Davao Christian High School - V. Mapa

The DCHS education is now accessible from two campuses. Davao Christian currently serves the learning needs of about 2900 pre-school, elementary, and high school students in both the V. Mapa and C. P. Garcia campuses. Most of these students are of Filipino or Chinese descent but the school accepts students of other nationalities as well.

The V. Mapa Campus, located at the convenience of downtown Davao City, comes complete with a school auditorium, an audio-visual room, a covered

court, two libraries, several computer and science laboratories, and H.E. Rooms as well.

Bound inside a 1.1-hectare area along V. Mapa Street, the school consists of three buildings: a U-shaped building and annex hold preschool and grade school classrooms, various laboratories, an audio-visual room, and administrative offices; an auditorium with a 1300-person seating capacity; and an academic and athletic building and administrative offices; an auditorium with a 1300-person seating capacity; and an academic and athletic building which has high school classrooms on the first two floors and a basketball court on the top of the floor.

All classrooms have recently been air-conditioned and come with audio-visual equipment. Situated and accessible to public transportation, this campus is suitable for students who live in the city proper.

VISION
A premier educational institution that produces God-fearing and dynamic leaders.

MISSION
To provide a well-rounded Christian education to develop students to become responsible and useful citizens imbued with high Christian ideals.

The general objectives of Davao Christian High School are to:

• lead each student to know and experience God’s love and salvation through accepting Jesus Christ as his/her personal Savior and Lord;
• develop Christian values as a guiding light for one’s life;
• promote spiritual, moral, intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth;
• teach students to exercise the duties and privileges of democratic citizenship;
• develop proficiency in the four skills of communication (i.e., listening, reading, speaking, and writing) and broaden knowledge and skills in languages, science, mathematics, and technology;
• encourage creative and critical thinking;
• enhance one’s cultural heritage so that one may gain a true perspective and identity of oneself, and develop a love of humanity;
• develop skills and attitudes suitable for leadership; and,
• involve parents in the education of their children.