BRIEF HISTORY OF ANGELICUM LEARNING CENTRE , INC.
Angelicum Learning Centre was virtually founded in 1980 when it was granted with its temporary permit to operate by the Department of Education Culture and Sports. It started as a small school which admitted thirty-three children from the neighborhood when it was still located in a residential house in Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City. It was founded by the late Dr. Lucio G. Parantar while his better half, Amelia Q. Parantar became the first teacher.
Angelicum Learning Centre has also written a history of having an extension school in Reyes Village Subdivision in Bugo, which moved two years after at PN Roa Subdivision, Cala-anan, Cagayan de Oro City. In 1982, another extension school was established in Butuan City which until now, is still progressive and had earned a separate permit.
In the school's first years of operation, it had seen an increase in the number of students enrolled and by the time it reached the year 1989, Angelicum Learning Centre produced its first six graduates in the Elementary level. With an increasing number of request from parents to follow-up its elementary graduates, the Secondary Education Department was launched and eventually, Angelicum Learning Centre produced its first batch of High School graduates in 1996.
Since then and up until the present, Angelicum Learning Centre had taken an active participation not only in the academic aspect but also in the various fields such as sports, journalism, leadership, arts, and in communication. Students had excelled not only in the four walls of the classroom but also took its toll as active participants in different competitions that showcased their talents in academics, extraordinary artistic abilities, enthusiasm and healthy competition in various sports and effective communication skills. These were the concrete manifestations of the school's vision then that education should make the students academically and technologically literate with a strong moral foundation and spiritual values. This was true to the ideals and principles of the founder that no child is alike and therefore, should be nurtured in almost different but humane ways.
In the outbreak of the 21st century, the creation of the so called “Multi-Intelligence School” as approved by the Administration and Faculty was inaugurated. With this program, the school envisioned the development of the fullest potentials of every Angelican with innovative education, integrated with character values that paved the way for a newly-improved academe. Moreover, Multi-intelligent classroom strategies and clubs were inculcated so as to improve the multi-faceted talents of Angelicans side by side with their inherent potentials and in their pursuit of academic excellence. With this in mind, classes and clubs that cater to the various interests of its learners were organized.
To date, Angelicum Learning Centre's administrators and staffs continue to provide the needs of parents and 472 enrollees consisting 106 preschool pupils, 260 elementary pupils and 106 high school students. The population of teachers over the years rose from just a single teacher to now 34 full-time teachers who are united towards the attainment of the newly launched school's vision.
