History
Inspired by the Most Rev. Clovis Thibault, PME, then Bishop of Davao, the Dominican Sisters led by Sr. Pauline Guilmette, OP and Sr. Cecile Denise, OP, laid the foundation of the San Pedro Hospital School of Nursing. Bishop Thibault facilitated the acquisition of the land on which the school was built.
The school accepted the first batch of students in SY 1956-57 with Mrs. Amanda Trinidad as School Principal. This first batch of students eventually graduated in 1959. The term of Mrs. Trinidad as Principal was short lived. She was succeeded by Mrs. Amparo G. Noel who served from 1956 to 1964; followed by Mrs. Mercedes M. Flores (1964–1969); Sr. Lydia V. Arcader, OP, an alumna (1969–1970); and Miss Corazon B. Dela Peña, another alumna, who also served as Principal from 1970 to 1972.
While the academic program (Graduate in Nursing-GN) was open to the administration of the lay, the directorship of the school was held exclusively by the Sisters. Sr. Pauline, the first Directress retired in 1961. She was succeeded by Sr. Rita Stang, OP. As a nurse who understood the needs and problems of the growing school of nursing, Sr. Rita instituted the much-needed development programs of the school.
The SY 2004-2005 was also a year of more linkages and networks. The Graduate School, now under Dr. Desiderio N. Noveno, Jr. as Dean, had converted the enrolment from the two-semester system to trimester enrolment. Likewise, a curriculum audit was held to keep the graduate programs relevant to the current needs of client industries and institutions. Two more consortia in MA in Nursing program were established with the Notre Dame of Marbel University (NDMU) in Koronadal City and with Notre Dame University (NDU) in Cotabato City . The consortia provide SPC the opportunity to assist the other higher education institutions in building their faculty qualification, especially in nursing education and at the same time, boost the enrolment of the graduate school.
The basic literacy program for indigenous people of the CES also caught the attention of the government in 2004. This project was jointly recognized and accepted into the Basic Education Assistance for Mindanao (BEAM) Project supervised by the Department of Education (DepEd) and funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Aid Program (AusAid).
Another five-storey building is underway to provide more classrooms and to house more facilities for the ever-growing population of clientele. The college remain proud of the achievements of its graduates. In SY 2004-2005 alone, the Pharmacy Department was cited twice as Top Performing School of Pharmacy; Top 2 in July 2004 and Top 3 in the January 2005 Licensure Examination. All these years also, the Nursing Department remained as one among the Top Performing Schools of Nursing in the country. Nine alumni received the President's Award during the 2005 Commencement Exercises: two topnotchers in the 2004 Medical Technology Licensure Examination and seven High Raters in the 2004 Nurse Licensure Examination. To date, San Pedro College has already produced a total of 120 Board Topnotchers and 7 High Raters.
In the hands of the current President of the college are the tasks of sustaining the reputation of SPC as a highly credible higher education institution in the country and the challenge of leading the college to what it is envisioned to be beyond its golden anniversary in 2006.
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