INSTITUTIONALPROFILE

St. Augustine’s School is an educational institution administered by the congregation of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres of French origin, in the Philippines. It is a Diocesan owned school under the Cath-olic Educational System in the Diocese of Iba (CESDI). During the latter half of 1961, Fr. Denis Egan of

the Society of St. Columban, Parish Priest of Iba, in consultation with Bishop Henry Byrne, D.D. decided to open a Catholic School of Iba. It was also decided to begin with Kindergarten and Grades 1 , 2 and 3. An addition of a grade level yearly is done until the completion of Elementary and High School. Because there only hope of success was to give quality education, and Bishop Byrne brought all the pressure he could on the Mother Superior of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartes. Mother Charles de Jesus, to open their foundation in Iba, Zambales. May 23, 1962 – Four sisters arrived. They were Sisters Mary Thomas Fadera, SPC, Sr. Marieta Pimentero, SPC, Sr. Mildred Pimentel, SPC and Sr. Clemencia Dimalibot, SPC the first Superior and Principal.

BRIEF HISTORY OF ST. AUGUSTINE’S SCHOOL

WE, THE MEMBERS of the Administration of St. Augustine’s School envision a Christ-centered, dynamic and effective school community.

OUR VISION

St. Augustine’s School seeks to assist each individual stu-dent to acquire and continu-ously develop Christian atti-tudes and values. Prepare for a responsible adult and fam-ily life through pursuit of excel-lence and wholesome discipline.

OUR LOGO

OUR VISION

OUR MOTTO OUR COLORS

“STRENGTHENING

FAITH, FORMING

MORALS”

RED is the zeal to strengthen and proclaim the Christian Faith

WHITE is for the strong and un-wavering desire live to a moral life.

Learning is the primary focus of our school. We allow the students to undergo experiential learning through the guidance and direction of priests, sisters, facilitators, homeroom-advisers, parents and significant

others. By providing enjoyable and stimulating atmosphere inside and outside the classroom to inspire our students to: • further their efforts to attain their goals, • become more receptive to learning experiences • sustain their interests on activities assigned to them • develop interpersonal and intrapersonal skills through active interaction with their peers and community

Proud of his/her unique and cultural heritage

OUR DEFINITION OF LEARNING

OUR MISSION We, the members of St. Augustine’s School community, are com-mitted to: • Develop self-directed and responsible students who are academically and vocationally equipped and ready to serve others; • Produce citizens and leaders who are Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Maka-Buhay and Maka-Kalikasan • Grow continuously in our spiritual, personal, and professional life; • Develop competent and caring academic and support personnel for the total formation of our students.

Religious education is primarily concerned with instruction in the faith. It offers a systematic and or-ganic teaching that is programmed with a definite goal of leading the Augusteener-Paulinian students to awaken, nourish and develop their life of faith

St. Augustine’s School High School Graduate is:an integrated Christian

impelled by Christ love, zealously witnessing to the Gospel through his/her day-to-day intrapersonal relationship with God and neigh-bor a well-rounded student aca-demically prepared for college life who is capable of critical and cre-ative thinking proficient in refined oral and written communication competent in qualitative skills A discerning adolescent who respect self and uses his/her talents and abilities for the service of others s p e c i a l l y the under-pr iv i leged Recognizes the dignity and talents of others Makes ma-ture and

responsible decisions A dynamic productive Filipino citizen who is: Proud of his/her unique and cultural heritage Sensitive and responsive to eco-socio-political

and environmental issues and concerns. In leading others to Christ like Mary our Patroness, St. Paul and St. Augustine our patron saints, he/she generously involves himself/herself in the service of the church and nation, prayerful, warm, simple, and appreciative of the finer and nobler things in life and holds Christian family values of primary importance.

OUR VISION FOR LEARNING

We produce students who are Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao,

Maka-Bayan, Maka-Kalikasan and ready for the service of others.

Augusteener-Paulinian stu-dents hold worthy and essential hinge upon the five major values which characterized the heart and spirit of Paul,, referred to as the 5 C’s of Paul: Christocentric, Char-ity, Commission, Community, and Charism.

As a result of the educational experience at SAS in provid-ing quality catholic education

to the young, we develop students who are self-directed and responsible who are academically and vocation-ally equipped and ready to serve oth-ers through community service and extension programs to adapted and immediate communities. We produce students who are MAKA-DIYOS, MAKA-TAO, MAKA-BAYAN, MAKA-KALIKASAN through the various experiential learn-ing inside and outside the school cam-pus such as the outbound education, Tree Planting, Environmental aware-ness using the Environmental advo-cacy plan tool program of the school thus students avail the opportunities

for an on-going spiritual, personal and even professional growth. To keep abreast with and get involved in cur-rent educational, religious, economic, political, socio-cultural, ecological, and scientific and technological thrust, trends and issues through experiential learning, students are encourage to compete not only locally but interna-tionally through Mathematics Train-ers Guild, Symposiums, Leadership trainings, etc. Scientific research is a requirement to develop their scientific attitude through critical thinking thus became aware of the proper care and management of the environment. The Christian formation is seen as both a way of life that is lived and permeates institutions and all activities.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Develop interpersonal and

intrapersonal skills through active

interaction with their peers and community

The continuous upgrad-ing and enriching of the curriculum from

traditional learning to active and transformative learning, to meet the demands for societal moral transformation, academ-ic excellence and vocational-technological aptitude skills which are globally competi-tive. Our vision is from enrol-ment to employment. The cur-riculum, activities, policies are geared towards the vision and mission of the school in giving wholistic formation. Students placed at the center of learning using different learning styles

based from their Multiple Intel-ligences are being considered for teaching and learning proc-ess. Teachers act as facilitators of learning. Learning culture is collaborative, cooperative and

supportive. Students are able to understand that teamwork is important in a group activity thus collaborative learning is achieved. School is giving hard work to our students for them to discover the best ways in which they learn by their own. Assessments of the students’ development are done prior to the results of the Diagnos-tic Tests, Scholastic Reading Inventory, National Career As-sessment Examination and the Portfolio assessment. A Port-folio is a purposeful collection of student works that exhibit the students’ progress, and

