La Salle Green Hills

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La Salle Green Hills
Motto Ad Deum Per Fidem Mores Culturam
To God, through faith, virtue and culture
Established 1959
Type Private, Lasallian, Catholic
Affiliations NCAA, DLSPI, EDSOR[1]
President Br. Felipe Belleza FSC
Principal Evangeline Tamaca GS
Amy Galang HS
Faculty ~900
Students ~7,300
Grades Kindergarten 1-2
Grade 1-7
High School I-IV
Location 343 Ortigas Avenue,
Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
Oversight De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines
Accreditation PAASCU
Campus Urban, 60,000 m²
Colors Green and White         
Mascot The Green Archera[›]
Yearbook Ranger GS
Scope HS
Newspaper Hasik, EPA Link GS
Lazette, PALS. net HS
Hymn De La Salle Alma Mater Hymn
Varsity Team Greenies
Website http://www.lsgh.edu.ph
LSGH50 logo

La Salle Green Hills (LSGH, Green Hills, or simply La Salle) is a Private Catholic high school for boys located on Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is run by the Roman Catholic De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines.

La Salle Green Hills serves primary education (Kinder 1 & 2, Grades 1-7),[2] and secondary education (1st-4th year high school).[3]

La Salle Green Hills is the fourth oldest campus of De La Salle Philippines, the governing body of all Lasallian institutions in the Philippines, after the original De La Salle University in Manila (1911)[4], University of St. La Salle in Bacolod (1952)[5], and the La Salle Academy in Iligan (1958).[6]

The La Salle Green Hills High School Department was given a clean 7-year accreditation by the PAASCU in 1991 and 1998, thus making it the first and only high school institution to receive such.[7][8]

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[edit] 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-Manila. La Salle Green Hills, as mentioned above, is the fourth Lasallian educational institution established in the Philippines, after DLSU-M, USLS, and LSA-Iligan. [9]

The Brothers have so far opened 17 schools in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao forming De La Salle Philippines.[10]

[edit] History

Third revision of LSGH logo

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.[9]

Then, in July 1959 La Salle Green Hills (then spelled La Salle - Green Hills[11]) 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.[9]

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.[9] 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.[12][13]

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.[9]

[edit] The Campus

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

St. Benilde Gym, Baseball field, and Track Oval
St. Benilde Gym, Baseball field, and Track Oval

[edit] St. Benilde Gym/Cafeteria

Probably the most well-known building on the school grounds, construction of the dome-shaped structure began in 1967.[14] 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.[15] The mezzanine houses several offices, computer labs and other co-curricular classrooms.

[edit] Classroom buildings

  • Saint La Salle Building

Houses the Learning Community 3 classrooms (Grades 5-7), some computer labs and special classrooms, offices including the Presidents' Office and a canteen.[16]

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".[17]

  • Brother Arnold Reche FSC Building

Houses 5 Grade 2 classrooms and houses all of the Grade 3 and 4 classrooms.[16]

  • Saint Brother Miguel Febres Cordero FSC Building

The 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.[16]

  • Saint Brother Mutien Marie FSC Building

The 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 starting with the 1st Year classrooms on the 2nd floor, 2nd year on the 3rd, 3rd year on the fourth and 4th year on the 5th. 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. The Kinder 1 Building has two floors for the students and faculty of the department, along with its own library. The four-story Kinder 2 Building is the newest building on campus. The Kinder 2 Department is located on the first three floors, while the fourth floor contains the HS LCLE Computer Laboratories, HS Music Room, HS Performing Arts Room, and HS Publication Office.

[edit] 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.[18]

This has also been the venue of productions by the Grade School's Junior Actors' Guild and the High School's Cue Drama Club [19]. Cue Drama stages productions every year.

[edit] Sporting areas

The Brother Gilbert Cotter Field with the Steel Car Park (right)
The Brother Gilbert Cotter Field with the Steel Car Park (right)
Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool

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)[20], 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 1990's but unfortunately died in 1998, the time that the FMAC was constructed.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.[20], 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. 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.

[edit] 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.[21]

  • 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.[21]

  • 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.[21]

[edit] Spiritual 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 3 chapels, the National Shrine of the Divine Child, St. La Salle Chapel, and the High School Chapel.

The main chapel of LSGH is the National Shrine of the Divine Child, or the NSDC. The chapel is where wakes are held (for deceased faculty, alumni, brothers, etc.). The chapel 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.[22][23]

The chapel serving the Grade School is the St. La Salle Chapel, which is located in the ground floor of the Bro. Arnold Reche Building. It serves as the location for the yearly class masses of grades 5-7 and the location of meditation and prayer for students and faculty.

The chapel serving the High School is the High School Chapel, which is located in the ground floor of the St. Mutien Marie Building and is used for the trimestral class masses of the 1st to 4th year and for reflection, meditation, and prayer for HS faculty and students.

