Caritas Don Bosco School
The Caritas Don Bosco School (CDBS, Don Bosco- Caritas,（カリタス ドン・ボスコ スクール） ; Filipino: Paaralan ng Caritas Don Bosco) is a private Catholic co-education institution located in Binan City, Laguna, Philippines. It is overseen by the congregation of Suore della Carità di Gesù (SCG) or Caritas Sisters of Jesus from Japan. In offering holistic pre-school, elementary, junior high school, and senior high school education, it aims to continuously mold servant leaders. CDBS is a unique Salesian school that blends the rich culture of the Philippines and Japan.
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| Type | Coeducational, Salesian Family, Catholic |
| Motto | "I Love, Therefore, I Serve." |
| Established | 1994 |
| Founder | Caritas Sisters of Jesus |
| Oversight | [Suore della Carita di Gesu], SCG] |
| Principal | Sr. Wency Sagun, SCG |
| Chaplain | Fr. Remo Bati, SDB |
| Grades | K to 12 |
| Campus | Urban, ~4 hectares |
| Color(s) | Blue , White , and Gray |
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| Hymn | Caritas Don Bosco Hymn |
| Varsity Team | Don Bosco Greywolves |
| Website | caritasdonbosco |
History
The congregation of the Suore della Carità di Gesù (Caritas Sisters of Jesus) was founded by Italian priests belonging to the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1937 in Miyazaki, Japan. The founder, Fr. Antonio Cavoli, SDB named the congregation "Caritas" because it started with the love and concern for the poor people. The love and self-sacrificing work of the Caritas sisters for the abandoned won the hearts of many non-Catholics and led them to God, and helped spread the Caritas sisters missionary presence in 11 countries with around 500 Japanese sisters and 500 Koreans.
It was in 1992 that the first work offered to them was to set up a school in response to the growing needs of the new community in Laguna Technopark (Philippines). The Salesians of Don Bosco helped to concertize their mission by offering them the parcel of land situated at the junction of Sta. Rosa and Biñan, Laguna. Since the donated land was still bare, the homeowners of Sta. Rosa Village, a residential village within the vicinity, offered their Multi-Purpose Hall to be the temporary learning site. As a result, a co-educational school was established in 1994.
CDBS had a humble beginning consisting of 21 pre-schoolers and three Caritas sisters together with two lay teachers. Today, the CDBS family has grown with more than 1,000 in student population annually and more than a hundred faculty and staff. They now have eight buildings and several facilities including a ship-inspired chapel called the Stella Maris, a gymnasium of several courts, a multi-purpose dome, technical skills building, a soccer field, and a tent area among others.
School Motto, PVM, and Values
Motto: "I Love; therefore, I Serve"
Living up to its motto “I love, therefore, I serve”, CDBS strives for the holistic formation of the youth in accord to the charism of our patron saint, St. John Bosco, who has dedicated all his life for the service of the young and handed down this principle to the Salesian Family all over the world in which we are a part of.
Core Values: SO RISE Self-sacrifice, Obedience, Respect, Integrity, Simplicity, Excellence
Philosophy of Education: Caritas Don Bosco School is a Christ-centered Salesian Educational Community inspired by the uore della Carità di Gesù (SCG) charism anchored on Don Bosco’s Preventive System geared towards forming 21st century servant-leaders contributing to the societal transformation.
Vision: Caritas Don Bosco School is a leading Salesian educational institution continuously forming global life-giving servant-leaders.
Mission: We, the Educative Pastoral Community (EPC), commit to collaborate and animate the institutional core values for the holistic formation of learners in pursuing and fulfilling our God-given purpose in life evident in our service towards environment, marginalized youth, indigenous people, and family ministry.
Departments and Offerings
Aims for learners:
- Experience a personal relationship with God by observing Catholic practices as a Salesian way of life;
- Acquire and develop literacy and higher order thinking skills through the use of Performance-Based Learning Approach;
- Develop life-long learning skills through fair play, creative and collaborative tasks;
- Enhance a sense of nationalism and love for the environment;
- Find joy in doing daily activities and serving others.
The Grade School Department is the largest department of the school in terms of student population. It consists of pre-school to Grade 6 pupils. The St. Joseph's Building houses the elementary classrooms. It is a three-storey building designed with ramps to provide easy access from students going up and going down the floors.
Aims for Learners:
- Realize their worth as God's masterpieces and become living witnesses of the Gospel values;
- Acquire technology literacy through project-based learning approach;
- Integrate adequately and apply meaningfully their acquired knowledge and higher-order thinking skills in real-life situations;
- Develop problem solving skills as they foster positive attitude and work habits;
- Deepen a sense of nationalism and love for the environment;
- Demonstrate servant leadership skills as they actively participate and collaborate in community service.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Building houses the High School Department. It consists of two floors and ramps are also present for easy access. The following are the subject areas that form part of the high school curriculum:
- English
- Araling Panlipunan (AP)
- Christian Living and Values Educations (CLVE)
- Filipino
- Math
- Music
- Drafting
- TLE / Robotics
- Information Technology
- Music, Arts, Physical Education,Health
- Integrated Science
Aims for Learners:
- Exemplify academic excellence through admission to the university of choice and identification of career preference by providing work immersion exposure;
- Develop them to be prepared to live in a multi-cultural community and global environment by providing various activities with emphasis on openness, respect, and interdependence;
- Manifest their servant leadership by conducting research with service impact towards the school's advocacies.
The Senior High School Department is housed in the latest building of the school aptly named Fr. Cavoli building whose namesake is the founder of the SCG sisters. The SHS department maintains small and ideal class sizes in keeping with its goal to foster career/profession identification and as well as being able to grow and participate in the global sphere. Many of its alumna are now studying in the big universities as well as international universities. To enhance the K-12 curriculum, it offers a selection of career-enlightening elective classes such as Robotics, Programming for Software Development, Healthcare: Introduction to Nursing, Physical Therapy, and Dentistry, AutoCad: Basic and Advanced, Local and International Film Studies, Mythology, Linguistics, and Automotive Mechanics, among others.
The SHS is replete with international exposure, especially to Japan, where the school keeps an exchange learners and teachers program. Furthermore, the department is competitive as it regularly sends participants to international robotics competitions and as well as the Sakura Science Program.
It currently offers the following strands from the Academic Track:
- Accounting, Business, and Management (ABM)
- Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) with a choice of being part of the Allied Health/Medicine sub-strand or the Architecture/Engineering sub-strand.
Athletics
Caritas Don Bosco School is part of the Don Bosco Athletic Association (DBAA), wherein its other members are the different Don Bosco Schools in the Philippines. Its mascot is Grigio the Greywolf, hence, called Caritas Greywolves or Don Bosco Greywolves.
Chapel
Caritas Don Bosco School houses a boat-shaped chapel called the Stella Maris Chapel, a two-storey chapel inspired by Noah's Ark. Most of the masses are usually held here while departmental masses which happens every first Friday of the month takes place in the school gymnasium to accommodate larger number of students.
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External links
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