SAINT PAUL SCHOOL of BUUG

History

Building of the school

Holy Trinity Academy is one of the four schools founded by the priests of the Society of Jesus in the Jesuit Mission district of Zamboanga del Sur. It was established on July 6, 1966 in response to the appeal of the fast growing community of buug for a high school education that would prepare the youth for the responsibilities of christian involvement in the church and in the community.

At that time, the town itself was young, having founded only five years before. The presence of the Samar Mining company, a cool envigorating climate, and wide airable lands attracted people from all over the Visayas and Mindanao. By 1966, population had grown to about 20,000.

Starting with the first and second years, the school gradually added the third and fourth years, and in April 1970 the first group of graduates received their diplomas.

The Period after Vatican II saw more and more changes in the Church's pastoral directions. It also unhered the problem of scarcity in priestly and religious vocation. Meantime the demands of the parish and the school were getting too heavy for one priest to handle. Desiring to devote more time to missionary work and grassroots social action, the Jesuit fathers decided to turn over Holy Trinity Academy to the Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres.

Since the very beginning, its mission orientation has remained a distinctive characteristic of HTA Education. All its students and teachers are actively involved in parish activities and social action projects.

Today, this school is already known as St. Paul School, managed by the SPC Sisters. Today the school has grown not only in number, but also in the quality and scope of its curricular and co-curricular offerings. It is still very much of a mission school dedicated to the three-fold ideal of Truth, Justice and Love, and committed to the goals of national development and Christian service in the home, the community and the Church.

In 1999, the Board of Trustees decided to change the name if the school from Holy Trinity Academy to Saint Paul School.