Enrique Geremia C.

Teodoro
3rd year Aspirant
Society of St. Paul

Chapter 1
Introduction

Background of the Organization

St. Andrew’s School was founded by Rev. Fr. Josef Van Runckelen, a Belgian priest of
the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (CICM), otherwise known as the Congregation
of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. "Pare Jose”, as he was affectionately called, established the
school on June 27, 1917. As parish priest, he named the school after the parish patron saint, St.
Andrew the Apostle (the patron of fishermen) to whom the Augustinian friars – who established
the first Catholic missions in Parañaque – dedicated the church on May 11, 1580, as aligned
with the livelihood of the local residents. With the help of foreign donations from Belgium, the
school was built offering the elementary grade levels (primary and intermediate) for boys and
girls.

The elementary school was first housed in a modest building located across the street facing the
parish church. In 1932, Fr. Van Runckelen expanded the school by establishing the High School
Department, which opened to 32 co-educational students (20 boys and 12 girls). Rev. Fr.
Antoon Van Overveld, CICM succeeded Fr. Van Runckelen in 1934 and two years later in
1936, due to the adversities of the times, the 32 students were reduced to seven (three boys and
four girls). They were dubbed “The Magnificent Seven”, being the first high school graduates
of St. Andrew’s School. Fr. Van Overveld was succeeded by Rev. Fr. Adolf Cansse, CICM in
1937. During that time the school once again opened to aspiring boys and girls. Hence, in 1938,
with the growing student population, the school transferred to its present site beside the parish
church, now the Cathedral Parish of the Diocese of Parañaque, across the street.

Before the onset of the Second World War, Fr. Cansse, then Director of St. Andrew’s School,
invited the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres to manage the girls’ high school education. During the
succeeding years, St. Andrew’s School continued to grow and improve its quality of instruction
so that by the time the Second World War broke out in 1941, it already enjoyed the reputation of
being one of the best private secondary schools for boys and girls in the country.

St. Andrew’s School maintained its co-educational status until it was closed due to the outbreak
of the Second World War in 1941. The school re-opened in 1945 with only the high school for
boys. In 1946, the good Sisters moved to the original site of St. Andrew’s School across the
street where they managed the lower grade levels for both boys and girls. It was of the agreement
that upon completion of sixth grade, the boys were to move to St. Andrew’s for high school,
while the girls remained in what is now called St. Paul College of Parañaque for their high
school education. In the 1950s, the sisters of St. Paul were granted permission by the Archbishop
of Manila at that time to receive only girls, while the boys moved to the school’s present
location. The re-opening of St. Andrew’s School in 1945 saw its first post-war graduation four
years later in 1949. Through the efforts of CICM school directors, gradual improvements in St.
Andrew’s were done from infrastructure to curriculum design, which made graduates proud of
their humble beginnings.

Rev. Fr. Louis Thijs, CICM succeeded Fr. Cansse in 1952 and served as the Director of St.
Andrew’s School until 1977. In 1969, Rev. Fr. Paul Foulon, CICM, another Belgian priest who
was the High School Principal from 1964-1966 became the Assistant Director and School
Director of St. Andrew's School up to 1977. He succeeded Fr. Thys to become the School
Director until 1991. Rev. Fr. Frans Gevaert, CICM was the last CICM priest to have assumed
the directorship of St. Andrew's School from 1991 to 1993 due to the turnover of St. Andrew’s
School from the Religious to the Diocesan administration of the Archdiocese of Manila in 1994.

During the turnover in 1994, Rev. Fr. Romerico A. Prieto became the first Diocesan School
Director of St. Andrew’s School followed by Rev. Msgr. Manuel Sebastian who took over the
same position from 1995 to 1996. Rev. Msgr. Bayani G. Valenzuela succeeded Msgr. Sebastian
from 1996 to 2004. In 1999, the school established the Preschool Department, which was the
result of the collaborative efforts of Msgr. Valenzuela and Mrs. Gertrudes Bautista. In 1999-2000
started the enrolment of female pupils in the preschool, who proceeded to the elementary and
high school grade levels as the years ensued. Thus, St. Andrew’s School had once again assumed
the status of a co-educational school after many decades of being an exclusive school for boys.

The directorship of Msgr. Valenzuela paved the way for the general face lifting of St. Andrew’s
School, to wit: the construction of the new building that houses the preschool and elementary
classrooms, the Instructional Media Center, computer laboratories, science laboratories for
Physics and Chemistry, and the Home Economics room. It was also during the same term when
the construction of the audio-visual room, multi-purpose hall and gymnasium, and the renovation
of the administration and faculty offices took place.

Year 2003 marked the birth of the Diocese of Parañaque with His Excellency Most Rev. Jesse
E. Mercado, D.D. as its first bishop. As such, the SAS administration was assumed under the
jurisdiction of the new diocese. School Year 2004-2005 welcomed Rev. Msgr. Manuel G.
Gabriel who succeeded Msgr. Valenzuela. Under the direction and guidance of Msgr. Gabriel,
the Vision, Mission, Goals, and Core Values of the school were formulated in keeping with the
missionary spirit of the school’s forefathers; the organizational structure was also revised.

School Year 2005-2006 gave birth to the Center for Early Childhood Education (CECE), which
is a three-year preschool program that enrolled children aged three to six years. The Center for
Early Childhood Education eventually evolved into the present Primary Grade School Unit of the
Integrated Basic Education Department (IBED) of St. Andrew's School. In subsequent years, two
more academic programs were established, namely, Special Education (SpEd) and the
Alternative Learning System (ALS) and Skills Training and Development programs, both under
the IBED.

