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| Type | PrivateGirls' Basic and Higher education institution |
| Established | 1892; 133 years ago (1892) inIntramuros, Manila |
| Founder | Religious of the Assumption |
Religious affiliation | Catholic (Assumption Sisters) |
Academic affiliations | Strategic Educational Alliance of Southeast Asia. |
| President | Angela Regala |
| Principal | Maria Angela Kara Decloedt |
| Dean | Ma. Margarita Ladrido (College) |
| Location | San Lorenzo Drive, San Lorenzo Village,Makati ,,Philippines 14°32′47″N121°01′19″E / 14.5463°N 121.0220°E /14.5463; 121.0220 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Gold White Blue |
| Website | www |
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Assumption College San Lorenzo (AC,Assumption SanLo,Assumption Makati) is aprivate,Catholic basic and higher education institution exclusively for girls run by the Religious of the Assumption in San Lorenzo Village,Makati, Philippines. It was established by the Assumption Sisters in 1958 and namedAssumption Convent. Assumption San Lorenzo is the successor of the closed school named Assumption Convent which was located alongHerran Street,Ermita, Manila.
It provides education from pre-school, elementary, secondary, tertiary, to graduate level. The alumnae and present students of this school include daughters and granddaughters ofPresidents, industrialists, politicians, actors/actresses and prominent figures in the Philippines.[1][2][3]
Assumption College is a charter member of thePhilippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). It has earned Level IV accreditation on all of its respective departments and schools.[4]
Sister Marie Eugénie Milleret de Brou (later canonised as SaintMarie-Eugénie de Jésus; 1817–1898) established theCongregation of the Religious of the Assumption inParis on 30 April 1839 as a means to make a Christian transformation of society through education.[5] The order arrived inSpanish colonial Philippines in 1892, and at the request of QueenMaría Cristina, consort of KingAlfonso XII of Spain, they established the Superior Normal School for Women Teachers in Intramuros in 1892 which pioneered women education in the Philippines. Among its first alumnae were Rosa Sevilla de Alvero, Foundress of theInstituto de Mujeres;Librada Avelino andCarmen de Luna, who foundedCentro Escolar University. At the outbreak of thePhilippine Revolution of 1896, the order ceased operation of the school and returned to Europe.[1]
At the request ofPope Pius X, a group ofanglophone Assumption Sisters returned toManila in 1904; thePhilippine Islands were by then already underAmerican control. With the group of Sisters were 1.) Mother Helen Margaret as Superior, 2.) Mother Rosa María Pachoud, 3.) Mother Esperanza Maria A. CuUnjieng, Ed.D.(H.C.), 4.) Madame Angela Ansaldo, 5.) Sr. Lory Mapa, 6.) Sr. Luisa Locsin and 7.) Sr. Bianca Rosa Perez Rubio who subsequently spent most of her religious life in the Religious of the Assumption in Asia. Originally an elementary and secondary school, the college was added in 1940. Its successors are Assumption College San Lorenzo andAssumption Antipolo.[citation needed]
Formerly found in the genteel enclave of Ermita beside the former site of Ateneo de Manila University Manila Campus (now occupied byRobinsons Manila), the school very much resembled the renowned girls' schools of France and the rest of Europe, becoming a favorite amongst Manila's pre-War élite. It was considered a school for thealta de sociedad (high society) and there was no other value more emphasized than the French termnoblesse oblige: “To whom much is given, much will be required.” The school was once at the corner of Calle Herran and Calle Dakota (now known asPedro Gil andAdriatico streets, respectively), beside the old Padre Faura campus of the all-boys'Ateneo de Manila, where the brothers of Assumptionistas often studied. It was from this time when the so-called "Ateneo-Assumption" families sprung up, with entire clans exclusively attending either school. It offered subjects such as Spanish, French, language and reading in English, arithmetic, and religion, as well as manners and penmanship.[2]
