SIP 2016-2018 final

A. School Profile
Name and History
Kalayaan Elementary Schools is
located at Teachers’ Bliss Compound, Kalayaan
Village, Pasay City. It has a total land area of
4,639 sq. m. The site was donated by the National
Housing Authority (NHA) through usufruct. The
contract of usufruct was signed between NHA
General Manager, Monico Jacob and the then Department
of Education Culture and Sports (DECS)
Secretary Lourdes Quisumbing. It was acquired on
September 25, 1989.
The humble beginning of Kalayaan Elementary School was seen in 1989, with only two
classrooms constructed by Philippine Amusement and Games Corporation (PAGCOR). It was
considered as an annex only of Villamor Elementary School with Mr. Amaro Escario, supervisor
of the South district and Mrs. Elena Jimenez as School Principal. Mrs. Suyo, Mrs. Del Barrio,
Miss Hernandez, Mrs. Castillo, Mrs. Florendo, and Mrs. Segundo were the first teachers of
Kalayaan (who were borrowed only from different schools in the city). Six classes with three
shifts were organized. Children were asked to bring their own chairs in schools for their use.
After sometime, the school had its own principal, Mrs. Milagros Ignacio who served for
one year and six months. The following year witnessed the boom in enrollment of the school as
its highest and biggest enrollment increased was recorded. With the permission of the chapel’s
priest in the school community, the chapel was used as classrooms. Four classrooms for Grades
V and VI were used with no barriers .