Don Bosco School, Manila

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Don Bosco School , Manila
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Don Bosco School quadrangle
Location
Don Bosco School, Manila
3500 V. Mapa Extension, Santa Mesa, Manila
,
Philippines
Coordinates 14°35′47″N121°01′15″E / 14.596384°N 121.020836°E / 14.596384; 121.020836
Information
Type Private, Catholic, Salesian and coeducational
MottoRun, Jump, Play but never sin!
Established1989; 35 years ago
School number406351
DirectorSr. Debbie S. Ponsaran, FMA
PrincipalMary Grace C. Montenegro
Grades12
Average class size30
Education systemPreventive System
LanguageEnglish, Filipino
Area5,600 m²
Color(s)  Navy blue, white
SongAlma Mater Song
Nickname Bosconians
Accreditation PAASCU
NewspaperThe DBS Sparks [1]
Affiliation Roman Catholic
(Salesian Sisters)
Website www.dbsmanila.online

Don Bosco School Manila (full school name: Don Bosco School (Salesian Sisters), Inc. - Manila, also known as DBS), is an educational institution owned and operated by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Established in 1989, Don Bosco School Manila offers co-educational education for primary (elementary) and secondary education (high-school and senior high school). Don Bosco School also offers night school (Alternative Learning System).

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History

School Hymn of Don Bosco School Manila (The Alma Mater Song)

Founded in 1989, the Salesian educational institution started its humble operations. Don Bosco Technical College (DBTC) in Mandaluyong is a pioneer of Salesian Schools in Metro Manila. It belongs to the priests or Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB). DBTC gradually phased out their pre-school and primary levels. DBTC also temporarily transferred some of their primary level faculty to Don Bosco School Manila. The administration and policies applied to this agreement followed the DBTC Manual for students, faculty and staff. The Salesian Sisters Administration of DBS Manila and the Salesian Fathers Administration of DBTC Mandaluyong worked in close supervision and collaboration until April 1993 when the last group of transferees had finished their Grade 4 and enrolled back at DBTC to finish their Intermediate and High school. Faculty members who were temporarily transferred to DBS Manila were offered a choice as to their preferred employer.

However, this agreement did not hinder the administration of DBS to start its own co-educational pre-school and grade school levels and to employ directly its new faculty and staff in 1989. In April 1993, DBS Manila and DBTC Mandaluyong finally ended its temporary phase in and phase out agreement.

In 1994, the first class of Grade 5 students (all females) started the intermediate level. In 1996, the school held its first Commencement Exercises of its 59 graduates in the Elementary Course. In 2000, the program for the Secondary Education was completed.

The school started to accept boys in the Grade 5 level during the school year 2004–2005. These male students were accepted into the secondary level (S.Y. 2006–2007) after a consultation made by the Educating Community Core Group. The results of the consultation showed that majority of prefer to send their in DBS until they finish their secondary school.

In the school year 2010–2011, Don Bosco School opened the Alternative Learning System program.

In the school year of 2013, Don Bosco School joined the ranks of Educational Service Contracting (ESC) - certified private high schools in the country. As an ESC school, Don Bosco School began receiving government stipends for its high school students who are in need of financial assistance.

In the same year, Philippine president Benigno Aquino III signed the K-12 act, adding three extra years to the Philippines' 10 year basic curriculum. This law introduced Senior High School or Grades 11–12 to high school education in both public and private school. The Senior High School department formally opened in June 2016 with its 1st batch of 42 students enrolled under the three academic tracks; Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS), Accountancy, Business and Marketing (ABM), Science, Technology and Engineering and Math (STEM).

On May 24, 2019, Don Bosco School Manila was officially accredited by the PAASCU after the approval of its application in 2017.

During the Enhanced Community Quarantine in the Philippines, Don Bosco School resorted to online distance education from 2020 until mid 2023. [2]

In the school year of 2021-2022 saw the enhanced utilization of the digital education program "Aralinks" into Don Bosco School Manila's academics management. It was also in this school year where coding education was added into the curriculum, MakeBlock (Mblock) and MIT's App Inventor are used in the teaching of coding from Grade School to High School.

Departments

Grade School (Nursery - Grade 6)

Grade school in Don Bosco School covers Nursery until Grade 6 (Although Nursery and Kindergarten are considered pre-school.) Its classrooms can be found in the first and second floors of the school. The curriculum for Grade School in Don Bosco School is primarily focused on basic elementary education with its subjects being; English, Filipino, Mother Tongue, Penmanship, Christian Living Education, Mathematics, Music, Arts, Physical Education, GMRC (Good Manners and Right Conduct,) Araling Panlipunan (Social Sciences) and Science.

High School (Grade 7- Grade 12)

High School in Don Bosco School may be divided into three; Junior High School (Grades 7-8), High School (Grades 9-10), and Senior High School (Grades 11-12). The curriculum for high school is virtually the same with the grade school with the only exceptions are; Mother Tongue, and Penmanship are removed and GMRC is renamed into RHGP. Science is also quartered into four fields per quarter; Earth Science, Chemistry, Physics and Biology.

Campus

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Don Bosco School Quadrangle Pre-Skyroof (2015)

Don Bosco School Manila is situated on a 0.56 hectare-sized land. The school has the following facilities:

Activities

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Bosconians playing Basketball

Don Bosco School Manila features the Salesian Youth Movement program which seeks to encourage the youth to find their unique interests in order to join their respective Salesian Youth Group. Don Bosco School Manila has multiple Salesian Youth Groups, the most largest being the following; Sports, Basketball, Knights and Lilies of the Altar, Arts, and Theatre Arts.

The student government of Don Bosco School Manila can be divided into two branches, the Pupils Leadership Training Club (reserved for Grade School) and the Senior Leadership Training Club (reserved for High School.)

The major sports in Don Bosco School Manila are; Basketball, Volleyball and Badminton. Soccer, and table tennis have been observed as minor sports. Chess is also popular amongst the higher levels.

Don Bosco School Manila also has a varsity team for Basketball and Volleyball, with the Basketball being men-dominated whilst the volleyball team being female-dominated.

Every mid-January until late-January, a sports week also known as Boscolympics (portmanteau of Bosco and Olympics) occurs when all major sports are allotted days to have its players compete against each other.

Seal

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Seal of Don Bosco School Manila

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References

  1. Don Bosco School Student Handbook. Don Bosco School (Salesian Sisters), INC. 2022. p. 60.
  2. Don Bosco School Manila Handbook. 2020. pp. 8–9.
  3. Don Bosco School Manila Handbook. 2020. p. 18.