Ateneo De Naga University Junior High School Tradition & Excellence

AteneoAteneo de Naga University Junior High School Tradition & Excellence

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The only3 1 in Naga City! (Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities) One of the 2 in the Bicol Region! Fr. Raul Bonoan SJ Campus, Phelan Drive, Km.7, Pacol, Naga City 4400 Cam Sur (054) 881-4185 | 09481009852 | 09771211750 | ajhs.adnu.edu.ph | [email protected] | [email protected] Ateneo Junior High School History

teneo is derived from Athens, the ancient seat of learning. Naga comes from the word narra or Philippine mahogany. Naga City, a center of religion, culture, education,A and economics, is popularly known as the “Maogmang Lugar.” Ateneo de Naga University is one of the eleven Fr. Francis Burns SJ schools in the Philippines run by the members of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus. The main campus is located northwest of the Metropoli- tan Cathedral, in the barangay of Bagumbayan Sur in Naga City. In SY 2003- 2004, the high school transferred to a new campus in Pacol, now known as Bonoan Campus, located at the slopes of Mt. Isarog, seven kilometers away from the main campus. The other Jesuit schools in the Philippines are found in Manila, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Zambo- anga, Bukidnon, Cebu, San Juan, Nuvali, Iloilo and Culion. Msgr. Pedro P. Santos, 31st prelate and first Archbishop of Caceres, invited Fr. John Hurley, S.J., then the Superior of the Philippine Jesuit Mis- sions, to build a Jesuit school for boys in Naga. On 2 May 1940, Ateneo de Naga was founded with Francis D. Burns, S.J., as its director, aided by six Jesuits. Classes formally started in June 1940 at the building formerly used by the Camarines Sur Cath- olic Academy (now Naga Parochial School) with 650 elementary and high school students. Mean- while, Msgr. Santos initiated the construction of the Jesuit faculty house and the Ateneo school building with the now well-known four pillars. These buildings were intended to be turned over to the Jesu- its on 15 December 1941. However, this plan was thwarted when the Pacific war broke out. When the Japanese came to Naga, the Ateneo was taken by the Japanese army and became a local “torture chamber.” But as soon as Philippine In- dependence was declared in 1946, the high school department of the Ateneo resumed classes with Fr. Burns as Director. On 1 June 1946, full recognition as a standard four-year high school was granted by the Depart- ment of Education to Ateneo de Naga. On 5 June 1947, a college for men was opened with 87 students. Ateneo conferred its first academic degrees in April 1950. On 26 October 1953, the Ateneo Col- lege Department became co-educational when five women were granted admission into the College. In the fifties and sixties, new constructions were added to those built before the war. In 1955, the gymnasium-auditorium, a silent witness to many important gatherings, was completed. In 1961, the Archbishop Santos Hall was dedicated to the Ate- neo’s founder and Naga’s first Archbishop. In 1968, Fr. Godofredo Alingal SJ with a number of Ateneo boys in the 1960’s. In Ateneo de Naga, he served as English teacher, class moderator, and principal. He met martyrdom in Burns Hall was inaugurated as a monument to the Bukidnon in Mindanao during the Martial Law years after defending farmers there. memory of Ateneo de Naga’s first rector. In the

Competent Conscientious COMPETENCE THAT SERVES CONSCIENCE THAT PROMOTES SOCIAL THE FAITH. JUSTICE. The completers are prepared The completers examine their religious for the rigors of higher feelings and belief with a view to living education and the pursuit of a fundamental orientation toward God, their interests as persons. ■ establishing a relationship with a religious tradition and religious community. ■ Profile OF THE COMPLETER The the iconic Four Pillars of the neo- classical facade of the Ateneo de Naga’s Main Building in Bgy. Bagumbayan is a favorite background for photo opportunities. Mission The Junior High School of the Ateneo de Naga University forms its students into young men and women for others characterized by Competence, Conscience, Compassionate Commitment, and Christ-Centeredness through its holistic educational program. The educational program is faith-inspired and values-based, integral and adaptive, interactive and collaborative, humanistic and socially respon- sive. Cura Personalis characterizes all instruction, stressing self-activity, inquiry, and mastery. Vision The Ateneo de Naga University Junior High School is highly effective in its mission and goals for secondary education in the Bikol Region. The school lives and operates out of Catholic and Ignatian values. course of time, several new buildings were 23, 2003. In SY 2003-2004, the High School added. transferred to the ten-hectare campus and Religious or lay, the pedagogues are highly com- By 1979, the 1940 Articles of Incorpora- opened its portals to girls, admitting 187 girls petent and committed to their vocation as com- tion were amended and a new Code of By- (145 in 1st yr, 42 in 2nd yr) – the first Ate- panion and guide to students in their formation as Laws was adopted, transferring the Ateneo neo de Naga University High School coeds. men and women for others. de Naga’s highest policy making body from In 2014, the Grade School opened with first the five Jesuit consultors of the Naga Jesu- three grade levels, and the Child Learning The completers are prepared for the rigors of it Community, to a fifteen member Board of Center (Pre-school) expanding to Pacol higher education and the pursuit of their interests Trustees. While the Provincial appoints the Campus. A year after, the Grade School as persons. In the tradition of excellence and for- Superior of the Jesuit Community, the Board moved to its new building just accross the mation, they are imbued with core competencies of Trustees elects the President of the Uni- High School’s. In 2016, the High School ex- in various forms of communication, equipped with versity. panded and added two more years (Senior scientific and technological skills, a discerning In March 2002, the ground breaking cer- High School) following the new K-12 curric- conscience, and a compassionate commitment emonies of the High School complex in ulum. The Junior High School remained in to transcend self-centeredness. Inspired by Igna- Pacol took place. High school classes for- Pacol and the Senior High School began its tian Spirituality, they recognize the reality of the mally started in the new campus on June operations in the Bagumbayan Campus.■ human and divine person of Christ working actively in the lives of others. They are committed to take responsibilities in the local and wider communities especially in caring for God’s creation. The Ateneo de Naga Seal

