St. Scholastica's College

We are a Catholic Benedictine educational institution for young women committed to providing a holistic formation anchored on academic excellence to mold our students into critically aware and socially responsible agents of change towards the transformation to a just and equitable society.

We envision self-fulfilled Scholastican women and men of character and integrity, imbued with Filipino, Christian and Benedictine values, living out ora et labora, with a passion for service and commitment to truth and justice to transform society.

“The Grade School Program, though the Small Group Prescribed Instruction with Individual Pacing (SGPIIP), impresses upon the pupils’ spiritual and communication development; critical thinking; decision-making skills; and, love for literature and the arts. Likewise, the Program endeavors to mold them into socially aware members of the community as well as building in them the ache to help and serve the country.”Remaining committed to its thrust of Education for Justice and Social Transformation, the school offers academic scholarships, merit scholarships, sports scholarships, as well as financial assistance.The qualified student enjoys the scholarship or financial assistance for the duration of her/his course [maximum of four (4)/five (5) years only] unless terminated voluntarily by the student or by the school after due process due to failure to comply with one or more of the maintenance requirements.

The chapel was built in 1922, but the Romanesque architecture that inspired it dates back to about 1000 AD. It is typical of medieval European Romanesque abbeys with a magnificent rose window on the west end and a grand ceiling framed by trusses with ascending brown arches. In the chapel is a wooden statue of Our Lady, to whom many Scholastican brides have offered their bouquets. A huge pipe organ is played on very special occasions.At the east end of the chapel in the sisters’ choir section and high above the altar is a new addition, circa December 2005. Three stained glass windows, each eleven feet tall and six feet wide, depict the Trinity, St. Benedict and St. Scholastica. Three interlocking circles which symbolize the Trinity are set above three mounts associated with each Person: Mt. Sinai, the Father; Mt. Calvary, he Son; Mt. Sion, the Holy Spirit. The designer, Don Amorsolo, a grandson of the master, Fernando Amorsolo, achieved a “painterly” effect by instructing Kraut Art Glass, which executed his design, to paint in the glass and fire it instead of using prepared glass in standard colors.

Found within the St. Cecilia Building is the St. Cecilia’s Hall which has witnessed musicians since the early forties. St. Cecilia’s Hall has been the venue of the annual St. Cecilia’s concert, graduation recital of the School of Music’s graduates and performances of visiting artists. It is also used as venue for the programs/activities sponsored by the different student organizations, for theater productions, programs and other activities sponsored by students. It has a seating capacity of 995. It likewise can accommodate at any one time two (2) grand pianos, one (1) baby grand, a full orchestra and a 100-voice choir.Located on the first floor of Annex A of the St. Mechtild Building, the Sr. Caridad Barrion Hall is used as venue for meetings, conferences, seminars as well as social functions. The fully airconditioned hall can seat about 120 people and when necessary, can be converted into three small classrooms.

The Sr. Odiliana Rohrwaseer Hall Hall is located at the third floor of the new wing of St. Mechtild Building. It is a venue for Instructional multi-media presentations, stage productions and presentations, piano performances, viewing/projection room and at times is used as a Conference Room. Newly renovated in 2013, it is creatively designed for a small audience (limited to 60 only) to accommodate presentations that need interactive responses.The first five German Sisters: M. Ferdinanda Hoelzer, Sr. Petronilla Keller, Sr. Crescentia Veser, Sr. Winfrieda Mueller, and Novice Alexia Ruedenauer arrived on Philippine soil on September 14, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.The first school in a windowless wagon-shed along Moriones Street, Tondo opened for the first three grades on December 3. The first enrolment was 8 children (2 boys and 6 girls) from well-to-do families and 50 boys and girls in the “Free School.” Construction of the new building started on a bigger church lot in Singalong offered by Archbishop Harty. At early dawn on the day before Christmas, the Sisters, together with some student boarders, moved to the new address 1532 Pennyslvania Avenue. The Educational Survey Commission and the Board of Education Survey named St. Scholastica’s College one of the two schools maintaining the “highest standards with reference to physical plant, equipment, teaching personnel, and methods of instruction.” On February 13, an incendiary bomb set St. Cecilia’s Conservatory of Music on fire. The other buildings were also razed to the ground. All the buildings were gone except the small wooden structures: the free school, the old home economics building, and kindergarten. The School of Music was named a Center of Excellence in Music Education by the Commission on Higher Education. Two College graduates ranked 5th and 8th in the Licensure Examination for Teachers.