Established July 1, 1948 | ||
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Motto To Christ Through Mary... Type Filipino Catholic School Director Sr. Samuelita P. Enriquez, P.M. Location Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines Campus Mc Arthur Highway, Toril | ||
St. Peter's College of Toril (SPCT)... is a private Filipino Catholic school in Toril, Davao City. It is owned and administered by the Presentation of Mary Sisters, and guided by foundress Anne Marie Rivier.
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SPCT is a member of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), the largest organized group of Catholic schools in the country, with about 1,194 members as instituted in 1941.
History
The history of the St. Peter's College of Toril dates back to July 1, 1948 when the PME (Pere des Mission Etrangeres) priest missionaries of the Foreign Mission of Quebec opened a Catholic School known as Saint Peter's High School. The school was a twin project of Santo Rosario Parish as the priest believes that a formal program of religious instruction to the youth of Toril was complimentary to their task of evangelization. Father Jean Bernard Bazinet, P.M.E. was the first parish priest and the first school director. The first school enrolment consisted of first, second, and third year high school levels and so in 1950,the school first produced its first thirty two (32) high school graduates.
Realizing, an urgent need for a more permanent management of the school, Msgr. Clovis Thibault, Bishop of Davao offered the administration of the school to the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (PM). The offer was accepted in 1952 but the PM Sisters arrived in Toril only on May 25, 1953. Sr. Marie de Anges became the principal and at that point, the name of the school was changed to Saint Peter's College of Daliaon.
In 1963, the primary grades and the college department were opened. Courses offered were AB, BSE, and BSC. In 1977, the two-year Junior Secretarial course was offered but was closed in 1996. The following year, the intermediate grades were also opened. In 1978, preschool education or kindergarten was offered. In 2001, BEED was offered and in 2007 the BSBA course.
At the very start, the school consisted only of a two-story building with eight (8) rooms and gradually other buildings were constructed; significantly in 1986, the Rivier Building; in 1995, the science building was donated by the Alumni; in 1998,the school gymnasium; in 2002-2003 the John Vianney Building and the latest was the Presentation de Marie Building in 2009.
On November 23, 1989, the name of the school was changed to Saint Peter's College of Toril(SPCT) and as the school administrators continued to explore ways to upgrade school standards, the grade school and high school applied for PAASCU (Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools Colleges and Universities) in 1990. Presently both departments, the elementary and high school are PAASCU Accredited-Level II.
Location
There are 17 regions in the Philippines as of 2011. As of 2009, there are 213 private schools in the Davao City division of Davao Region (Region XI). St. Peter's College of Toril is situated at Mc Arthur Highway, Toril District, Davao City with School ID no. 405492.