INSTITUTIONAL

PROFILE
 BRIEF HISTORY OF ST. AUGUSTINE’S SCHOOL
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t. Augustine’s School is an educational institution administered by the congregation of the Sisters of
St. Paul of Chartres of French origin, in the Philippines. It is a Diocesan owned school under the Cath-
olic Educational System in the Diocese of Iba (CESDI). During the latter half of 1961, Fr. Denis Egan of
the Society of St. Columban, Parish Priest of Iba, in consultation with Bishop Henry Byrne, D.D. decided to open
a Catholic School of Iba. It was also decided to begin with Kindergarten and Grades 1 , 2 and 3. An addition
of a grade level yearly is done until the completion of Elementary and High School. Because there only hope
of success was to give quality education, and Bishop Byrne brought all the pressure he could on the Mother
Superior of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartes. Mother Charles de Jesus, to open their foundation in Iba, Zambales.
May 23, 1962 – Four sisters arrived. They were Sisters Mary Thomas Fadera, SPC, Sr. Marieta
Pimentero, SPC, Sr. Mildred Pimentel, SPC and Sr. Clemencia Dimalibot, SPC the first Superior and Principal.

OUR MOTTO OUR LOGO OUR COLORS

STRENGTHENING
RED is the zeal to strengthen
“ and proclaim the Christian
Faith
FAITH, FORMING WHITE is for the strong and un-
wavering desire live to a moral
MORALS” life.

OUR VISION
WE, THE MEMBERS of the Administration of St. Augustine’s School envision a Christ-centered,
dynamic and effective school community.

St. Augustine’s School seeks

to assist each individual stu-
dent to acquire and continu-
ously develop Christian atti-
tudes and values. Prepare for
a responsible adult and fam-
ily life through pursuit of excel-
lence and wholesome discipline.
 OUR MISSION
We, the members of St. Augustine’s School community, are com-
mitted to:
• Develop self-directed and responsible students who are
academically and vocationally equipped and ready to serve
others;
• Produce citizens and leaders who are Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao,
Maka-Buhay and Maka-Kalikasan
• Grow continuously in our spiritual, personal, and
professional life;
• Develop competent and caring academic and support
personnel for the total formation of our students.
Religious education is primarily concerned with instruction in the faith. It offers a systematic and or-
ganic teaching that is programmed with a definite goal of leading the Augusteener-Paulinian students to
awaken, nourish and develop their life of faith

OUR DEFINITION OF LEARNING

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earning is the primary focus of our school. We allow the students to
undergo experiential learning through the guidance and direction of
priests, sisters, facilitators, homeroom-advisers, parents and significant
others. By providing enjoyable and stimulating atmosphere inside and outside Proud of his/
the classroom to inspire our students to:
• further their efforts to attain their goals, her unique and
• become more receptive to learning experiences cultural heritage
• sustain their interests on activities assigned to them
• develop interpersonal and intrapersonal skills through active
interaction with their peers and community
 OUR VISION FOR LEARNING
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t. Augustine’s School responsible decisions A dynamic Augusteener-Paulinian stu-
High School Graduate is: productive Filipino citizen who dents hold worthy and essential
an integrated Christian is: Proud of his/her unique and hinge upon the five major values
impelled by Christ love, zealously cultural heritage Sensitive and which characterized the heart and
witnessing to the Gospel through responsive to eco-socio-political spirit of Paul,, referred to as the 5
his/her day-to-day intrapersonal C’s of Paul: Christocentric, Char-
relationship with God and neigh- We produce ity, Commission, Community, and
bor a well-rounded student aca- students who are Charism.
demically prepared for college life Maka-Diyos,
who is capable of critical and cre- Maka-Tao,
ative thinking proficient in refined Maka-Bayan,
oral and written communication Maka-Kalikasan
competent in qualitative skills and ready for the
A discerning adolescent service of others.
who respect self and uses his/her
talents and and environmental issues and
abilities for concerns.
the service In leading others to Christ
of others like Mary our Patroness, St. Paul
specially and St. Augustine our patron
the under- saints, he/she generously involves
p r i v i l e ge d himself/herself in the service of
Recognizes the church and nation, prayerful,
the dignity warm, simple, and appreciative of
and talents the finer and nobler things in life
of others and holds Christian family values
Makes ma- of primary importance.
ture and

