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Xavier School 光启学校 (Chinese) | |
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Coordinates | 14°36′15″N 121°02′25″E / 14.604166°N 121.040347°E |
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Former names | Kuang Chi School |
Type | Private, college preparatory school |
Motto | Latin: Luceat Lux English: Let your light shine! |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic (Jesuits) |
Established | June 6, 1956 |
Founders |
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President | Fr. Joseph Haw, SJ |
Chairman | Johnip Cua |
Principal |
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Grades | K to 12 |
Gender |
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Enrollment | 4000+ |
Campus | Urban
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Color(s) | Blue and gold |
Athletics | Thirty teams in twelve sports |
Athletics conference | MMTLBA,[1] PAYA, FASAAPS, BEST Passarelle JAM |
Mascot | Hoofy the Golden Stallion |
Nickname | Golden Stallions |
Accreditation | International Baccalaureate, PAASCU |
Newspaper | Stallion (High School), Hoofprint (Grade School) |
Affiliations | JBEC[2] EDSOR Consortium |
Alma Mater Song | "Luceat Lux" |
CEEB Code | 705640 |
Website | www www |
Xavier School (simplified Chinese: 光启学校; traditional Chinese: 光啓學校; pinyin: Guāngqǐ Xúexìao; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kong-khé Ha̍k-hāu; also referred to by its acronym XS) is a private, Catholic, college preparatory school run by the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus. Its main campus is at 64 Xavier Street, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines. It has a southern satellite campus along West Conservation Avenue in Nuvali, Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna mainly aimed to serve financially challenged students. It is a K-12 school with a curriculum that includes a mandatory Chinese language program. It also offers an optional International Baccalaureate program in grades 11 and 12 to interested students.[3]
A Catholic institution with an English curriculum and Chinese studies, Xavier School continues educating Chinese-Filipinos as part of its original mission to evangelize them and promote their integration into Philippine society. Through its Grant-in-Aid program, the school also offers financially challenged but otherwise qualified students an opportunity of attaining a Xavier education.
Unlike other Chinese schools in the Philippines, Xavier School was founded as an all-boys institution. Its San Juan campus continues to admit only male students. Its newer Nuvali campus is coeducational.