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Brief Historical Profile of SJA
St. James Academy of Malabon City broke ground from the vestiges of Malabon Normal School, the first Archdiocesan Catholic teacher training institution, conceived by then Manila Archbishop Michael O’ Doherty in 1925 and formally opened in June 1926, with the Maryknoll Sisters taking the reins of the administration.
The first Grade School graduation took place in 1931 with 20 graduates while the High School had it in 1933. In April 1936, the normal school and the pre-departments were moved to pre-school department were moved to Isaac Peral St., Manila, now the United Nations Avenue, while the grade school and high school departments remained in Malabon. The school in Malabon was renamed St. James Academy, after St. James the Greater, patron saint of Bishop James Anthony Walsh, M.M., the co-founder of the Maryknoll Congregation with the Maryknoll Sisters still supervising the institution.
When World War II broke out in 1941, the school was closed down but classes continued at the private residence of the Punzalan family and managed by lay teachers while the Maryknoll Sisters were interned by the Japanese in Los Banos, Laguna and at the University of Santo Tomas. The school reopened in 1945 when the war ended. The first high school graduation after the war took place on March 26, 1946 with 20 graduates.
In 1960, St. James Academy, being an Archdiocesan school, became an automatic member of the Manila Archdiocesan and Parochial Schools Association after the Archdiocese of Manila promulgated a decree creating MAPSA.
In 1980. the Maryknoll Congregation, formerly the Foreign Mission Sisters of St. Dominic, veered its charism to full-time missionary work thus, bequeathing their 54 years of management of the school to another St. Dominic-inspired congregation as approved by His Eminence Jaime Cardinal Sin, the Archbishop of Manila, the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena.
On October 20, 2003, in view of the canonical establishment of the new Diocese of Kalookan, St. James Academy became a diocesan school under the a- forementioned diocese, known as Kalookan Diocese Schools Association (KADSA). However, SJA is still a part of Manila Archdiocesan and Parochial Schools Association, Inc. (MAPSA), the latter being an umbrella organization of all diocesan schools in Metro Manila, Antipolo and Bulacan.
Presently, St. James Academy, a PAASCU accredited institution, affords quality Catholic basic education to students from the Greater Manila comprising the cities of Malabon, Valenzuela, Quezon, Kalookan, the municipality of Navotas and as far as Obando and Marilao in Bulacan.
Present-day photos show the school facade beside San Bartolome Church (formerly the High School Dept. grounds in the 80's - 90's); The multi-storey bldg. also has a rooftop gymnasium and recreational center.
Through the years, St. James Academy has tremendously changed Malabon’s landmark. Its physical contour and instructional facilities have met the benchmarks of an excellent learning institution.
Truly, it has put to light its Vision-Mission as “an instrument in the transformation of a truly quality Catholic education through a God-centered curriculum, technology-enhanced, service-oriented, and research-based programs that will uplift human dignity and impel us to devote selfless service to the local church.
Vision / Mission
We, the community of St. James Academy of Malabon City, a Filipino Catholic School of the Diocese of Kalookan, proclaim God’s Kingdom as inspired by the Dominican ideals of Passion for TRUTH, and Compassion for HUMANITY, and kindled by the apostolic zeal of St. James the Greater, envision to build a humane society that promotes justice, integrity of creation and peace.
To achieve this vision, we will be an instrument in the transformation of a truly quality Catholic education through a God-centered curriculum, technology-enhanced, service-oriented and research-based programs that will uplift human dignity and impel us to devote selfless service to the local church.