San Jose School La Trinidad

San Jose School La Trinidad is a Catholic school located in La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.

History

In 1960, Rev. Fr. John Wageners, C.I.C.M. was appointed the parish priest of La Trinidad Mission. At that time, there was no Catholic school yet in the parish. To help in the evangelization of the people, Fr. John thought of putting up one. He contacted Brother Peter Verhaegh C.I.C.M., who immediately did the plan and the construction of the building which started on March 21, 1964. After four months, the eastern side of the planned four storey building was completed. While construction was going on, on August 3, 1964, San Jose High School was formally opened with 101 students. The first groups of second years were all transferees, mostly from private schools in Baguio City. When the school building was finally finished, it had 14 classrooms, a library, a laboratory, offices, a gymnasium, a stage, social halls, vocational rooms, and some storerooms. In 1967, 41 students marked the history of San Jose High School as the first group of graduate. Ten years later, the population tripled. Because of this, some offices were converted into classrooms since the school building can no longer be expanded due to the very limited area. During the 1988-1989 school year, the student population had reached over a thousand. Rev. Fr. Brigido Galasgas, D.D., then the school director, has to remedy the addition of classrooms by turning the social halls and vocational rooms into classrooms into classrooms in order to accommodate the 20 section students. In spite of this move, there were still need for more classrooms and offices, so Fr. Galasgas put up another building on the only available space behind the Father’s Rectory. 1989-1990 was the twenty-fifth year of the institution. During the Silver Jubilee of San Jose High School, a total of 1,037 students were enrolled. This school year was also the opening of San Jose Preparatory School.

On July 16, 1990, an earthquake damaged the main school building beyond repair. The building had to be demolished. Thus, temporary classrooms were constructed on the playground and in the open gymnasium to keep up with the regular classes. The construction of the new school building started in 1991 and was completed in 1994.

Academic Standards

The school follows the curriculum prescribed and approved by the Department of Education of the Philippines. The academic year contains a minimum of 200 school days, distributed over a minimum of 42 school weeks. This is based on the school calendar prescribed or approved by the DepEd.

Affiliations

• CEAP (Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines)
• Diocese of Baguio

References

San Jose High School Student Handbook

http://www.cbcponline.net/baguio/html/institutions.html

http://profiles.friendster.com/9261035

http://sjhs.schools.officelive.com/default.aspx