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

A
s a result of the educational
Develop experience at SAS in provid-
ing quality catholic education
interpersonal and to the young, we develop students
intrapersonal skills who are self-directed and responsible
through active who are academically and vocation-
ally equipped and ready to serve oth-
interaction with their ers through community service and
peers and community extension programs to adapted and
immediate communities. We produce
students who are MAKA-DIYOS, MAKA-
TAO, MAKA-BAYAN, MAKA-KALIKASAN
through the various experiential learn-
ing inside and outside the school cam-
pus such as the outbound education,
Tree Planting, Environmental aware-
ness using the Environmental advo-
cacy plan tool program of the school
thus students avail the opportunities
for an on-going spiritual, personal and
even professional growth. To keep
abreast with and get involved in cur-
rent educational, religious, economic,
political, socio-cultural, ecological,
and scientific and technological thrust,
trends and issues through experiential
learning, students are encourage to
compete not only locally but interna-
tionally through Mathematics Train-
ers Guild, Symposiums, Leadership
trainings, etc. Scientific research is a
requirement to develop their scientific
attitude through critical thinking thus
became aware of the proper care and
management of the environment. The
Christian formation is seen as both a
way of life that is lived and permeates
institutions and all activities.
 AN INTEGRATED CHRISTIAN IMPELLED BY CHRIST’S LOVE, ZEALOUSLY WITNESSING TO THE GOSPEL
THROUGH HIS/HER DAY-TO-DAY INTRAPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND NEIGHBOR
T
he Christian Formation
program is seen as both
a way of life that is lived
and permeates institutions and
all activities and a process which
can be organized, structured and
programmed which has three
components: Religious Education
Program, Campus Ministry and
Outreach Services Program. The
Religious Education Program is pri-
marily concerned with instruction
in the faith. It offers a systematic
and organic teaching that is pro-
grammed with a definite goal lead-
ing the “Augusteener-Paulinians”
thus awakening, nourishing and
developing their life in faith. The
Campus ministry attends mostly
to the worship activities of the
school community like giving rec-
ollections focuses in the different
areas such as Family, Building/En-
hancing Relationships, Prayer, Dis-
cernment and Decision-making,
Commitment, Life direction and
Paulinian Spirituality. The Commu-
nity Services Program translates
faith into action and service. It is
organize in such a manner that the
A WELL-ROUNDED STUDENT ACADEMICALLY PREPARED FOR COLLEGE LIFE
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he continuous upgrad-
ing and enriching of
the curriculum from
traditional learning to active
and transformative learning, to
meet the demands for societal
moral transformation, academ-
ic excellence and vocational-
technological aptitude skills
which are globally competi-
tive. Our vision is from enrol-
ment to employment. The cur-
riculum, activities, policies are
geared towards the vision and
mission of the school in giving
wholistic formation. Students
placed at the center of learning
using different learning styles
The Community Services Program translates
faith into action and service.
based from their Multiple Intel-
ligences are being considered
for teaching and learning proc-
ess. Teachers act as facilitators
of learning. Learning culture is
collaborative, cooperative and
Learning culture is collaborative,
cooperative, and supportive.
student volunteers from 1st year
to fourth year high school would
develop a sense of voluntary serv-
ice. In leading others to Christ,
SAS graduates remain self-disci-
plined, warm and appreciative of
finer and noble things. Through
a balanced curriculum and extra-
curricular activities students learn
to share artistic and creative tal-
ents through art works, visual and
performing arts and being one in
outreaching the needs of his/her
fellowmen most especially the
less fortunate.
supportive. Students are able
to understand that teamwork
is important in a group activity
thus collaborative learning is
achieved. School is giving hard
work to our students for them