During the Second World War, the whole school and the rest of the city were destroyed by heavy aerial bombardment in the 1945Liberation of Manila. As with many schools, Assumption College resumed classes inquonset huts and in a battered auditorium in the ruins of the Herran campus. Mother Superior Rosa María and Madame Esperanza Maria A. CuUnjieng brought the school back to its feet and relaunched it in 1947 when the Reconstruction began, reopening in 1948. The Herran campus officially closed its doors in 1973. The former Assumption Herran campus and the adjacent Padre Faura campus of Ateneo were sold and todayRobinsons Place Manila currently occupy these former academic campuses. .[2]
A vast and stately school with manicured gardens, lush plants and numerous trees, the Assumption Convent had school buildings in theneo-Gothic style which had high-ceilings and arcades. Possessing a very French, feminine aura, the convent school sported arched windows and corridors, partly hidden floral medallions, (specifically thefleur-de-lys common to the other French girls' school,Saint Paul University Manila), and even a lagoon with boats.[2]
The Herran Assumption also featured one of the most impressive school chapels inManila.Neo-Gothic in design, the chapel featured arched, stained-glass windows and a comparatively smallGothic main altar. Students of the Herran campus still observed older practises of theCatholic Church, with students made to genuflect upon entering any place where theBlessed Sacrament was kept. In those days, students also signed for fifteen-minute shifts for theadoration of the Blessed Sacrament and they were excused from class while doing the Adoration. In the afternoons, the students with lacy whitemantillas on their heads, filled the chapel for common adoration, ending the day with singing theTantum Ergo.[2]
There were also the very distinct things done within the walls of the school that through the decades would have the virtual label of "Assumption". There were the Assumption tarts (triangular tarts topped withguava jelly), and the Assumptionsiomai, beloved by students because of how it tasted like those made byMa Mon Luk, a famous noodle shop. There was also Assumption cottage pie, ground meat topped with mashed potatoes served at therefectory. Students wore the distinct Assumption uniform of atartan skirt (the fabric of which was first imported from France[3]), sailor-collared shirts and a pin with a gold-coloured school seal. The lace-filled immaculately white uniforms called "gala dress" were reserved for more formal occasions such as Mass and Graduation Rites. Visiting guests had to contend themselves of speaking with the students in aparlour.[2]
Students played a ball game they calledbataille and were taught tocurtsy before nuns, specifically the Mother Superior whom they were taught to address as "Notre Mère" ("our mother").[3] A lasting hallmark of an "Old Girl" is the school's conspicuouspenmanship known as "Assumption Script". Letters are distinctly long with sharp elongated points, it is a precisecursive, with flourishedmajuscules and jagged tails. It was a source of pride, according to Gonzalez,[6] and a way of immediately identifying an Herran Assumptionista.[2]
The school then expanded to its San Lorenzo,Makati campus, welcoming 180 students into its preparatory and elementary levels in June 1958. The following year, Assumption College San Lorenzo opened its doors to college-bound young women, and the college moved there in 1959.
After some time, the Herran campus was sold as the area was becoming a commercial and tourist center, not conducive to learning. In 1972–73, four San Lorenzo campus teachers were transferred to pave the way for merging elementary schools and secondary schools of Herran and San Lorenzo. In 1973–74, the Herran and San Lorenzo schools fused: the High School and the college were based in San Lorenzo while the Preschool and Grade School briefly occupied Herran, temporarily moving to San Lorenzo in June 1974.
The Grade School finally resettled inAssumption Antipolo along Sumulong Highway on 11 September 1974, with the Preschool staying in San Lorenzo. However, the distance between Antipolo and Manila became a problem, driving alumnae and parents to petition the college to re-open the elementary level in San Lorenzo. Grade 1 was re-opened in 1981 and starting school year 1988–89, grade levels were added until the San Lorenzo Grade School's first batch of seventh Grade students graduated in March 1993.
The college is part of the Women's Consortium of Colleges which includesSt. Scholastica's College Manila in Malate,La Consolacion College Manila in Mendiola,College of the Holy Spirit Manila in Mendiola.St. Paul University Quezon City, andMiriam College in Katipunan, Quezon City.
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