Larger community gatherings such as the community mass and annual pep rally are done at the gym.[24][25]

[edit] Retreat House Complex

The Retreat House is situated behind the Kinder One building. It can house two simultaneous class recollections.c[›] The two-story building has identical facilities on both floors: Conference room, 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.

[edit] School 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.[26][27]

The shield is topped with the helmet and breastplate. The salvation of souls is the uppermost aim of our 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.[27]

[edit] 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.[28] 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.[28]

[edit] Curriculum

[edit] Grade School

The curriculum for the La Salle Green Hills Grade School focuses on basic elementary education, in which grammar, Filipino, Christian Living, science, art, music, computer, adding, and subtracting, are introduced in Kindergarten 1 & 2. Further grammar, writing, Filipino, Christian Living, science, arts, computer and music, with the addition of mathematics (in which multiplication, division, geometry, etc. are added), History (taught in Filipino (Tagalog)), and Physical Education are taught in Grades 1-7. Edukasyong Pantahanan at Panlipunan (Home Arts) or EPP is introduced in Grade 3.[29]

[edit] High School

The curriculum of the La Salle Green Hills High School focuses mainly on college preparatory education in which English, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Christian Living, and Filipino making up the Academic subjects while Arts and Technology, Computer, and Physical Education and Health make up the co-curricular subjects which all are taught through 1st to 4th Year High.[30]

[edit] Co-curricular

[edit] 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 1970's. The Kundirana has also the distinction of being the most famous high school singing group in the Philippines. [31]

[edit] Athletics

Main Article: La Salle Greenies

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.[32] La Salle Green Hills' former varsity name were the La Salle Green Hills Rangers.[33] There are several claims as to where the moniker was taken from.[34]

In the NCAA, the Greenies have won 11 Juniors General Championships, 8 with DLSU and 3 with DLS-CSB.[35]La Salle Green Hills is currently the NCAA Season 83 Juniors' General Champions.[36]

Participation in major collegiate leagues
Years League[37] General Championships[38] Senior team
1968-1981 NCAA 8
1998-present NCAA 3

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-Manila outside the NCAA.d[›]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Notes

^ a: Because of the affiliation of LSGH with De La Salle University-Manila.[7]
^ b: As depicted on a plaque on the entrance of FMAC.
^ c: One class in the 1st floor, Another in the 2nd floor, thus making the Retreat House capable of handling two retreats at once.
^ d: Both variations of cheers are taught to the High School in Physical Education & Health (PE).

[edit] References

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  2. ^ LSGH Grade School: Admissions gsweb.lsgh.edu.ph.
  3. ^ La Salle Green Hills - High School Website | Admission LSGH High School.
  4. ^ DLSU-Manila : Inside DLSU : History.dlsu.edu.ph.Accessed June 2008.
  5. ^ University of St. La Salle - Bacolod.::Inside USLS::.usls.edu.ph.Accessed June 2008.
  6. ^ www.lasalleiligan.org - Official website of La Salle Academy - Iligan.lasalleiligan.org.Accessed June 2008.
  7. ^ a b De La Salle Philippines DLSPI Website.
  8. ^ La Salle Green Hills - High School Website | About LSGH LSGH HS Website.
  9. ^ a b c d e La Salle Green Hills - High School Website | About LSGH. Accessed July 2007.
  10. ^ De La Salle: 1911-1986 dlsu.edu.ph Accessed May 16, 2006
  11. ^ La Salle - Green Hills High School Diploma dated 1974.
  12. ^ Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities paascu.org.ph.
  13. ^ News - La Salle Green Hills High School hsweb.lsgh.edu.ph. Accessed August 2007.
  14. ^ La Salle Green Hills - High School Website | About LSGH#History LSGH HS Website.
  15. ^ NAMFREL to stay in La Salle after May 26 INQUIRER.net. Accessed July 2007.
  16. ^ a b c LSGH Grade School: Services and Facilities.gsweb.lsgh.edu.ph.Accessed June 2008.
  17. ^ De La Salle Professional Schools.dlsps.edu.ph.Accessed May 20, 2008.
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  19. ^ The Cue Drama Club of La Salle Green Hills High School Cue Drama Club Website, Accessed August 2007.
  20. ^ a b La Salle Green Hills Grade School Handbook, p.140 (2007-08 edition).
  21. ^ a b c "The Leaning Resource Center",pages 130-132, La Salle Green Hills Grade School Handbook. Accessed May 22, 2008
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  28. ^ a b Laking Verde - ANHS. lsgh83.org. Accessed May 22, 2008.
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  37. ^ NCAA. ncaa.org.ph. Accessed June 2008.
  38. ^ [1]. Champions list at NCAA Philippines. Accessed June 2008.
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