Xavier School

Xavier School
光啓学校 (Chinese)
Senior High School building
Location
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Philippines
Coordinates14°36′15″N 121°02′25″E / 14.604166°N 121.040347°E / 14.604166; 121.040347
Information
Former namesKuang Chi School
TypePrivate, college preparatory school
MottoLatin: Luceat Lux
English: Let your light shine!
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic (Jesuits)
EstablishedJune 6, 1956 (June 6, 1956)
Founders
  • Fr. Jean Desautels, SJ
  • Fr. Louis Papilla, SJ
  • Fr. Cornelius Pineau, SJ
PresidentFr. Joseph Haw, SJ
ChairmanJohnip Cua
Principal
  • Theresa Nebres-Ladrido
    (High school)
  • Jane Cacacho
    (Grade School)
  • Arlene Trinidad-Choo
    (Nuvali Campus)
GradesPre-K to 12
Gender
  • All boys (San Juan Campus)
  • Coeducational (Nuvali Campus)
Enrollment4000+
CampusUrban
  • Main
    San Juan campus
    7 hectares (70,000 m2)
    64 Xavier St., San Juan Metro Manila
  • Satellite
    Nuvali Campus
    15 hectares (150,000 m2)
    Diversity Ave. Nuvali, Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
AthleticsThirty teams in twelve sports
Athletics conferenceMMTLBA, PAYA, FASAAPS, BEST Passarelle JAM
MascotHoofy the Golden Stallion
NicknameGolden Stallions
AccreditationInternational Baccalaureate, PAASCU
NewspaperStallion (High School), Hoofprint (Grade School)
AffiliationsJBEC EDSOR Consortium
Alma Mater Song"Luceat Lux"
CEEB Code705640
Websitewww.xs.edu.ph
www.xsn.edu.ph (Nuvali campus)

Xavier School (simplified Chinese: 光啓学校; traditional Chinese: 光啓學校; pinyin: Guāngqǐ Xúexìao; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kong-khé Ha̍k-hāu; also referred to by its acronym XS) is a private, Catholic, college preparatory school run by the Catholic Order of the Society of Jesus. Its main campus is at 64 Xavier Street, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines. It has a southern satellite campus along West Conservation Avenue in Nuvali, Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna mainly aimed to serve financially challenged students. It is a K-12 school with a curriculum that includes a mandatory Chinese language program. It also offers an optional International Baccalaureate program in grades 11 and 12 to interested students.

A Catholic institution with an English curriculum and Chinese studies, Xavier School continues educating Chinese-Filipinos as part of its original mission to evangelize them and promote their integration into Philippine society. Through its Grant-in-Aid program, the school also offers financially challenged but otherwise qualified students an opportunity of attaining a Xavier education.

Unlike other Chinese schools in the Philippines, Xavier School was founded as an all-boys institution. Its San Juan campus continues to admit only male students. Its newer Nuvali campus is coeducational.