Livelihood Education and 2 for Drafting.Sometimes it is referred as Clotet Annex Building due to it proximity to Clotet Building.

CSC Building

This houses the CSC(Jr.Nursery,Sr.Nursery and Kinder Levels), the Father Rhoel Galardo, CMF Hall, Claretian Vocation offices, the Claretian Missionaries Offices, the Claretian Publication and Pastoral Bible Foundation.

Other facilities

The school has a gymnasium, Audio-visual Room(AVR),which was renovated in SY 2010-2011 and serves as one of the auditoriums of the institution (alongside the under planning New Auditorium on the proposed Sports Complex) , library, quadrangle, playgrounds for GS-Primary Department and the CSC department, a soccer field which was upgraded in SY 2006–2007 and a school bookstore which is located near the AVR,which sells Claretian Products and School Supplies inside the School community

Claret School of Quezon City has a fleet of buses mainly used by the varsity teams, student organisations and for field trips and for students' and the personnels' recollections and retreats. The fleet is also used in the Outreach of the Student Organisations, Personnels and even the students.

References

1. ^ Tanglaw: A 40th Foundation Anniversary Special p.6
2. ^ ^{a b} Claret School Student Handbook Revised 2008 pp. 3–4
3. ^ http://www.gmanews.tv/story/130814/Overtaking-bus-slams-into-car-in-Pampanga-5-dead-56-hurt#
4. ^ http://www.claretzamboanga.net/

External links

• Official website