Background
The first De La Salle School in the Philippines, De La Salle College was opened on June 16, 1911 on Calle Nozaleda in Paco, Manila, at the request of the Archbishop of Manila, Jeremiah James Harty to the Brothers of the Christian Schools.This year 2011 is La Salle's Centennial (100) school year. It is interesting to note that Archbishop Harty had a very close affinity to La Salle since he was schooled in his grade school and high school years in the U. S. in De La Salle Christian Brother-run schools. In 1921, the school moved to its present site on Taft Avenue and the Brothers have since opened schools in Green Hills, Mandaluyong City; Antipolo, Rizal; Lipa City, Batangas; two schools (University of St. La Salle and St. Joseph School-La Salle) in Bacolod City; Iligan City, Lanao del Norte; two schools (De La Salle University-Dasmariñas and De La Salle Health Sciences Institute) in Dasmariñas, Cavite, and in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, which is the De La Salle–Santiago Zobel School.
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