Holy Trinity College of General Santos City
The Holy Trinity College of General Santos City is a school in General Santos City. It is a non-sectarian school duly registered in the Securities and Exchange Commission, through its Davao City office. Holy Trinity College of General Santos City was established by the Albano Family, as a Pre-school in 1984 and registered as a College in 1989.
Former names | Albano Piano School Holy Trinity School |
|---|---|
| Motto | Living and Learning to a greener future |
| Type | Private non-profit, non-stock corporation and co-educational Basic and Higher Education institution |
| Established | 1984 |
| Founders | Mme. Gertrudes T. Albano Dr. Consejo S. Albano, EdD. |
| President | Rey T. Albano, MAEd |
| Vice-president | Atty. Josemar T. Albano (VP for Administration) Marylone A. Canlas (VP for Finance) |
| Students | 6,652 |
| Location | General Santos City , South Cotabato , |
| Campus | Daproza Avenue (Undergraduates and Graduates) Balagtas Street (Grade School and High school) Total land area: approx. 5 hectares (incl. separate expansions) |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Nickname | Trinitarian |
| Mascot | Philippine Wildcat |
| Website | www |
History
Holy Trinity College of General Santos City was established in 1984 by the Albano family. Five years later, it was registered as a College.
The schools Secondary Education Program (SEP) traces its roots from its Grade School Program. Originally known as Holy Trinity School, the high school department was established in School Year 1988-89 with five teachers and 180 students. The high school building was then located at the site of the schools present nursery rooms, records storage room, and college library. In 1989, the pioneer batch of graduates held their commencement exercises.
In 1990, Holy Trinity School became Holy Trinity College of General Santos City. That same year, Dr. Consejo Albano and Capt. Josemar Albano were installed as Chairman and President of the Board of Trustees, respectively. Likewise, the number of teachers increased to nineteen. The number of graduates also went up to 47 consisting of 24 boys and 23 girls.
In SY 2001-2002, the High School program was integrated into the Basic Education Department along with pre-school and grade school. As part of its efforts for voluntary education, the high school department became the Secondary Education Program.
Courses offered
In accordance with CHED Memo Order #41 Series of 2008, Holy Trinity College of General Santos has been recognized by the Institutional Quality Assurance through Monitoring and Evaluation (IQuAME) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as a Developing Institution in the Philippines. It offers various courses such as Business Administration, Education, Computer Education, Criminology, HRM, among others.
Likewise, it offers Technical Education courses like Practical Nursing, Computer Hardware Servicing, Computer Programming, Building Wiring Installation, to name just a few.
People
- Gerald Anderson, Filipino-American film and television actor, commercial model and TV producer. He also played for the highschool basketball varsity team of Holy Trinity College of General Santos City, where he was named MVP of an interschool tournament participated by most of the high schools in the SOCCSKSARGEN area.