Quezon City Academy

Quezon City Academy Foundation Inc.
Quezon City Academy's logo and campus.
Address
1144 Epifanio delos Santos Avenue Quezon City, Metro Manila  Philippines
Information
Type	Private Secondary School
Established	1953
President	Florentina C. Gonzales
Principal	Vivien R. Riano
Grades	7–11
Color(s)	Maroon and White
Athletics	QCA Jaguars
Sports	1 varsity team
Nickname	Kyoka
Newspaper	QCA Echo
Website	qca.edu.ph

Quezon City Academy is a private secondary school located at 1144 Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA), in Quezon City, Philippines.

Established in 1953, it was first known as Bago Bantay Academy, a kamalig-type structure. In its first year of operation, there are only 62 students.

Ten years later in 1963, Justice Carmelino Gomez Alvendia, Sr. of the Court of Appeals, offered to buy Bago Bantay Academy in its chronic stage of decay. In its first year of operation with Justice Alvendia, Bago Bantay Academy changed its name to Quezon City Academy. There was only one section per year with a total school population of 89 students. Also in that year, Bago Bantay made a relocation area for squatters from Sampaloc to Intramuros, Manila. However, a big public school was established nearby, the San Francisco High School (formerly Don Mariano Marcos High School), and it became one of the rivals of Quezon City Academy. QCA was receiving minimal patronage from the people it aimed to serve.

Justice Alvendia, an educator and an economist, was a visionary. He made renovations in Quezon City Academy until it become one of the famous IT secondary schools in the Philippines. But before that, in 1965, enrolment rose to 132. In the 1980s, the population rises to 2,700 students with almost 450 graduates every year. It is clear that patronage of residents of Bago Bantay, Project 7, Project 8, Sto. Niño, Pag-asa, Project 6, Balintawak, Bagong Barrio, San Francisco del Monte, West Avenue and other nearby areas in Quezon City has been won over by QCA.

In the 1997-1998 National Secondary Assessment Test, QCA carded a general average of 98.9%.

In terms of new technologies, QCA students have been taught basic and advanced IT software programs. During their first year, students are taught with basic and advanced Microsoft Operating System. This includes MS Word, MS Powerpoint, MS Excel, MS Frontpage and other programs. In the second year, students are taught with HTML and webpage creating. Adobe Photoshop and GIMP are taught to students during their third year. The final year, students are taught with Macromedia Flash and GIF animations.