Siena College, Quezon City
Siena College is a college in Quezon City, Philippines.
History
At the opening of school 1959-1960, Siena College opened its doors to 500 students who enrolled in the grade school, high school and college departments. The courses offered then in college were Bachelor of Science in Arts, Commerce and Education, Secretarial and Home Arts. From then on, the Siena College community of administrators, faculty, personnel, students and parents grew not only in number, but also in wisdom, grace and in the spirit of service to the larger community. Soon enough, it gained prestige and wide recognition as a reputable Catholic school.
In 1972, responding to the needs and demands of the time for a kind of service education that would address the problems of unemployment and school dropouts, Siena College phased out the traditional four-year courses and retained only the Secretarial and Special Home Arts courses. In lieu of these, terminal courses were offered and the ladder-type curriculum was adopted. These courses were Bachelor of Science of Business Administration, Secretarial Administration, Food Service Administration, Junior Secretarial Course, Food Technology, Practical Entrepreneurship, Hotel and Restaurant Management, General Clerical Course and Tourism. At this time too, the Grade School Department adopted the innovative program called the Individualized Group-Guided Education or the IGGE.
In 1974, fully aware of its responsibility to be an agent of change, Siena College adopted policies, measures and procedures to improve and upgrade the quality of its service. To insure improvement, the school underwent two self-surveys: one during the school year 1974-75 and the other during the school year 1976-77. The Council on Education of the Congregation conducted these surveys. As a result, a strong interest on the part of the administration and staff to apply for accreditation was aroused. The educational council of the institution unanimously approved the plan.
The school year 1977-78 marked a more thorough and rigid operational self-survey using the PAASCU (Philippine Accrediting Association of School, Colleges and Universities) tools for evaluation. The three departments of Siena College underwent the PAASCU preliminary surveys during the school year 1978-79. The following year, the drive for improvement and development was carried on unhesitatingly and after a successful formal survey, the Grade School and the High School Department, as well as the college program of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration were granted accreditation for a period of three years.
In 1980, the Congregation, through the General Chapter, approved the program of development for all its schools. The program is the CS-SD (Catholic Schools System Development) program. A unique and highly systematized program, the CS-SD consists of different phases of continuing development for Catholic schools with emphasis on the formation of personnel into other Christs through a radical living of the Gospel and the improvement of educational services through Christ-like operations. Siena College entered the program immediately after its formal adoption by the Congregation. The program, as adopted, came to be known as the OP-SSSDP (Order of Preachers-Siena Schools System Development Program). The Congregational Council on Education facilitated its implementation.
In October 1982, the three departments of Siena College underwent the first CEV or the Congregational Evaluation Visit, which is part of the CS-SD program. It looked into how the school's instructional program and operations are in consonance with the congregational mission. In February of the same school year, the College and High School Departments had their PAASCU re-accreditation visits, successfully passed it and were given an accredited status for five years. The Grade School Department had its re-accreditation visit in August of 1983 and was also given a five-year accreditation status. The three departments again passed the re-survey visits during the years 1994-95 and 2000-2001 successfully. Being a member of PAASCU is a recognition and an acknowledgement of the school's commitment to quality education.
Siena College has committed itself to the task of continuing with consistent efforts the work of development and improvement for quality Christian education that will bring to fruition its vision, mission and goals. Guided by the ideals of St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena, the school will always be vigilant in pursuing the goals of a truly Christian, Dominican and Filipino education.
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[1] - grade school 1960-up
[2] - high school (?) batch 1968
[3] - high school batch 1971
[4] - high school batch 1976
[5] - high school batch 1977
[6] - high school batch 1978
[7] - grade school batch 1979
[8] - high school batch 1979
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[10] - hight school batch 1980
[11] - high school batch 1981
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[13] - grade school batch 1983
[14] - high school batch 1983
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[19] - grade school batch 1989
[20] - high school batch 1989
[21] - grade school batch 1990
[22] - high school 1992
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[25] - high school batch 1994
[26] - batch 1994
[27] - grade school batch 1995
[28] - high school batch 1995
[29] - high school batch 1996
[30] - high school (?) batch 1997
[31] - high school batch 1997
[32] - high school batch 1998
[33] - batch 1999