Quezon City Academy

Quezon City Academy Foundation Inc.
Quezon City Academy Foundation Inc.
	Quezon City Academy's logo and campus.
Address
	1144 Epifanio delos Santos Avenue; Quezon City, Metro Manila; Philippines
Coordinates	14°39′24.57″N 121°1′33.21″E / 14.6568250°N 121.0258917°E
Information
Type	Private Secondary School
Established	1953
President	Florentina C. Gonzales
Principal	Vivien R. Riano
Grades	Junior and Senior High School (7-12)
Color(s)	Maroon and White
Athletics	QCA Jaguars
Nickname	Kyoka
Newspaper	QCA Echo
Website	qca.edu.ph

Quezon City Academy is a private secondary school in Quezon City, Philippines.

History

Established in 1953, "Quezon City Academy (QCA)" was originally known as the "Bago Bantay High School".

In 1963, Justice Carmelino Gomez Alvendia, Sr. (Court of Appeals) bought "Bago Bantay High School" in chronic decay. In its first year of operation, "Bago Bantay High School" changed its name to "Quezon City Academy". In that same year, the Bago Bantay authorities made a relocation area for squatters from Sampaloc to Intramuros, Manila. A competitive public school, the San Francisco High School (formerly Don Mariano Marcos High School) was established nearby. QCA was receiving minimal patronage from the people it aimed to serve.

Justice Alvendia made renovations to QCA until it became one of the most notable IT secondary schools in the Philippines.^{[citation needed]} In 1965 enrolment rose to 132. In the 1980s the population had increased to 2,700 students with almost 450 graduates every year.^{[citation needed]} The students are drawn from Bago Bantay, Project 7, Project 8, Sto. Niño, Pag-asa, Project 6, Balintawak, Bagong Barrio, San Francisco del Monte, West Avenue and other nearby areas in Quezon City.

In the 1997-1998 National Secondary Assessment Test, QCA carded a general average of 98.9%.^[1]

Facilities

Curriculum

Facade in October 2022

QCA students are taught basic and advanced IT software. During their first year, students are taught with basic and advanced Microsoft Operating System. This includes Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Frontpage. In the second year, students are taught HTML. Adobe Photoshop and GIMP are taught to students during their third year. During the final year, students are taught Macromedia Flash and GIF animations.

In 2000, the U.P. Diliman Student Council chairman was a graduate of Quezon City Academy, Raymond Palatino (batch 1996).

In 2016, the school began offering Grade 11 courses in the tracks of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and ABM (Accountancy, Business and Management).

Administration

Board of Directors
Position	Board Member
Chairman	Carmelino P. Alvendia, Jr
Director	Sylvia A. Rodriguez
Director	Amador P. Alvendia
Director	Alan S. Alvendia
Director	Ruperto P. Somera

Other officials of the Board of Directors
Position	Official
Corporate Secretary	Sandra Marie R. Aguilar
External Auditor	Honorata M. Gamayo

Administrators
Position	Administrator
President	Florentina C. Gonzales
Vice President for Finance and Administration	Sylvia A. Rodriguez
Administrative Officer	Sandra Marie Aguilar
Principal	Vivien R. Riano
Assistant Principal	Merlyn M. Eligio

Presidents
President	From	To
Justice Carmelino G. Alvendia, Sr.	1963	1982
Dean Esperanza Pahati-Alvendia	1982	2001
Tomas C. Ongoco	2001	2014
Florentina C. Gonzales	2014	Present

Notable alumni

Raymond Palatino - congressman, 14th Congress of the Philippines
Denille Lou Valmonte - Binibining Pilipinas-International 2006

References

^ "QCA History". Quezon City Academy Batch 1977. 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2019-05-01.

External links

Official website
Media related to Quezon City Academy at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "QCA History". Quezon City Academy Batch 1977. 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2019-05-01.

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