Saint Bridget College
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St. Bridget College is a catholic education institution located in M.H. del Pilar Street, Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines.
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[edit] History
The Religious of the Good Shepherd (RGS) established the first Catholic School for girls in the Diocese of Lipa. This was in 1913, when the Most Reverend Joseph Petrelli, Bishop of the Diocese, asked the help of the RGS Sisters working in Rangoon, Burma to come to Batangas to start the first educational mission of the Church in his Diocese. The challenge to undertake this new mission was enthusiastically taken up by Mother Mary of St. Ligouri and her companions. Within a short span of time, more Sisters from the Mother House in France arrived. There were many difficulties in the beginning but the Irish and American Sisters who pioneered the task surmounted all these through their untiring sacrifices and the generosity of the people in the community.
For thirty-four years the educational program of Saint Bridget was confined to grade school and high school. In 1953 the Boys’ High School Department was established in answer to the insistent demands of parents who wanted their growing sons to be provided with a Catholic education. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Alejandro Olalia, wholeheartedly endorsed this new department.
In 1980 the students of the Boys and Girls High School Departments were integrated into co-educational classes. The undertaking turned out to be a learning process for the administration, the faculty and the students themselves. It was an attempt to answer the students’ felt need to relate in an atmosphere of friendship, participative discovery and sharing of one’s capabilities, abilities and talents. The integration of the boys and the girls in the academic classes, supplemented with co-curricular and extra curricular activities help them grow and lead wholesome lives.
[edit] Vision
Saint Bridget College is a Catholic academic community committed to develop full human persons, dedicated to the loving service of God and Society.
[edit] Mission
Ang misyon ng Saint Bridget College ay nakaugat sa atas ng Simbahang Katolika na isabuhay ang pag-ibig ng Panginoon lalo na ang diwa ng Butihing Pastol na nagpapahayag na ang isang tao ay higit na mahalaga sa daigdig. Gayundin sa pagpapahalaga sa ating pagka-Filipino upang ang mga mag-aaral ay mamuno sa kanilang pamilya at pamayanan nang ayon sa katarungan na namumunga ng mapagpalayang kapayapaan.
The mission of Saint Bridget College is rooted on the Catholic Church mandate to make visible the love of God for all especially in proclaiming the spirit of the Good Shepherd that affirms one person is of more value than the whole world. Saint Bridget College seeks to develop a true appreciation of our Filipino heritage and a justice-oriented leadership that brings about fruits of freedom and peace in our families and communities.
[edit] Our core values
ZEAL, COMPASSION, SERVICE, INTEGRITY, NATIONALISM, JUSTICE
Sensitive to the changing demands of the times and the rapid development of technology, Saint Bridget College opted to seriously take the challenge of integrating technology in instructions in 1998. Saint Bridget College has continuously embarked on Quality Education and to ensure this, the High School Department has been under an accrediting agency.
[edit] Philosophy
Saint Bridget College is an academic community dedicated to the apostolate of formal education under the guidance of the GOOD SHEPHERD SISTERS with the cooperation of the administrative teaching and maintenance staff. As such, its Philosophy of Education is governed by four considerations:
CATHOLIC GOOD SHEPHERD IN SPIRIT FILIPINO LEADERSHIP AND JUSTICE ORIENTED
[edit] Campus
EXISTING STRUCTURES
1. St. Mary Euphrasia Building (SME) Ground Floor – First Year HS Classroom, Function Room And Home Economics Second Floor – President’s Office, HS Guidance Office, HS Registrar’s Office Third Floor – Library, Music Room, Conference Room
2. Waiting Area
3. Auditorium
4. Community Center
5. Garden
6. Canteen
7. Mary Dorothy Building (Two Storey Elementary Building) First Floor – Principal’s Office, Registrar’s Office, Office of the Prefect of Discipline Second Floor – Grade School Classrooms
8. Julian Pastor Building (Three Storey Elementary Building) First Floor – Grade School Classrooms, Library Second Floor – Grade School Classroom, Guidance Office Third Floor – Grade School Classroom, Coordinators’ Office
9. Gymnasium
10. Mary Victory Building (MVB) – 4 Storey High School Building First Floor – Principal’s Office, Faculty Room, Clinic, Function Room Second Floor – Classrooms For Third Year Level, Chemistry Laboratory Third Floor – Classrooms For Second Year Level, Biology Laboratory Fourth Floor – Classrooms For Fourth Year Level – Physics Lab, Faculty Room
11. Convent
12. College Building First Floor – Accounting Office, Registrar’s Office, Dean’s Office, Home Economics Second Floor – College Classrooms, Library, Chapel Third Floor – College Classrooms
13. College Faculty House and Science Laboratory
14. St. John Eudes Building (SJE) First Floor / Third Floor – College Classrooms Second Floor – Grade School Computer Laboratory, Internet Laboratory, AVR, Lecture Room Fourth Floor – High School Computer Laboratory, CAI Laboratory, MIS
PROPOSED STRUCTURES
A. 3- Storey Grade School Building
B. Student Study Hall
C. High School Faculty House
D. Extension of Study Hall
E. Administration Building / Clinic
F. Students' Waiting Area
G. Grade School Faculty House
H. Grade School Maintenance Quarter</nowiki>
[edit] School Hymm
As we merry Bridgetines sing along
from our laughing lips come a song w/c will
rise and swell and mark the beat
of the willing feet of our Master sweet,
and our eyes will shine with love alone,
Lamp of truth, strong and burning.
From the lights that's your Saint Bridget
and the glory 'round your throne.
So all Bridgetines sing
when the bells no longer chime,
with arms linked and hearts linked
so let our life light shine
Forever and ever
till the final sunset flame,
Till the last great rolling echo
is our dear Saint Bridget's name.
