UST Junior High School General Information and Instutional Structure

Today is the second day I woke up in Philippines and we have orientation in UST Junior High School. We went there at 08.40. We are kindly welcomed by the headmaster and cooperating teachers. UST Junior High School is part of University of Santo Tomas located in Espana Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines 1008. The Junior High School consist of 4 grade in Philippine grade standard, the grades are VII,VIII,IX and X. UST Junior High School has 10 section (classess) for each grade. Every section named after Saint of the Catholic Church. We can identify the grade by the first letter after “St.”. Letter A for grade 7, B for grade 8, C for grade 9 and D for grade 10. For example St. Agnes (grade 7), St. Bernadine (grade 8), St. Crispin (grade 9) and St. Denise (grade 10).

UST Junior High School has 3 floors. The first floor is lobby, cafetaria, conference rooms, robotic room and faculty room. On the second floor there are grade 9 and 10 classess, library, computer laboratory. On the third floor there are grade 7 and 8 classess, Benedive Auditorium, Audio-visual Room There are a huge box made by wood and glassess on each floor. The function of those boxes are for lost and found things. Every student who found something that dropped randomly around the school, have to put it. It helps student finding their missing stuff 

Vision

The UST Junior High School, adhering to the mission and vision of the University of which it is a part, envisions itself in the next five years to live up to its vocation as a Christian, Catholic, evangelizing, Filipino and educational community, with its tradition of excellence involving its academic and non-academic staff, dedicated to the holistic formation of its students in the secondary level in competence, commitment, and compassion.

Mission

The UST Junior High School, proud of its tradition and conscious of its role to share in the mission of the University of Santo Tomas, under the inspiration and patronage of its model St. Thomas Aquinas, affirms and avows its commitment to the cause of education in the secondary level, and to the formation of our students in the Faith for the purpose of preparing them for tertiary education, being molded as true Thomasians and becoming responsible citizens dedicated to the service of God, the country, and the whole world.

Goals

Our mission is defined by the following goals:

1.      Integral formation of our students;

2.      Cultivation of Christian values necessary for the formation of a right social conscience;

3.      Development of professional sound expertise in guiding, counseling, and nurturing our students’ passion for knowledge;

4.      Appreciation, preservation, enrichment, and propagation of Filipino cultural heritage rooted in a sense of history and tradition;

5.      Recognition of the role of individuals in the University, local community, country, and the environment.

Objectives

The UST Junior High School aims to:

1.      Mold the students into total human persons by providing them the best educational program possible in an atmosphere conducive to intellectual, spiritual, moral, social, cultural, and physical development;

2.      Provide the students with the necessary education in order that they may become well-disciplined persons whose deportment is in harmony with Christian ideals and teachings;

3.      Help the students develop a sense of Christian leadership and service whose primary concern is the welfare of others;

4.      Cultivate in the students a genuine and fervent nationalist sense and,

5.      Provide the adolescent students an all-around, sound, balanced, and challenging curriculum, not only suited to their talents and abilities, but also determined to bring out the best in them and make them responsible adults in the future.

Administrations

ASSOC. PROF. MARISHIRL P. TROPICALES, PhD

Principal

REV. FR. ORLANDO ACERON, O.P.

Regent

MRS. MA. VICTORIA L. TORRES, MS

Assistant Principal

MR. ANTHONY C. CASTRO, MS
School Secretary

Subject Coordinators

JOSEPH CHRISTIAN M. LEGASPI

Christian Living Education

KAREN S. YOMA

English

MRS. VIRGINIA T. AUNGON

Filipino

MARIE CHRISTY R. IGUID

Mathematics

JANE A. MACARAEG

Makabayan (Araling Panlipunan, Physical Education, Health, CAT)

RUBEN L. SINUGBUHAN

Science

JOEL BRYAN A. GUEVARRA

Technology and Livelihood Education

Coordinators

MS. BERNADINE ANN V. OBIAL, MA

Community Service and Extension (Simbahayan)

MS. KATHERINE T. RODRIGUEZ

e-Learning Specialist

MR. JOHN RAYMOND S. SANDOVAL

Library