Quezon City Academy
Quezon City Academy Foundation Inc. | |
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Private Secondary School | |
Established | 1953 |
President | Florentina C. Gonzales |
Principal | Vivien R. Riano |
Grades | Junior and Senior High School (7-12) |
Color(s) | Maroon and White |
Athletics | QCA Jaguars |
Nickname | Kyoka |
Newspaper | QCA Echo |
Website | qca.edu.ph |
Quezon City Academy is a private secondary school in Quezon City, Philippines.
History
Established in 1953, "Quezon City Academy (QCA)" was originally known as the "Bago Bantay High School".
In 1963,
Justice Alvendia made renovations to QCA until it became one of the most notable IT secondary schools in the Philippines.[citation needed] In 1965 enrolment rose to 132. In the 1980s the population had increased to 2,700 students with almost 450 graduates every year.[citation needed] The students are drawn from Bago Bantay, Project 7, Project 8, Sto. Niño, Pag-asa, Project 6, Balintawak, Bagong Barrio, San Francisco del Monte, West Avenue and other nearby areas in Quezon City.
In the 1997-1998 National Secondary Assessment Test, QCA carded a general average of 98.9%.[1]
Facilities
Curriculum
QCA students are taught basic and advanced
In 2000, the U.P. Diliman Student Council chairman was a graduate of Quezon City Academy, Raymond Palatino (batch 1996).
In 2016, the school began offering Grade 11 courses in the tracks of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and ABM (Accountancy, Business and Management).
Administration
Position | Board Member |
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Chairman | Carmelino P. Alvendia,Jr |
Director | Sylvia A. Rodriguez |
Director | Amador P. Alvendia |
Director | Alan S. Alvendia |
Director | Ruperto P. Somera |
Position | Official |
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Corporate Secretary | Sandra Marie R. Aguilar |
External Auditor | Honorata M. Gamayo |
Position | Administrator |
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President | Florentina C. Gonzales |
Vice President for Finance and Administration | Sylvia A. Rodriguez |
Administrative Officer | Sandra Marie Aguilar |
Principal | Vivien R. Riano |
Assistant Principal | Merlyn M. Eligio |
President | From | To |
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Justice Carmelino G. Alvendia,Sr. | 1963 | 1982 |
Dean Esperanza Pahati-Alvendia | 1982 | 2001 |
Tomas C. Ongoco | 2001 | 2014 |
Florentina C. Gonzales | 2014 | Present |
Notable alumni
- Raymond Palatino - congressman, 14th Congress of the Philippines
- Denille Lou Valmonte - Binibining Pilipinas-International 2006
See also
REGISTERED ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Past Presidents
References
- ^ "QCA History". Quezon City Academy Batch 1977. 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
External links
- Official website
- Media related to Quezon City Academy at Wikimedia Commons