In School Year 2010-2011, the school once again transitioned into the new developments of the
Philippine Basic Education system. The Department of Education gradually introduced the new
K to 12 Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum, which necessitated major adjustments in
curriculum implementation and student assessments. Hence, with the assumption into office
of Rev. Fr. Rolando R. Agustin, who succeeded Msgr. Gabriel in 2012, the office of the
Institutional Principal, then headed by Rev. Dom. Gerardo Ma. de Villa, OSB (2014 - 2018), was
created in order to assist the School Director in the administration and management of St.
Andrew's School.

In preparations for the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines (2021) and as post-centennial
director, Rev. Msgr. Allen C. Aganon (2018 – 2020) expanded, innovated and transformed the
school into a 21st century learning hub. As a prime mover to new heights in facilities and
physical structure, it continues to showcase Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) - Robotics to students. Msgr. Aganon was assisted during his term by two Diocesan
priests namely, Rev. Fr. Roderick S. Pacoma as the CIE Head and Rev. Fr. Enrico S. Salazar as
the Administrative Services Head. Mr. Lord Celeste E. Balo (2018 - present) was promoted as
the Institutional Principal of the Basic Education Department.

In year 2020, the Diocese of Parañaque Parochial Schools Association, Inc. (DOPPSA)
Superintendent, Rev. Fr. Augusto C. Pulido (2020 - present) became the School Director of the
institution. During his term, Fr. August Pulido faces a worldwide challenge in education - the
COVID-19 pandemic. St. Andrew's School made a bold move by means of working together in
the New Learning Environment in education. Online Distance Learning - Synchronous and
Asynchronous Learning was implemented as learning modality in the new normal education of
students.

As the oldest parochial school in Parañaque, St. Andrew’s School has been known to deliver
quality and relevant Catholic education to the youth, heeding the call to serve love and
excellence through its curricular and co-curricular programs including outreach and community
service, pro Deo et patria!

Vision

St. Andrew’s School of the Diocese of Parañaque envisions itself as a steward of quality and
relevant Catholic Education in the service of the Church and society.

Mission

St. Andrew’s School commits itself to the following:

 Evangelization and Christian formation of the youth

 Excellence in curricular and co-curricular programs
 Integral development of the human person
  Solidarity with the poor
 Faithful service to God and country (pro Deo et patria)

Core values

The Vision-Mission of St. Andrew’s School is rooted in the following core values that shape the
school’s life and history:

• Integrity
• Discernment
• Growth in Christian Faith, Knowledge, and Virtue
• Community and the celebration of life
• Service and Nationalism

Objective

St. Andrew’s School objective is to form and evangelize the youth integrally in a Christian way
in Faith, Knowledge, and Virtue through a Faithful service to God and country with solidarity to
the poor.

Rationale

St. Andrew’s School was founded by Rev. Fr. Josef Van Runckelen, a Belgian priest of
the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (CICM), otherwise known as the Congregation
of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. "Pare Jose”, as he was affectionately called, established the
school on June 27, 1917. As parish priest, he named the school after the parish patron saint, St.
Andrew the Apostle (the patron of fishermen) to whom the Augustinian friars – who established
the first Catholic missions in Parañaque – dedicated the church on May 11, 1580, as aligned
with the livelihood of the residents. With the help of foreign donations from Belgium, the school
was built offering the elementary grade levels (primary and intermediate) for boys and girls.

Organizational Chart
The St. Andrew's School, Inc. Organizational Chart

The St. Andrew's School, Inc. organizational chart is a diagram showing graphically the relation
of one official to another, or others, of an educational institution. It shows the relation of one
department to another, or others, or of one function of an organization to another, or others. This
organogram is valuable in that it enables one to visualize a complete organization, by means of
the picture it presents.
The school's organizational chart typically illustrates relations between people within an
organization. Such relations might include immediate superiors to sub-workers, school director
to director's council members, school principal to various departments, and so forth.

Chapter 2
Organizational Management Approach and Communication Assessment

St. Andrews School has kept its promise and doing their best in continuing to achieve its
vision as a steward of quality and relevant Catholic Education in the service of the Church and
society.

The classical approach views organizations as machines and human beings as parts of the
machine. Therefore, classical theorists believed that the efficiency of the organization improves
with the efficiency of human beings.

There are three criteria to identify an organization to as part of a classical approach first is
the Specialization in Specialization one must think about a machine like a car engine. Every part
of the engine has a specific function. This specialization of tasks sometimes called division of
labor illustrates one way in which organizational functioning can be seen as machine-like.
Second is the Standardization which includes the related notion of replaceability. When
conceptualizing organizations as machines, the same principle holds for the human “parts” that
work in the organization. That is, if a worker on an assembly line quits, a machine-like
organization can easily replace that worker. And lastly an organization that falls in the classical
approach must has Predictability Machines are predictable. An organization conceived as a
machine runs according to specific rules and standards, and if it's dysfunctional, it can be fixed
by a rational consideration of the way those rules or standards are applied or misapplied.

These three categories in classifying an organization as under the classical approach is

clearly visible and noticeable in St. Andrew’s School. As in the Specialization it can be seen in
the different and specific roles in the organization and that a specific person or department is
tasked to do specific things in the organization. In the standardization the task in every office is
very distinct and clear, thus, if a person gets sick or is transferred abruptly, the congregation can
appoint a replacement easily. Lastly is Predictability which we all can notice that St. Andrew’s
school revolves around a very clear-cut system of rules that dictates the schedule of the day,
disciplinary measures, and even proper conduct and attitude.

Since that the school is headed by the School Director, I think that it is most likely that
the St. Andrew’s School falls