The Light of the North

The Light of the North:

SLU is now one of the best schools in the North. What started as a 10-student room created by the
Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (CICM), is now approximately a 26,700 student institution excluding the Elementary and High School students as of 2009-2010.

The logo is a graphical abstract from thoughts about the hundred years of commitment of Saint Louis University, and the search for meaning through Competence, Creativity, Christian Spirit, and Social Involvement.

The flame, depicted by the stylized ‘SLU’, represents the transformation that education can result in, while the elevated steps, shown by the ‘100′, leads to this direction. The torch embodies excellence in education and its enlightening process. Excellence has largely to do with the way a Louisian leads his life and the way he relates with others.

The major color of the logo which is blue and its various shades in the University’s color representing education as a journey. The golden flame illustrates the relentless achievement of excellence from an idea to enlightenment, and from core of emotion to realization.

The logo was designed by Archt. Dulthe Carlo C. Munar of the Department of Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture.

The Centennial Celebration of Baguio as a City is also near the Centennial Celebration of SLU. Baguio celebrated it's 100th Birthday last year, 2009. Now it's SLU's turn!

It all started with one cause, to Christianize the people of the North. Now, it does not aim to Christianize the North primarily because they have more or less done it. They now want to craft students to reach their optimum efficiency. To teach them the moral values that they need for their future.

About the SLU Logo:

The motto of Saint Louis University is "Sapientia Aedificat", a Latin phrase meaning "Wisdom Builds" or more literally "Knowledge Edifies." Saint Louis University offers programs from the elementay,secondary, and tertiary level, which includes undergraduate and graduate programs.

The colors of Saint Louis University are white and blue, the colors of the Blessed Virgin Mary. White symbolizes the earth and man. Blue signifies heaven and God. The big golden cross in the middle of the shield represents the Christian faith that the school aims to spread to all corners of the earth symbolized by the four small crosses.

Superimposed on the golden cross is the stylized lily that is associated with Saint Aloysius (Louis) de Gonzaga, the patron saint of the school. The big sword across the shield expresses vigilance and perseverance. The rugged mountains behind the sword signify the obstacles that SLU strives to surpass in bringing the light of truth in the darkness of ignorance.

 CICM did not just create Saint Louis University, Baguio City but rather, created multiple schools all over the Philippines to continue it's mission: 

CICM System of Schools

 Saint Louis College, San Fernando City, La Union

    

     University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao City

     

 

    
Saint Mary's University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

    

 Saint Louis School of Mandaue, Mandaue City, Cebu

    

Truly our schools are the best of the best and I wouldn't go to any other school other than CICM's very well-known learning Institutions. Happy Birthday SLU. May you continue to be the light of the North to everyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis_University,_Baguio_City#History
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Happy 100th Birthday SLU

Let me give you a brief history of CICM’s Institution. In 1907, the CICM Missionaries arrived in the Philippines, mandated by the Vatican to Christianize the northern part of the country. The missionaries settled in Baguio because of its proximity to both Manila and the mountain province of Benguet beyond the Cordillera mountain range, that was home to numerous indigenous tribes. In 1911, Rev. Fr. Séraphin Devesse, CICM, founded a one-room elementary school in Baguio for ten local boys, naming the school the Saint Louis School . In 1915, the St. Louis School expanded becoming a vocational and trade school. In 1915 the school opened a secondary branch. In 1952, the combined efforts of Msgr. William Brasseur and Rev. Fr. Rafael Desmedt founded Saint Louis College, then consisting of three departments: Education, Liberal Arts, Commerce and Secretarial. In 1955, the graduate-level programs of Saint Louis College were granted recognition, but the real turning point came on 13 May 1963, when Saint Louis College was conferred University status by the Philippine Government. The school started with only 75 students with Gerard Decaestecker, CICM, as the first rector.

