La Salle Academy (Iligan City)
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| Motto | Learning Never Stops |
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| Type | Private-Sectarian |
| Established | 1958 |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic, De La Salle Brothers |
| President | Br. Antonio Servando FSC |
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Administrative staff
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478 (SY 2008-2009) |
| Students | 2,841 (SY 2008-2009) |
| Location | Iligan City, Philippines |
| Campus | Urban, 3.8 hectares |
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| Website |
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La Salle Academy is a Lasallian school located in Brgy. Pala-o, Iligan City, Philippines. It is the first of the third generation of La Salle schools founded by the De La Salle Brothers in the country, which include: La Salle Green Hills in Mandaluyong City (1959), Saint Joseph School-La Salle in Bacolod City (1960), and De La Salle Lipa in Lipa City (1962).
The La Salle presence in northern Mindanao came to be with the invitation of Msgr. Patrick Cronin of the Prelature of Ozamis to take over St. Columban’s Academy in Iligan City. This was the same school that used to be the Woodrow Wilson Junior College of the late forties and early fifties. When the first group of Brothers under Br. Crescentius Richard arrived in Iligan, the school was located in downtown Iligan, a stone’s throw from the Cathedral. Its faculty then included veteran educators Rosario Tsukimata (an affiliated Member of the Brothers), Pedro Generalao (founding Principal of Iligan City High School), Felicito Rugay (founding Director-Principal of Andres Soriano Memorial School, Lutopan, Cebu and TranquilinoValderama Memorial School, Bubunawan, Bukidnon; and the Andres Soriano Jr. Learning Center, Aroroy, Masbate); and Carmelito Silva. A growing student population and a need for a bigger campus necessitated the purchase of a three-hectare lot in Pala-o belonging to the estate of Pedro Nuñez.
The transfer to the new site in 1960 was accompanied by a change of name to La Salle Academy. Br. Honorius Alfred Shields, FSC, the second director and co-author of the book Biology for the Philippine High Schools, supervised the transfer to the nipa and bamboo structures and then, the construction of the permanent buildings in 1961. At that time La Salle was still an exclusive school for boys.
The next development in the school came in 1967 when La Salle opened its doors to Grade 5 pupils. It was arranged with the RVM Sisters that lower-grades boys and girls would study at St. Michael’s College grade (elementary) school. For grade 5, the girls remained while the boys moved to La Salle. Thus, began the nucleus of the La Salle Academy grade school.
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