Xavier School

Xavier School
光启学校 (Chinese)
Senior High School building
Location
Map
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Philippines
Coordinates14°36′15″N 121°02′25″E / 14.604166°N 121.040347°E / 14.604166; 121.040347
Information
Former namesKuang Chi School
TypePrivate, college preparatory school
MottoLatin: Luceat Lux
English: Let your light shine!
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic (Jesuits)
EstablishedJune 6, 1956; 68 years ago (June 6, 1956)
Founders
  • Fr. Jean Desautels, SJ
  • Fr. Louis Papilla, SJ
  • Fr. Cornelius Pineau, SJ
PresidentFr. Joseph Haw, SJ
ChairmanJohnip Cua
Principal
  • Theresa Nebres-Ladrido
    (High school)
  • Jane Cacacho
    (Grade School)
  • Arlene Trinidad-Choo
    (Nuvali Campus)
GradesK to 12
Gender
  • All boys (San Juan Campus)
  • Coeducational (Nuvali Campus)
Enrollment4000+
CampusUrban
  • Main
    San Juan campus
    7 hectares (70,000 m2)
    64 Xavier St., San Juan Metro Manila
  • Satellite
    Nuvali Campus
    15 hectares (150,000 m2)
    Diversity Ave. Nuvali, Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
AthleticsThirty teams in twelve sports
Athletics conferenceMMTLBA,[1] PAYA, FASAAPS, BEST Passarelle JAM
MascotHoofy the Golden Stallion
NicknameGolden Stallions
AccreditationInternational Baccalaureate, PAASCU
NewspaperStallion (High School), Hoofprint (Grade School)
AffiliationsJBEC[2] EDSOR Consortium
Alma Mater Song"Luceat Lux"
CEEB Code705640
Websitewww.xs.edu.ph
www.xsn.edu.ph (Nuvali campus)

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.

  1. ^ MMTLBA
  2. ^ JBEC
  3. ^ "Xavier School Celebrates 10 Years as an International Baccalaureate World School -". January 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2022.