La Salle Greenhills
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La Salle Greenhills (LSGH) is a school for boys located in Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. It is being run by the Brothers of Christian Schools.La Salle Green Hills has 2 kindergarten levels, 7 elementary levels with 11 sections each, and 4 high school years with 11 sections on the first year and 10 sections on each of the other 3 years.
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History of La Salle Green Hills
The history of La Salle Green Hills started more than three hundred years ago in France when a French Priest gave up high social and ecclesiastical position and family wealth to dedicate himself to the neglected truth of his day by establishing an institute of religious teachers. This priest, St. John Baptist de La Salle, founded the Fratres Scholarum Christianarum or Institute of the Brothers of Christian Schools on May 28, 1684 whose purpose was "to give Christian education to children" especially the "children of the artisans and the poor". In the Philippines, they are known as the De La Salle Brothers.
The educational work of the brothers in the Philippines started when nine brothers from Marseilles, France arrived in Manila on March 29, 1911 upon invitation of the Archbishop of Manila, Jeremia J. Harty, to establish a college, the De La Salle College. De La Salle College, now De La Salle University, was originally located in Paco but was moved to Taft Avenue in 1921.
During the early fifties, the Brothers of De La Salle acquired a six-hectare lot alongOrtigas Avenue in Mandaluyong to relocate and to accommodate increasing requests for admission to grade school.
In July 1959, La Salle Greenhills opened its door to two preparatory sections and one section each for grades one and two. On August 24, 1960, La Salle Green Hills, Inc. was registered as non-stock, non-profit corporation with the Securities and Exchange Comission. In August 1964, the high school was established.
Athletics
La Salle Greenhills represents De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde in the Juniors division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It once represented De La Salle University in the 1970s.
LSGH participates in the following basketball leagues:
Milo Small Basketeers of the Philippines (Lost in Semifinals to Ateneo) PAYA Midgets (Lost to Ateneo at Finals) PRADA Midgets (Didn't get in the Final 4) PSBL Midgets (NEW LEAGUE!) Mini PAYA (Ongoing Practice) Mini PSBL (Ongoing Practice) Milo PASSERELLE (2005 Champions) PAYA Juniors (Ongoing League) PRADA Juniors (2005 Champions) NCAA (Ongoing League)
LSGH participates in the following in the following football(soccer) leagues:
RIFA Inter-La Salle League
Notable Alumni
- Ogie Alcasid entertainer
- Stephen Fernandez Taekwondo olympic medalist
- Bongbong Marcos politician
- Ralph Recto senator
- Gary Valenciano Singer
External Link
| National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) | |
| Member schools: Colegio de San Juan de Letran | College of St. Benilde/La Salle Greenhills | Jose Rizal University | Mapua Institute of Technology | Philippine Christian University | San Beda College | San Sebastian College - Recoletos | University of Perpetual Help | Image:Ncaa sm.gif |
| Championships: Basketball | Football | Track and Field | Swimming | Lawn Tennis | Volleyball | Softball | Chess | Table Tennis | Taekwondo | Beach Volleyball | Cheerleading | General Championship |
Categories: High schools | Schools in the Philippines | Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
