Castleson High

Castleson High
Thinkers and Leaders of Tomorrow
Address
City Heights Subd. Bacolod City, Philippines
Information
Type	Private
Established	1995
Number of students	100
Campus	Urban, 2 hectares combine all branches: City Heights & Victorias Campuses
Color(s)	Green and White
Affiliation	NOPSSCEA, Department of Education (Philippines)
Website	www.jjscastleson.org

Castleson High is a high school institution established in 1995. Informally referred to by its acronym "CH", it is a private, non-sectarian, educational institution located in City Heights, 5 kilometers south of Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental province in the Philippines, and Victorias City, 34 kilometers north of Bacolod City. High school enrollment at both of these locations is close to 100 students. Its major feeder elementary schools come from Jack and Jill School branches and other local schools. At the City Heights location, the Sidera Special Child Center mainstreams its high school students to selected classes at Castleson High.

It is one of the few institutions in the country where Karate is part of the school curriculum; Karate is included in physical education class all year round.

History^[1]

Cecilia del Castillo-Lopez chose the name “Castleson” in honor of her father and the del Castillo name (i.e., del Castillo and sons).

Castleson High was founded by Cecilia del Castillo-Lopez as a high school in 1995 wherein 16 students (15 boys & 1 girl) in Homesite under Rhazel Estelloso and 11 students (6 boys & 5 girls) in City Heights Subd. under Ronald Loreto as pioneer classes. In the next year, Castleson High Schools in Homesite and City Heights were merged to become one school located in City Heights' new high school facility. By 2001, Castleson High in Victorias was established. A recent addition in City Heights was the Speech and Language Clinic which opened in 2008. Throughout Jack & Jill School's history, other branches in Airport, La Granja, Paglaum, and La Carlota were also opened and later closed.

In 1980, JJS/Castleson Schools Inc was established to incorporate and organize several schools under one administration. Today, Jack & Jill School, Sidera Special Child Center, and Castleson High which are operated in Bacolod City and Victorias City fall under the purview of one administration.

Administration^[1]

Cecilia del Castillo-Lopez continues to oversee the schools' financial affairs. Her daughter serves as President while her grandson serves as Vice-President of Finance and Administration. The Director of Academic Affairs oversees all schools and provides support in terms of curriculum and resources. School year 2010-11 marks the transitional year when Mrs. Lopez relinquished the decision-making tasks to the president and the current director.

Student life

"Gazette"

Type	Student publication
Format	Magazine, Newsletter
Owner(s)	Gazette Editorial Staff
Staff writers	from 20-25 (excluding contributors)
Founded	School Year 1995
Language	English and Filipino
Headquarters	Journalism Office, Castleson High, Bacolod City
Circulation	School-wide

Castleson Gazette

The official school publication is called Castleson Gazette established in 1995. Like its elementary school affiliate Up The Hill, it is published twice a year. Issues one to five were in tabloid format while in 2000, the format changed to Newsletter following the standard set by Department of Education (Philippines). The editors are member of Department of Education DepED Editors Guild of the Philippines.

• Department of Education DepED Editors Guild of the Philippines
• Regional English Circle - Western Visayas

Department of Education (Philippines) DepED achievers in Division, Regional, National Schools Press Conferences, Golden Pen Awards & Panay News Writing Competition.

Victory at NSPC by Sofia Isabelle Ortiz Grade 6-Batch 2008

Team JJS/Castleson Karate Dojo
Karate Dojo, Bacolod City, Philippines
Also known as	Super Karate Kids of Bacolod City (空手道)
Date founded	S.Y. 1995
Country of origin	from Japan to Philippines
Founder	Randy Mengullo, sensei
Arts taught	Karatedo - WKF rules

Karate

Team JJS/Castleson^[2] is the home of Super Karate Kids in the country was initiated by sensei Randy Mengullo and sensei Elan Delfin,^[3]Sandan and Nidan Blackbelts in karate-do who garnered medals in many karatedo championships and athletic meet of different schools and karate organizations in the Philippines.^[4][5] Karate is part of its curriculum^[6] wherein students from Grades 1-6 up to high school are required to join the training as part of their Physical Education (P.E.) activity for the whole year round at the JJS Karate Dojo.^[7] JJS/Castleson adapt Shotokan and Wado-ryu styles, member of Philippine Karatedo Federation the governing body of sport karate in the country. Official training center of Milo Sports Clinic.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Castleson High is a member of Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association (NOPSSCEA), where it fields team in many events. It was also a founding member of Negros Occidental Karatedo Federation (NOKAF)^[12] in the 1990s. Aside from NOPSSCEA, the JJS/Castleson Karatedo Team participates in the Philippine Karatedo Federation^[13] National Championship, Mayor Evelio Leonardia Cup,^[14] the Ang Batang Pinoy, Philippine National Youth Games, Philippine Olympic Festival,^[15] UMA-ONEBA Presidential Cup,^[16] Philippine Sports Commission Tournaments and athletic meet of different schools in the Philippines.^[5][17]

Notable practitioners

• • Regional and National Winners^{[5][12][18][19][20][21][22][23]}

See also

• Up The Hill - The official Publication of Jack and Jill School

External links

• City Heights, Bacolod City
• Friendster Group
• Karate pictures
• Sunday Inquirer Magazine: "Life Lessons from Karate"
• TEAM JJS Championship Fight Video. Player: John Blisse Del Castillo (aka/red belt)

Gallery

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  Philippine Karatedo Federation National Winners

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  Young campus journalists

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  National Winners

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  The sensei & founder

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  Playground demo at Panaad Stadium

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  National Gold Medalist

References

Coordinates: 10°40′25″N 122°57′58″E / 10.67361°N 122.96611°E / 10.67361; 122.96611