AteneoAteneo de Naga University Junior High School Tradition & Excellence PAASCU Level 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, educa- tion,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 cam- pus. 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 build- ings 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 lo- cal “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 stu- dents. 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 educa- tional program. The educational program is faith-inspired and val- ues-based, integral and adaptive, interactive and collaborative, humanistic and socially respon- sive. Cura Personalis characterizes all instruc- tion, 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 ac- tively in the lives of others. They are committed to take responsibilities in the local and wider com- munities 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.