to discover the best ways in
which they learn by their own.
Assessments of the students’
development are done prior
to the results of the Diagnos-
tic Tests, Scholastic Reading
Inventory, National Career As-
sessment Examination and the
Portfolio assessment. A Port-
folio is a purposeful collection
of student works that exhibit
the students’ progress, and
achievements in one or more
areas of the curriculum. The
school practices the use of Port-
folios which is type of collection
of students’ best works being
assessed in every subject. This
helps them in enhancing their
abilities to higher levels of criti-
cal thinking. Ethics first before
the Academic excellence thus
the practice of the Five Paulinian
Core Values is emphasized.
A DISCERNING ADOLESCENT
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n Christian Living subjects,
students are being formed
to make moral decisions
CURRICULUM PROGRAM
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t. Augustine’s School is
following the regular pro-
gram of the Department of
Education’s Revised Basic Education
Curriculum (RBEC). Being a Catholic
school, Religion is one of the core
subjects but major emphasis is
given to English, Mathematics and
Science proficiency. This enables our
students to cope up with the chal-
lenging subjects in the next level of
learning. Now, there is on-going cur-
riculum improvement on enhancing
technical skills like computer, de-
sign and technology, entrepreneur-
ship, fine arts and Sports education.
SAS used different Class
Program Schedule whenever the
need arises. There are four (4) Plan
Schedules: Plan A, the regular Class
Program Schedule; Plan B after 1st
Friday Mass schedule where class-
es starts at 9:50 a.m. so all subject
teachers will meet the students for
thirty minutes (30) then regular
class in the afternoon; Plan C Sched-
and to learn how to be discerning
amidst the challenges of a matur-
ing young Catholics.
Students are trained to ex-
ercise critical judgment thus they
come to understand their weak-
nesses and strengths and hold
Christian values of primary impor-
tance. So as they mature, they are
going to journey the solid founda-
ule where students will meet their
subject teachers in the afternoon for
forty five (45) minutes, the remain-
ing one and half hour (1 ½) is for club
meetings; Plan D schedule is for half
day in cases of emergency meeting
in the afternoon, where classes will
be for thirty (30) minutes.
The determination and
willingness of teachers to undergo
trainings for Professional develop-
ment help us to realize that teach-
ing is a mission and a vocation thus
helping our students to carry out
their dreams. Review of Curriculum
Guide is done to help us upgrade
the curriculum.
The availability of audio-
visual aids facilitates easy learning.
Our present instructional deliv-
ery, lesson planning is applying the
Fund Assistance for Private Educa-
tion (FAPE) instructional process
of 3 I’s: Introduction, Interaction
and Integration. In support to the
Curriculum Objectives and with
tion they have in St. Augustine’s
School, the cradle of their princi-
ples aside from their homes, the
society that they live in. This Chris-
tian formation will prepare them
for life.
Students develop and make
use of critical judgment
in decision making.
continuous acquisition of materi-
als as resources in the area of in-
struction helps us materialize our
goals in giving quality education.
The library has Internet access to
help our students in their research.
The laboratory facilities and equip-
ments provide students learning
experiences in Science subjects.
The school collaborates
with families and other commu-
nity members in responding to
diverse community interests and
needs. Extensive seminars and
trainings to the students like Math-
ematics Trainers Guild and Science
and Math Congress among other
Paulinian students support our
effort to materialize our vision
of developing a TOTAL PERSON.
St. Augustine’s School
is your school of
choice. We build your
child’s future!
 PREPARED BY:

MRS. CLARINDA A. BAUTISTA

HS Academic Team Leader

MR. VINCENT FERRER

HS English Teacher/ School Paper Moderator

MR. IRVIN N. ECALNIR

HS Computer Teacher

APPROVED BY:

SR. MARIA REMEDIOS R. CAYETANO, SPC

School Principal

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