A WELL-ROUNDED STUDENT ACADEMICALLY PREPARED FOR COLLEGE LIFE

The Christian Formation program is seen as both a way of life that is lived

and permeates institutions and all activities and a process which can be organized, structured and programmed which has three components: Religious Education Program, Campus Ministry and Outreach Services Program. The Religious Education Program is pri-marily concerned with instruction in the faith. It offers a systematic and organic teaching that is pro-grammed with a definite goal lead-ing the “Augusteener-Paulinians” thus awakening, nourishing and developing their life in faith. The Campus ministry attends mostly to the worship activities of the school community like giving rec-ollections focuses in the different areas such as Family, Building/En-hancing Relationships, Prayer, Dis-cernment and Decision-making, Commitment, Life direction and Paulinian Spirituality. The Commu-nity Services Program translates faith into action and service. It is organize in such a manner that the

student volunteers from 1st year to fourth year high school would develop a sense of voluntary serv-ice. In leading others to Christ, SAS graduates remain self-disci-plined, warm and appreciative of finer and noble things. Through a balanced curriculum and extra-curricular activities students learn to share artistic and creative tal-ents through art works, visual and performing arts and being one in outreaching the needs of his/her fellowmen most especially the less fortunate.

AN INTEGRATED CHRISTIAN IMPELLED BY CHRIST’S LOVE, ZEALOUSLY WITNESSING TO THE GOSPEL THROUGH HIS/HER DAY-TO-DAY INTRAPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND NEIGHBOR

Learning culture is collaborative, cooperative, and supportive.

The Community Services Program translates faith into action and service.

In Christian Living subjects, students are being formed to make moral decisions

A DISCERNING ADOLESCENT

and to learn how to be discerning amidst the challenges of a matur-ing young Catholics. Students are trained to ex-ercise critical judgment thus they come to understand their weak-nesses and strengths and hold Christian values of primary impor-tance. So as they mature, they are going to journey the solid founda-

tion they have in St. Augustine’s School, the cradle of their princi-ples aside from their homes, the society that they live in. This Chris-tian formation will prepare them for life.

achievements in one or more areas of the curriculum. The school practices the use of Port-folios which is type of collection of students’ best works being assessed in every subject. This helps them in enhancing their abilities to higher levels of criti-cal thinking. Ethics first before the Academic excellence thus the practice of the Five Paulinian Core Values is emphasized.

St. Augustine’s School is following the regular pro-gram of the Department of

Education’s Revised Basic Education Curriculum (RBEC). Being a Catholic school, Religion is one of the core subjects but major emphasis is given to English, Mathematics and Science proficiency. This enables our students to cope up with the chal-lenging subjects in the next level of learning. Now, there is on-going cur-riculum improvement on enhancing technical skills like computer, de-sign and technology, entrepreneur-ship, fine arts and Sports education. SAS used different Class Program Schedule whenever the need arises. There are four (4) Plan Schedules: Plan A, the regular Class Program Schedule; Plan B after 1st Friday Mass schedule where class-es starts at 9:50 a.m. so all subject teachers will meet the students for thirty minutes (30) then regular class in the afternoon; Plan C Sched-

ule where students will meet their subject teachers in the afternoon for forty five (45) minutes, the remain-ing one and half hour (1 ½) is for club meetings; Plan D schedule is for half day in cases of emergency meeting in the afternoon, where classes will be for thirty (30) minutes. The determination and willingness of teachers to undergo trainings for Professional develop-ment help us to realize that teach-ing is a mission and a vocation thus helping our students to carry out their dreams. Review of Curriculum Guide is done to help us upgrade the curriculum. The availability of audio-visual aids facilitates easy learning. Our present instructional deliv-ery, lesson planning is applying the Fund Assistance for Private Educa-tion (FAPE) instructional process of 3 I’s: Introduction, Interaction and Integration. In support to the Curriculum Objectives and with

continuous acquisition of materi-als as resources in the area of in-struction helps us materialize our goals in giving quality education. The library has Internet access to help our students in their research. The laboratory facilities and equip-ments provide students learning experiences in Science subjects. The school collaborates with families and other commu-nity members in responding to diverse community interests and needs. Extensive seminars and trainings to the students like Math-ematics Trainers Guild and Science and Math Congress among other Paulinian students support our effort to materialize our vision of developing a TOTAL PERSON. ST. AuguSTInE’S ScHool IS youR ScHool of cHoIcE. WE buIlD youR cHIlD’S fuTuRE!

CURRICULUM PROGRAM

Students develop and make use of critical judgment

in decision making.

PREPARED BY:

MRS. clARInDA A. bAuTISTAHS Academic Team Leader

MR. VIncEnT fERRERHS English Teacher/ School Paper Moderator

MR. IRVIn n. EcAlnIRHS Computer Teacher

APPROVED BY:

SR. MARIA REMEDIoS R. cAyETAno, SPcSchool Principal

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