The Ateneo
de Manila High School
The Ateneo de Manila High School is a Filipino school which seeks
to prepare its students not only to live as responsible and productive
members of Filipino society but to make a critical difference
in the currents and ideas that can direct the growth of Filipino
life. Faced with the challenges of a developing nation in a world
open to diverse cultural influences, the student must be prepared
to appreciate the richness of his cultural heritage and be challenged
to contribute to its enrichment.
The Ateneo de Manila is also a college preparatory school and
as such it prepares students academically for the university.
Since the world in which we live in is in constant change, the
academic preparation of an Atenean must stress both the acquisition
of high-quality intellectual skills as well the intellectual flexibility
which can adjust to and create change.
The Ateneo believes that a training in liberal education is the
means to achieve this purpose. An Atenean is exposed to the rich
literary heritage of different cultures, developing habits of
orderly thought, critical reflection, imaginative, clear, and
persuasive communication together with the rigorous mental discipline
of mathematics and the sciences.
Above all, the Atenean needs an understanding of his world from
the perspective of his Catholic faith and its teachings.
As a Jesuit School, the Ateneo is guided by the Jesuit philosophy
of education. The Ateneo's distinctive quality is its Jesuit or
Ignatian identity. As a Jesuit or Ignatian-inspired school, its
thrust is the formation of its students into "well-honed
instruments in the hands of God." Central to this thrust
of formation is "cura personalis," the personal
care and concern for the individual person. Such care and concern
are exercised primarily for the students, as well as for other
the other members of the Ateneo High School community. "Cura
personalis" aims to lead a person to a realistic knowledge
of self, realizing one's strengths and also accepting one's weaknesses
and shortcomings. Ultimately, though, this knowledge leads to
a freedom of self, a freedom to commit. In Ignatian tradition
it is to commit to Christ - "to see Christ more clearly,
to love him more dearly, and follow him more nearly."
The
general goal of an Ateneo High School education is, as mentioned
earlier, the formation of a young man into a "well-honed
instrument in the hands of God." Through "cura personalis,"
it aims for the total formation of its students, a formation that
begins with the students' life and developmental growth. The aim
of this total formation is expressed in the following text of
the Ateneo High School's Profile of the Graduate at Graduation.
Profile
Of The Graduate At Graduation
The Ateneo de Manila High School, inspired by the Ignatian tradition
and guided by Ignatian pedagogy, aims to mold young men into future
leaders who will serve the Filipino society and contribute to
the global community.
Upon
the student's graduation from the High School, he will have been
formed into a young man who
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is CHRIST-CENTERED;
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is intellectually and academically COMPETENT;
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has a well-formed CONSCIENCE, with the courage to defend
what is right and to right what is wrong;
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has COMPASSION for others, especially the poor and
disadvantaged -- a compassion that leads him to a life of
service and work for justice and peace; and
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will live out his COMMITMENT to his mission in life;
to God and to society.
per intercessionem
Sanctae Virginis Mariae
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