Manresa School

Manresa School
Motto	Tatak Manresa:Kapatid sa Kapwa
Established	June 19, 1971
Type	Private, Co-educational, Roman Catholic, Hijas de Jesus Sisters
Affiliations	Hijas de Jesus
Principal	Ms. Aida A. Gomez (High School),
Founder	Saint Candida Maria de Jesus, F.I.
Directress	Sr. Emelinda C. Falsis, F.I.[1]
Students	2000+
Grades	Nursery 1-2, Elementary 1-6, High School Grade 7-12,
Location	Candida Ma. Street, BF Homes, Parañaque City, Metro Manila,  Philippines
District	District 2, Parañaque
Oversight	Hijas de Jesus
Accreditation	Elementary PAASCU level 1; High School PAASCU level 2
Campus	Urban, ~3 hectares
Colors	Blue and White
Yearbook	Sunrise
Newspaper	The Manresan (High School Dept.), The Junior Manresan (Elementary Dept.)
School Hymn	"Hail Manresa "
Website	http://www.manresaschool.edu.ph

Manresa School is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic school in Paranaque City. Established in 1971, Manresa School is run by the nuns of the Congregation of the Hijas de Jesus, founded by Candida Maria de Jesus.

Manresa School offers education in the Preschool (Nursery, Kindergarten, and Preparatory), Elementary (1st to 6th grades) and Secondary (Years 1 to 4) levels. .

Name

The Daughters of Jesus chose the name Manresa due to the significance of the place to the congregation as Candida Maria de Jesus was a follower of Ignatian spirituality; Saint Ignatius of Loyola used to spend time praying in a cave at Manresa, Spain.^[2]

Logo

The Manresa Logo consists of a cross, and the letters I, H and S with the words Hijas de Jesus, Parañaque City encircling the bottom part of the circle.

History of MANRESA

In 1961, after the Catholic Church's call for a school to be built outside of Manila, the Daughters of Jesus acquired a 3 hectare lot of land in BF Homes, with the help of mining executive Jesus S Cabarrus, Sr. ^[3]

The school opened on June 19, 1971, run by Sisters Angeles Garcia, F.I., Gertrudes Magdayao, F.I., Rosa Ortega, F.I. and Victoria Ruy, F.I. The next year, the school began accepting students for the primary grades, adding grade levels every year thereafter until the elementary department was completed.

Manresa School began accepting High School students in School Year 1977-1978. During the same year, boys were allowed to enroll, the school being previously all-female. Manresa's first high school class graduated on March 26, 1981, the same year the school was granted a license for a Nursery department.^[2]

Accreditation

Manresa's Elementary department gained Level 1 Accreditation through the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities on May 31, 2001. The High School department was granted Level 2 PAASCU Accreditation on January 31, 2003, which was renewed for another five years on May 5, 2008.^[2]

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