Saint Louis School Inc.
Saint Louis School, Inc., also known as SLSC or SLSI(Center), is a private school is owned and administered by the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) since 1911. SLSC is committed to Holistic Formation and promotes quality Christian education. The school offers kindergarten, elementary, junior high school and senior high school levels. The Elementary and High School departments are separately located within Baguio City, Philippines. The Department of Education awarded the institution as the Best Performing Private Elementary and High School in Baguio City and in the Cordillera Administrative Region. The High School Department is PAASCU-accredited and is ESC re-certified. SLSC offers education beyond borders with its online learning management system offered to learners all over the world. [1]
About SLSI[edit]
| Saint Louis School Inc. | |
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Baguio City , Benguet 2600 Philippines | |
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| Founded | 1911 |
| Grades | Kindergarten, Elementary(Grade 1 to 6), Junior High School (Grade 7 to Grade 10) and Senior High School (Grade11 to 12) ABM, HUMSS & STEM Strands |
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| Website | www.slsi.ph |
History[edit]
Saint Louis School, Inc., Baguio City, is a Catholic Institution of learning owned and administered by the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) dedicated to the education of both girls and boys in the preparatory, grade school and high school.
Its entire educational program draws inspiration from the Blessed Mother Mary in her Magnificat, St. Aloysius de Gonzaga, the patron saint of the school and of the youth and from Mother Marie Louise De Meester, Foundress of the ICM Congregation in her deep interior life and undaunted missionary zeal.
Saint Louis School, Inc. has undergone profound changes since it started its prophetic role of evangelization through education. Let us walk down memory lane to have a glimpse of the history of Saint Louis School Inc., (Center).
The year 1907 was significant for the indigenous tribes of Mt. Province, for their evangelization was pioneered by Rev. Fr. Serafin Devesse, CICM Belgian Missionary who reached Baguio two years prior to the city’s chartering. With an eye to the future, he built on the Cathedral hill a little chapel, which also served as a Catholic primary school. In 1911, Saint Louis School Inc., was born with 10 children as its first pupils and the ICM Sisters helped manage the class.
Two years later, in 1913, the school had to be transferred to Campo Filipino to accommodate the rising number of students. With the inevitable increase in enrolment, Fr. Devesse needed assistance so he requested the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) to help in the growing responsibility. The Sisters had already established three houses in Tagudin, Ilocos Sur, in Bontoc and in Tondo, Manila.
The ICM Foundress, Mother Marie Louise De Meester, who was in India at the time, directed Rev. Mother Marguerite Marie, who took her place in the Philippines, to send Sisters to assist Fr. Devesse. Three Missionary Sisters, namely, Mother Lutgarde, Mother Octave and Mother Jeanne joined Fr. Devesse in his religious and educational mission. The first students were 57 children of Ilocano families who came to settle with the natives in the vicinity. In 1914, the Sisters also taught in Camp John Hay, a former American base.
The first Friday of June 1915 saw the transfer of the Sisters to their new convent near the Church, which was named Saint Louis after ICM Mother Foundress Marie Louise De Meester. Mother Marie Ambroise became its first Superior with other members of the community, namely, Mother Agnes, Mother Elizabeth, Mother Amelie, Mother Octave and Mother Hortense. With the cooperation of both Mother Ambroise and Fr. Carlu, the famous Saint Louis Trade School was opened with the original installation of the silversmith shop in one of the small sacristies of the church. The rapid progress warranted the opening of the intermediate grades (Grades 5 to 7) and of the new types of trades which necessitated the construction of a new industrial arts building specializing in silversmithing, carpentry, tailoring, shoemaking, woodcarving and lace making. That same year, Mother Marie Ambroise was given a new assignment as Superior of Tagudin. Rev. Mother Marie Caroline succeeded her as Superior of Saint Louis. Under her management, work increased by leaps and bounds. Besides having vocational training and intellectual development, they constructed in 1917 a dormitory for Igorot children who were given free instruction and sleeping quarters.
In 1921, six years after the opening of the intermediate grades, the first year high school was inaugurated. The sophomore class opened in 1925, followed by the junior class in 1927, and finally in 1928, the completion of the High School Department. It was in 1929 that the first seven graduates received their high school diploma.
The unprecedented increase in enrolment at Campo Filipino could no longer accommodate the boys and girls. This necessitated the erection of a new convent and trade school in the center of the city. In 1930, a more modern building was built on the Cathedral Hill for the elementary and high school boys, while the girls remained at the old convent of Campo Filipino, which in order to avoid confusion, gave up its old name, to become known as the Holy Family Convent.
In 1935, the Campo Filipino School extended its curricula to the collegiate level. Again in 1936, the need for expansion became urgent. The Baguio folks clamored for a Catholic girls’ school in the heart of the city, so St. Louis Girls’ High School transferred to the Cathedral Hill.
In 1937, the Junior Normal College (2 years college), Secretarial Course and Home Economics Course started and in 1939, the first college graduation in the Junior Normal College at Campo Filipino.
After the Second World War in 1942, the school reopened its portals for primary and high school students without the collegiate level. The Holy Family Convent became the Holy Family College. Classes were again suspended in 1944. On March 15, 1945, all buildings went up in flames, but June of the same year saw the resurgence of St. Louis School Center in army tents. There was a sudden upsurge in enrolment after the war and it was advisable to separate the girls from the boys in the high school department. In 1951 the boys were placed under the care of the Fathers of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM) and the girls were entrusted to the Missionary Sisters of St. Augustine (SMSA) now ICM.
In 1953, however, the Holy Family College was changed to St. Louis of Campo Filipino and changed again to Holy Family Academy in 1964. Holy Family Academy and St. Louis School Center are separate corporations from St. Louis University.
In 1977, the Holy Family Academy was again changed to its former name, St. Louis School of Campo Filipino, Inc. and in 1991, after the killer quake, St. Louis School of Campo Filipino merged with Saint Louis School, Inc. as the surviving corporation having two separate departments – the Saint Louis School Inc., Girls’ High School Department along Naguilian Road and the Saint Louis School Inc., Elementary Department along Assumption Road.
In 2005, Saint Louis Girls’ High School Department started admitting boys in the first year level, opening the first year of co-education program. Now, the high school department is aptly named Saint Louis School, Inc. - High School Department.
Today, we beam with pride as we look back to the past. We look to the future with open arms and open hearts, to accept the challenge of transforming ourselves to become authentic Christians as we participate in the transformation of our families and society so that the Kingdom values of justice, peace, love, unity and solidarity may reign.
Indeed there is reason to celebrate as we are called to RENEW OURSELVES and OUR COMMUNITIES as ONE LOCAL CHURCH TOWARDS INTEGRAL EVANGELIZATION through TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION.[2]
Patron Saint[edit]
Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga is the patron saint of young students.
Academic Programs[edit]
Basic education[edit]
- Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 6 (Elementary Department)
- Grades 7 to 12 (High School Department)
Sources[edit]
- www.slsi.ph
- Light of the North: The Centenary of Saint Louis University, 1911-2011 by Jeffrey M.Centano and Angelito C.Peralta
- Student Handbook 2019 of Saint Loui School, Inc.
External Link[edit]
- OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.slsi.ph
- Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- [ICM] Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (claretianpublications.com)
- ↑ "St. Louis School Inc". Retrieved 2021-05-05. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Saint Louis School Inc. (2019). Student Handbook 2019. Baguio City: Saint Louis School Inc. pp. 8–11. Search this book on
Reference[edit]
Saint Louis School Inc., Student Handbook 2019, pp. 8–11
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