La Salette of Roxas - History

History

The first of the La Salette missionaries who went to Roxas was Fr. Blanchet on February 28, 1949. In June 1957, the La Salette Fathers from United States of America went to the town of Roxas to fulfill their mission in educating the youth, thus La Salette of Roxas has been founded. The school was formerly known as Mallig Academy.

It was in May 1964,when the Vice-Provincial of the La Salette Missionaries entered into an agreement with the General Superior of the congregation of the Franciscans of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God (CFIC) for the sisters to take charge of the Principalship, religion classes, and guidance services of the school.

In 1979, the Principalship for the school was turned over to the lay people. However, the Sisters up to the present time retained the Christian Formation Program and Guidance Services.

Before, the school originally sat on a 20,000 square meters lot. Later, the campus expanded to an adjacent lot of 3,358 square meters in July 1960 and another lot of 10,000 square meters in November 1964.

The school year 1988-89 ushered in an era of uncertainty for the school. With the passage and implementation of the free Secondary Education Bill, the DECS limitation on tuition fee increases, and the teachers clamor for higher wages, the school was beset with survival problems. There were fears and apprehensions of mass transfer of students and teachers to the public schools. However, in contrary to expectations, the school has experienced a considerable increase in its student population especially due to the increase of numbers of transferees from the public schools and due to the Education Service Contracting Scheme being provided by the Government. Luckily, the school kept 99% of its employees with only two teachers leaving the school for greener pastures.

In 2008, La Salette of Roxas celebrated its 50th Founding Anniversary. La Salette has been serving the Mallig Region the highest quality of education.