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P. Burgos St., Tetuan, Zamboanga City The Immaculate Conception
Archdiocesan School was formerly known as the Immaculate Conception High
School. The school was established in June, 1980 with Rev. Fr. Peter
Garces as its Founder-Director. The school opened as a result of a felt
need by the parents and the parishioners of Tetuan and the nearby
barangays for a catholic education and formation for their children. For three years, and that is,
from June 1980 to March 1983 the school operated on temporary permit
granted by the Ministry of Education and Culture now Department of
Education, Culture and Sports. It was in school year 1983-1984 when the
school was finally granted a government recognition to operate a complete
secondary education. Immaculate Conception
Archdiocesan School was first located on P. Burgos now Fr. Ramon Barua,
S.J. Street. The students were housed in the old convent, the building
adjacent to the church. Aside from this building, the CFM building and the
Cursillo House were used as temporary classrooms. In 1983, the Phase-I of the
multi-million building was constructed in the property acquired by the
school located on Crispin Atilano Street. The building had 10 classrooms,
an office and a social hall at the very beginning. The high school
students started occupying it in June, 1984. At present it has 9
classrooms, a computer room, a laboratory and lecture rooms for science
and a speech laboratory room. School year 1984-1985, the
elementary department was opened catering to grades I and II pupils. The
old convent vacated by the high school department hosted the elementary
pupils. In 1986 another building was
built behind the three-story building. The same year the old basketball
court was converted into a multi-purpose covered court. This was
constructed for the extra-curricular activities of the students. A new
elementary building was also constructed and completed. It lies, sprawling
in a 1.5 hectare lot acquired by the school on M. Natividad Street. The
building has nine rooms. Summer 1988 another building
was constructed in the high school campus. This houses the chapel, the
school library, two classrooms and the Home Economics room.
School year 1990-1991 the
school acquired also another lot on M. Natividad Street. June 1991 the kindergarten
and nursery building was completed. October 1, 1993, the campus
located on M. Natividad Street was completed. June 1993, the College
Department was opened with Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Liberal
Arts majors in Philosophy and Mass Communications as its initial
offerings. The department occupied the
Gonzaga Building in the High School department until the transfer of the
latter at the Jumbo Site in October. February 1993, the High
School department transferred again to its original site on Crispin
Atilano Street and the College on M. Natividad Street. |