PRIMUM REGNUM DEI. University motto: After 63 years, the Ateneo de Naga High School opened its doors to co-education when it accepted 187 “First the Kingdom of God” (Matthew 6:33) girls in the 1st and 2nd Year levels. IHS MONOGRAM. First three letters of the name of Jesus in Greek (seal of the Society of Jesus) CROWN. Mary’s crown (Queen of Ateneo) LOYOLA COAT OF ARMS. Seven red bars on field of gold: seven heroes of the Loyola Family. Two wolves and cauldron: generosity of Loyola Family. SIX STARS. Six Provinces of the Bicol Region.

Compassionate Christ-centered COMPASSIONATE COMMITMENT TO CHIRIST-CENTEREDNESS THAT IM- CHANGE THAT IS INCULTURATED. PELS INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE The completers transcend self- THAT ENHANCES THE FAITH. centeredness and acknowledge their The completers recognize the reality of responsibility in the many needs of the human and divine person of Christ the local and wider communities. ■ working actively in their lives and the lives of others. ■ AteneoJunior High School Academics

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS. Students are admitted into the Ateneo de Naga University Junior High School after: ■ They have passed the set of entrance examinations that are competitive and diagnostic in nature; ■ They have accepted that they have the responsibility to learn, to study and to attend classes; ■ They and their parents have expressed their acceptance of the plan of education and formation being offered by the school; ■ They and their parents have signified that they subscribe fully to all policies, rules and regulations of the school.

SUBJECTS Araling Panlipunan Values Education (Social Studies) English Language & Science (Gen. Science, Literature Biology, Chemistry & Physics) Filipino Language & MAPEH (Music, Arts, Physical Literature Education & Health)

Mathematics Computer Studies

RATING PERIODS. The school year is divided into three grading periods, technically known as TERMS. At the end of each term, the students are individually rated according to their individual achievement of the objectives set for the term. 1st Term 2nd Term 3rd Term June-August Sept-December January-March

ACADEMIC PROMOTIONS. Students are promoted or retained according to the Policy Guidelines on Classroom Assessment for the K to 12 Basic Education Program, DepEd Order no. 8, s. 2015. A student who fails more than two subjects, even if one or more grades would have qualified the student for extension classes, shall repeat the curriculum year. Furthermore, only students promoted in all their subjects are admitted to the next curriculum year, subject to the conditions for readmission. The Ateneo de Naga University Junior High School curriculum does not provide for any arrangement for a back subject load or for a lack of credit in any course. The Summer Extension Program and enrolment in an accredited Summer School are provided in order that students can make up for their deficiencies. Academic promotion does not guarantee readmission to the Ateneo for the following school year. ■

A Typical School Day Assembly 1st Period 2nd Period Recess 3rd Period 4th Period Lunch TUESDAY-FRIDAY TUESDAY-FRIDAY MONDAY MONDAY 7:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:00 11:00 12:00 Special Programs

Expanded English Language & Reading Program

Sports & Athletics Program

Comprehensive Religious Education Curriculum

International Exchange Program For more than 20 years, the Ateneo de Naga Junior High School has been main- taining academic, cultural, and scholarship ties with two Japanese schools. In 1997, Hiroshima Gakuin and the Ateneo started the Mutual Exchange Program from the initiative of the late Fr. Raul Bonoan S.J. For less than two weeks, Japanese high school students visit Naga City in August to immerse in Phil- Religious & Ignatian Formation ippine culture and experience Ateneo educational system. The Ateneans do the DAILY EXAMEN, RETREATS & EXTENSIVE HOMEROOM & GUIDANCE same in April at they travel to Hiroshima RECOLLECTIONS PROGRAM City. The exchange program with Notre In the tradition common among Jesuit schools In the spirit of cura personalis (personal care) Dame Seishin, an exclusive girls school following the spirituality of St. Ignatius of in Jesuit education, homeroom moderators in Hiroshima City started, in 2006. ■ Loyola, stu-dents do a daily conscience and guidance counselors help hand-in-hand examination, join 2 to 3-day retreats and 1 in the personal and social development of day class recollections to pray and reflect. In students. This entails companionship in the the process, students examine and process growth of students in all aspects where they their experiences, deepen their knowledge of need help - counseling, career awareness, themselves and their relationship with God. group dynamics, etc.

SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM Students engage themselves in social action In the Formation Program of the school, as they do immersion and exposure activities students are given opportunities to hone in deppressed rural and urban communities. their leadership skills. This comes in various Eventually, students initiate self-sustaining modules and ways. programs to help these communities. In the lower grade levels, students visit orphanages and homes for the aged.

Lunch Homeroom 5th Period 6th Period 7th Period Daily Examen CLUB Activities WEDNESDAYS WEDNESDAYS 12:00 12:30 1:15 2:15 3:15 4:10 3:15 AteneoJunior High School

Student Organizations

Membership in various student organizations enrich the students’ Ateneo formation. Students discover their innate talent and hone their skills as they pick from interest and hobby groups to sports and co-curricular organizations.

CO-CURRICULAR Futsal Club PERFORMING ARTS PC Wizard Lawn Tennis Club Ateneo Glee Club THE ATENEO Samahang Kayumanggi (Filipino) Samahan ng mga Atenistang SCHOLARSHIP & Ateneo Debate Society ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIO- Tumutugtog at Umaawit (SATU) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Web Development Club CIVIC Rondalla and Strings Ensemble PROGRAM Bio-Chemistry Club Natures Crusaders Ateneo Dance Club 1. Valedictorian & Salutatorian Science Research Club Greening Earth with Mama Mary Ateneo Theater Arts Club Scholarship Reading Enthusiasts Club Ateneo Student Response Team JHS Concert Band 2. Entrance Exam Placers Ateneo Debate Society B Scouting Club 3. Grant-in-Aid/ Benefactors James O’Brien Society (History) RELIGIOUS 4. Government Assistance/Subsidy Mathematics Club HOBBY & INTEREST Sanctuary Society of the Sacred Arts and Crafts Club Millennial Innovators Club Heart (Acolytes) Ignatian IT Yoga Club Ateneans with Jesus and Mary Radio Broadcasting Club Word Ministry SPORTS Robotics Club Basketball Club (Boys & Girls) Reigning Cats and Dogs Volleyball Club (Boys & Girls) Technopreneurs Club Baseball Club Snapshots Society Table Tennis Club Creative Hands Football Club Library Surfers Badminton Club Cineaste (Movie Club) Chess Club

Yearlong activities Schola Brevis Holy Spirit Mass Intramurals Ignatiana Hiroshima Gakuin Buwan ng Wika Pagsungko ni Ina Traslacion

JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER Naga City Facilities

■ Green & Eco-friendly 10-hectare Campus aga was ■ Online Instruction & already an Grading System existing Nflourishing village ■ 4 Computer Laboratories along the banks ■ Air-conditioned Library, of Naga River EBSCOHOST (web research when the Spanish resource) colonizers headed by Juan de Salcedo, grandson of Miguel Lopez ■ Fully Equipped Science de Legazpi, arrived in 1573. Two Laboratories years after, Ciudad de Caceres was ■ LED TV & LCD projector established by Pedro de Chavez in -Equipped Classrooms honor of Governor General Francisco ■ Sports Facilities: 4 de Sande, a native of Caceres in Basketball Courts, 2 Voleyball Spain. In time, the thriving native Courts, Futsal Court & community called Naga combined with Football Field the Spanish settlement to become Nueva Caceres (New Caceres). In ■ 500-person capacity Chapel 1595, Nueva Caceres became the seat of bishopric erected by a papal bull, together with the other three in Manila, Cebu and Nueva Segovia (Ilocos). Thereafter Nueva Caceres remained the capital of Ambos Camarines for many years which later separated into the provinces of Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte. The Americans reduced Nueva Caceres to a municipality and reverted back to its pre-Hispanic name, Naga; until it became an independent A Network of Excellence component and chartered city in 1948 by virtue of Republic Act No. 305 through the legislative efforts of Rep. FORMING Juan Q. Miranda. Today, Naga City is the region’s leading cultural and economic hub. MEN & WOMEN FOR OTHERS ATENEO DE MANILA (Quezon City) XAVIER SCHOOL (San Juan City, Sta.Rosa, Laguna) LOYOLA COLLEGE OF CULION (Palawan) ATENEO DE CEBU (Sacred Heart School) ATENEO DE ILOILO (Santa Maria Catholic School) ATENEO DE ZAMBOANGA XAVIER UNIVERSITY (Ateneo de Cagayan) ATENEO DE DAVAO

Traslacion Fiesta sa City Jail October Devotion Natl Reading Week Ateneo Day Pistaym J.S. Prom Recognition Day

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER FEBRUARY MARCH Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to seek reward, except that of knowing that I do your will. Amen.

St. Ignatius of Loyola Founder, Society of Jesus

Ateneo de Naga University Junior High School Fr. Raul Bonoan SJ Campus, Phelan Drive Km.7, Pacol, Naga City 4400 Cam Sur (054) 881-4185 | 09481009852 | 09771211750 | ajhs.adnu.edu.ph [email protected] | [email protected]