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The Vision Statement
To Be a Center Of exellence in providing quality lasallian educaton dedicated to the attainment of lsallian ideals and values
The Mission Statement
La Salle Academy in Iligan City is a Catholic institution, inspired by the charism of its founder,
St. John Baptist de La Salle, and one with other member-institutions of De La Salle Philippines in partaking the common mission of teaching minds, touching hearts and transforming lives.
It envisions itself to be the center of excellence in providing Lasallian Education to the youth in a culturally and religiously diverse society of Iligan and Northern Mindanao, as a whole.
La Salle Academy upholds the core values of Faith, Service and Communion in Mission.
It aims to graduate students who are academically competent, socially concerned, disciplined and compassionate men and women.
A Very Brief history of La Salle Academy
La Salle Academy , Iligan City belongs to the third generation of Lasallian schools in the Philippines . After De La Salle University (1911) and University of St. La Salle (1952), La Salle Academy (1958) belongs to that set of four schools that constitute a growth spirit of Lasallian education in the country. This includes La Salle-Greenhills (1959), St. Joseph 's High School (1960) and De La Salle-Lipa (1962).
The presence of La Salle in northern Mindanao came to be with the invitation of Msgr. Patrick Cronin of the Prelature of Ozamis to take over St. Columban's Academy in Iligan City . This was the same school that used to be Woodrow Wilson Junior College of the late forties and early fifties. When the first group of Brothers under Brother Crescentius Richard arrived in Iligan, the school was located in downtown Iligan, a stone's throw from the Cathedral. Its faculty then included such veteran educators like Miss Rosario Tsukimata (an affiliated Member of the Brothers), Kagawad Pedro Generalao (founding Principal of Iligan City High School), Mr. Felicito Rugay (founding Director-Principal of Andres Soriano Memorial School, Lutopan, Cebu and Tranquilino Valderrama Memorial School, Bubunawan, Bukidnon; and the Andres Soriano Jr. Learning Center, Aroroy, Masbate); and Mr. Carmelito Silva. A growing student population and a need for bigger campus necessitated the purchase of a three-hectare lot in Pala-o belonging to the estate of Pedro Nu�ez.
The transfer to the new site in 1960 was accompanied by a change of name to La Salle Academy . Brother Honorius Alfred Shields the second Director and co-author of the Biology for the Philippine High Schools, supervised the transfer to the nipa and bamboo structures and then, the construction of the permanent buildings in 1961. It must be mentioned that all this time La Salle was an exclusive school for boys.
About the Founder
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St. John Baptist De La Salle
St John Baptist De La Salle was Born on April 30 1651 in Rheims, France. He was ordained priest on April 9 1678. He founded the Brothers of the Christian Schools composed exclusively of lay religious dedicated to the educational services of the poor youth and revolutionized teaching.
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