The Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus (simply referred to as Sagrado and abbreviated as CSCJ), translated in English as College of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a private, Catholic, and co-educational institution of learning owned and administered by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul on General Hughes St. Iloilo City, Philippines.
History
Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus (CSCJ) was founded when the Daughters of Charity from Colegio de San Jose extended their education services to boys and girls in kindergarten in a rented room in Iznart Street. To this kindergarten school was added the grade school and later the high school. Courses in commerce and economics were offered besides the general academic course in General Hughes Street. On September 14, 1917, "Sagrado", was recognized as a school when the Securities and Exchange Commission approved its by-laws and constitution.
Under the Japanese regime, Sagrado offered grade school and high school programs. The Graduate School in Education started in 1945. The Conservatory of Music, the first south of Manila, opened soon after. Between 1945 and 1975 all the courses offered received recognition from the Department of Education. To these were added courses such as Social Work, Nutrition, and Hotel and Restaurant Management.
The high school department received accreditation in 1975 making it the first DC school to be accredited by PAASCU. The grade school followed suit when in 1979, it obtained PAASCU accreditation making it the first grade school to be accredited in Western Visayas. In 1983, PAASCU nominated Sagrado to be one of the pilot colleges for testing the validity of common standards for accrediting higher education by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies in the Philippines (FAAP), a self-survey using the FAAP Manual of accreditation of these three programs in August 1986.
In 1986, the grade school and high school were merged into the Basic Education Department. Sagrado also turned co-educational by admitting male students in the Basic Education Department and in the College Department. In 1994 the integrated DC school system was implemented in which Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus and Colegio de San Jose shared one president. In 2003 the St. Louise de Marillac School of Miag-ao was included in the integrated administration.
The school, under the leadership of the Integrated Administration President, Sr. Ma. Lourdes S. Verzosa, D.C. has facilities such as Computer Assisted Instruction, the Multiple Intelligences Approach, Mandarin Education, the Ballet School, Sagrado Alternative Evening School (SAES), and the Villa Sagrado HRM Practicum Center.
Sagrado has presented onstage Dalagang Bukid, The King and I, Flower Drum Song, Beauty and the Beast, Juanita Cruz (which fused film and theatre for the first time on Philippine stage), Aladdin, and The Lion King of Priderock from 2000–2008.
Courses
Degree programs
Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management (BSHM) with majors in Culinary Arts and Kitchen Management (CKM); Food and Beverage Services Management (FBM); Hotel and Resort Management (HRM) Bachelor of Science in Commerce with majors in Accountancy and Business Management Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW) Bachelor of Science in Travel Management
Sagrado Alternative Evening School
Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management
Basic Education Department
Upper Level-BED: Grades Seven to Ten (high school) (PAASCU accredited) Lower Level-BED: Grades One to Six (Elementary) (PAASCU accredited) Pre-Elementary: Kinder and Preparatory (Preschool)
Integrated system
In 1994, Sr. Julma C. Neo, DC, then Sister Visitatrix, called for the Sister President and Administrators of CSJ and CSCJ to prepare an experiment to merge both schools under one president. Sr. Josefina R. Quiachon, DC was the first Integrated Administration President. In 1997, the Research and Development Center under the presidency of Sr. Freida P. Benitez, DC, produced a paper specifying the objectives of the integrated administration scheme.