Holy Rosary Academy

I. HOLY ROSARY ACADEMY

     Holy Rosary Academy is a Catholic Educational Institution belonging to the Archdiocese of San Fernando, Pampanga. It is registered with securities  and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a non-stock, non profit corporation. It is a member of the Association of Archdiocesan Schools of Pampanga (AASP), Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) and the Fund Assistance for Private Education (FAPE).

II. HISTORY

    Holy Rosary Academy was founded on October 28, 1950. It was originally named Lubao Central High School whose administration lay on the hands of prominent persons of the town under the direction of Rev. Fr. Diosdado G. Victorio. It was first housed at the spacious residence of Miss Felicidad B. Manuel, an energetic and assiduous person to whom the foundation of the school was attributed. She was joined by Dr. Macario Datu, Mr. Mariano Sagad and Miss Adelaida Velasco as the co-founders. Later, to boost the morale of the original founders, Dr. Eliodore Congco, Mrs, Juanita A. Vitug, Dr. Efren Baltazar and Mr. Rafael Razon joined the force who served as pillars of the foundation.

THE AIM OF THE FOUNDERS

     During the first two years of its early beginning, the school offered subjects for the first and second year only. With just a handful of students to start with, it did not prove a hindrance to its founders whose sole aim was to "illuminate the minds of the youth as to the significance of life here on earth, which serves as a brief prelude to the life in heaven." Together with the other teachers, Ms. Manuel with her inexhaustible zeal for a holistic educatin buckled herself down to the great task of molding the character and building up the personality of the youth without the least expectation for remuneration. After a few years, the school populaiton increased which eventually  demanded a much wider space to accomodate the growing number of learners. Hence, the stockholders and the teafchers decided to move out to a more spacious site.

    Upon its transfer, the name of the school was changed to Holy Rosary Academy named after Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, a universally known Marian name, projecting that this will be an institution administered and run by religious.

THE RELIGIOUS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (RVM) AS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR

     In 1960, the stockholders sld the school to Archbishop Emilio A. Cinense, DD. The archbishop invited the RVM sisters to manage the school. The first group of sisters sent wer all from Pampanga: Mother Maria Valeriana Bautista, RVM, the superior, Mother Marie David, RVM, the principal, and Sr. Ma. Aida Zablan, RVM. Later on, Fr. Vicente Navarro the school director requested for additional sisters and Mother Ma. Candelaria Clemente, RVM arrived to complete the community.

    Enrolment increased as years went by. In 1982, another group of RVM sisters was assigned to serve the school: Sr. Ma. Salvacion Abasolo, RVM, superior, Sr. Ma. Soledad Bersamina, RVM who did extension works in Floridablanca and Porac. During the term  of the energetic and untiring school director Rev. Fr. Gregorio P. Binuya II, were fourteen (14) lay faculty members who proved themselves capable of molding the midns of the students of Holy Rosary Academy. Fr. Binuya worked for the construction of another building in addition to the six (6) rooms to accomodate more studetns for the coming years.