It’s been 100 years since the 10-student school was established and now it is a home to more than 25,000 students not only from Baguio City but from multiple towns and cities from the Philippines and even for other countries. It justly proves that the institution has evolved so much since 1911. Now that SLU is celebrating its 100 years of educational and non-educational excellence, I would like to congratulate its continuous growth and I wish that the Institution will become better every passing year.

The school has created its name all over the Philippines and it is now one of the leading schools mainly in the regions of CAR. The Centennial Celebration will be held starting December 2010 until December 2011. If you are to look at SLU’s website, you would be able to see the events that are to be done for the 1 year celebration. It will really be a very memorable event for the CICM and for us.

The things that I would want to wish SLU are these:

1. I wish that SLU would continue to be the Light of the North, to give the proper guidance and education for students who would really want to attain heights that they would never possibly attain if they didn’t have the proper help and education.

2. I wish that SLU, being a Christian Institution, would shower their vision to the people in becoming a better Christian. I would want SLU to craft their students, to always put their hopes towards God. To always believe in Him when everything seems perfect and when everything seems to be just complicated and wrong.

3. I wish that SLU would teach their students the proper moral value in becoming truly Human because our world is not the world before, it is more, let’s say “dangerous and aggressive.” I hope that the students would not be like these and would be a person for God and for everyone.

SLU, I am so grateful for everything you have done. I hope that you continue to guide us and help us in everything we do. I would also want to congratulate you again for a job well-done for the past 100 years. Thank you, Happy 100th Birthday and May God bless us all.

http://www.slu.edu.ph/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis_University,_Baguio_City

SLU-LHS: Just a school?

People always say that our teachers are our second parents so does that mean that our school is our second home? It’s not always the case. It’s not always the case because some students don’t actually like going to their school with so many different reasons. One of which is because they don’t feel that they are welcome in the school maybe because the people there don’t want to socialize in a wide scale, they just form groups of their own. But it’s never here in our beloved school, Saint Louis High School! What makes us different from other institutions? Well, with my stay here in SLU-LHS for almost 3 years, I’ve seen a lot of ups and downs but what I really felt here is that when there are ups, students will help each other make it higher but if there are downs, everybody will help each other up. That’s the main difference between us and “them”. We treat our schoolmates as if they were our own brothers and sisters and our teachers as if they were our best of friends and as our parents. Even if that’s the case with our teachers, the idea of respect will never be gone, even with our schoolmates. We really are a family, there would be fights and tears but we cannot eradicate that. There would certainly be happiness and laughter and that I can surely say is in our school that will never be gone. The idea here is that whatever happens in our school, everyone would willingly help turn it around if it’s a problem or push it to the peak if it’s a solution. SLU-LHS is really, our Home.

               SLU-LHS is a very productive learning Institution. The school has crafted students to the best of the best and to be able to do their best in everything they do. To be able to learn from everything, one of which are their downfalls. The curriculum that we have is not always for our intellect but also for our values. It pushes our values to be formed right. As a Christian School whose moral obligations are to form its students to be a true person for everyone, it also helps the students to be a true Christian for the community. Its 4 core values: Christian Spirit, Competence, Creativity, and Social Involvement are strictly implemented. Now, I would like to personally share my experiences here in this institution for the past 9 years. Well, 9 years of staying in one school is quite long and I could confidently say all that I would want to that is related to SLU. When I was in elementary, I really did enjoy my stay with all my friends but that was about it. I didn’t really take into consideration the “educational part” of SLU. Well maybe I did but it was already in Grade 6 when my mind perceived my life in a different way. When I went to High School, there I really felt that SLU is a really good institution. I learned so much when I entered High School and I can see some of it as useful to my life in the future. Some people say “What’s the importance of what I’m studying here in school?” Yeah, I wouldn’t lie to you; I also said this but not anymore. Why? It’s because I slowly understood the goal of our school. Some of the subjects that are taught doesn’t really have much importance to us in the future but that’s not the point. The point here is that it teaches us to be patient and so much more. The institution likes us to be ready for College and for the real world. And that is the universal cause of most High School Preparatory Schools. Truly, SLU-LHS is my one and only school.