Xavier School
| Xavier School 光启学校 (Chinese) |
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San Juan City, Metro Manila Philippines
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| Type | Private, college prep |
| Motto |
Luceat Lux (Latin) Let your light shine! |
| Established | June 6, 1956 |
| Founders | Fr. Jean Desautels, S.J. Fr. Louis Papilla, S.J. Fr. Cornelius Pineau, S.J. |
| President | Fr. Johnny Go, S.J. (2013-present) |
| Principal | Aimee A. Apolinario (High school) Jane C. Cacacho (Grade School) |
| Second Master | Fr. Johnny Go, S.J. (School President) |
| Chaplain | Fr. Xavier Olin, S.J. (Campus Minister) |
| Grades | K to 12 |
| Gender | All boys |
| Enrollment | 4000+ |
| Campus | 7.5-ha. Greenhills campus |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics | MMTLBA, PAYA, FASAAPS, BEST Passarelle |
| Mascot | Hoofy the Stallion |
| Nickname | Golden Stallions |
| Accreditation | International Baccalaureate, PAASCU |
| Newspaper | Stallion (High School), Hoofprint (Grade School) |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
| Former name | Kuang Chi School |
| Alma Mater Song | "Luceat Lux" |
| CEEB Code | 705640 |
| Website | www |
Xavier School (XS) (simplified Chinese: 光启学校; traditional Chinese: 光啓學校; pinyin: Guāngqĭ Xúexìao; Hokkien: Kông Khē Hák Hàu), is located at 64 Xavier Street, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a private, Catholic, college preparatory school for boys run by the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus. Its K-12 curriculum includes a mandatory Chinese language program. It also offers the IB Diploma Program in grades 11 and 12 to selected students.
Opened June 6, 1956, as Kuang Chi School by a group of Jesuits expelled from China, it was named after Paul Hsü Kuangchi, Minister of Rites during the Ming Dynasty. Xavier School bears the name of St. Francis Xavier, a Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2006. Former and current students include sons and grandsons of industrialists and politicians.
It is one of the few basic education institutions in the Philippines to receive a 7-year accreditation, the longest possible period, and one of only three institutions, along with De La Salle University and Ateneo de Manila University, to receive the Level III accreditation for both the grade school and high school by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities. In January 2010, Xavier School was granted International Baccalaureate (IB) World School status.
Many Jesuit missionaries who were obliged to leave China in 1949 found a new home and mission in the overseas Chinese community of the Philippines. To facilitate their evangelization of the Chinese community, the Jesuits decided to set up a school in downtown Manila. Begging for donations by going door-to-door in Chinatown, Fr. Jean Desautels, S.J., a French-Canadian Jesuit who was part of the China mission, worked with Basilio King and Ambrose Chiu, two Chinese businessmen, both Ateneo de Manila alumni, who wanted to help set up an Ateneo de Chino.
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