9 December 2022
To: The Xavier School Community
From: The School President
Re: Appointments of XSSJ Grade School and High School Administrators
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A blessed season of Advent!
Upon confirmation by the Board of Trustees of Xavier School during its meeting on 3 December 2022, I am pleased to announce the Principal’s Teams in Grade School and High School, who will serve from S.Y. 2023-2024 to 2025-2026:
Grade School
Ms. Jane Calleja-Cacacho – Principal
Mr. Jay Y. Perez – Assistant Principal for Academics
Ms. Joal Ria Santos-Orqueza – Assistant Principal for Formation
High School
Ms. Ma. Theresa Nebres-Ladrido – Principal
Mr. Paolo C. Suapengco – Junior High School Assistant Principal for Academics
Ms. Maricel D. Ngo – Senior High School Assistant Principal for Academics
Ms. Andrea Chaveli Ventosa-dela Cerna – Assistant Principal for Formation
Mrs. Nebres-Ladrido will continue to serve as our Institutional Academic Supervisor.
For the information of the younger faculty and staff, brief profiles of the administrators are provided in this memo.
I sincerely thank the outgoing Assistant Principals for the service they rendered to our community: Mr. Exxon Ryan U. Yu and Ms. Rovelita N. Bermejo.
For submitting themselves to the search process, I express my gratitude to Ms. Aimee A. Apolinario, Mr. Rey B. Aude, Ms. Adelaida H. Bague, Mr. Christian J. Bumatayo, Ms. Jo-Anne N. Celestial, Ms. Maricon L. Leehuekee, Ms. Marie Rose R. Lugapo, and Mr. Francis Jim B. Tuscano. The documented discussions during the search process provide valuable inputs for leadership training and succession in the school.
Finally, I thank the community for participating in the search process, and the members of the Institutional Search Committee for facilitating the same: Mr. Michael P. delos Reyes, Ms. Maria Clarisse Joy A. Ednacot, Fr. Arnulfo O. Bugtasm Jr., S.J., Ms. Maria Bianca Isabelle T. Sagrit, Ms. Maritess S. Bautista, Ms. Nerissa V. Arcenio, Ms. Ermelina C. Impelido, Mr. Angelito Joseph C. Ortega, Mr. Ferdinand L. Aguila, Ms. Dana Angela S. Gabriana, and Mr. Alvin L. Ang.
Let us support our newly appointed academic leaders. Luceat lux!
(sgd.)
Fr. Aristotle C. Dy, SJ, Ph.D
School President
PROFILES OF THE APPOINTED ADMINISTRATORS
MRS. JANE CALLEJA-CACACHO
Principal
Mrs. Calleja-Cacacho has been with Xavier School for 31 years, and holds an MA degree in Education, Major in Special Education, from the University of the Philippines. She started as a GS English teacher and has served in various administrative positions, such as Grade 4 Team Leader, GS Student Activity Program Coordinator, Grade 3 Level Coordinator, Administrative Assistant to the School Director, GS English Department Chair, and HS Principal. She is currently the GS Principal.
MR. JAY Y. PEREZ
Assistant Principal for Academics
Mr. Perez has been serving the School for 26 years, and holds an MA degree in Science Education from the National Institute of Education in Singapore. After being a GS Science teacher for many years, he was appointed as the department’s Chairperson, and then as GS Assistant Principal for Academics, a position that he holds at present.
MRS. JOAL RIA SANTOS-ORQUEZA
Assistant Principal for Formation
Mrs. Santos-Orqueza is in her 25th year of service in the School and has an MA in Education, Major in Educational Administration from the Ateneo de Manila University. After serving as a teacher in Nursery, Prep and Grade 1, she served in various administrative positions: Kinder Team Leader, Grade 2 Team Leader, Grades 5 to 6 Team Leader, and currently, as GS Assistant Principal for Formation.
MRS. MA. THERESA NEBRES-LADRIDO
Principal
Mrs. Nebres-Ladrido has been with the School for 25 years, and holds an MA degree in Education, Major in Educational Administration from the Ateneo de Manila University. She started as an English teacher in HS, and later served in various administrative positions: HS English Department Chair, HS Assistant for Academic Affairs, English Overall Coordinator, HS Assistant Principal for Academics, Senior HS Assistant Principal for Academics, HS Principal and Academic Supervisor of the School System. She currently holds the two latter positions. She received the Pineau-Clifford Educator’s Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty in S.Y. 2001-2002.
MR. PAOLO C. SUAPENGCO
Junior High School Assistant Principal for Academics
Mr. Suapengco has been serving the School for 11 years, and holds an MA degree in Basic Education Teaching from the Ateneo de Manila University. After being an English teacher in HS, he was appointed as the Department Chairperson of JHS English, and then as IBDP Coordinator, a position that he holds at present. He received the Pineau-Clifford Educator’s Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty in S.Y. 2019-2020.
MS. MARICEL D. NGO
Senior High School Assistant Principal for Academics
Ms. Ngo has been serving the School for 7 years, and is pursuing an MA degree in Educational Administration (Thesis Writing) at the University of the Philippines- Diliman. After being a Science teacher in HS, she became the Chemistry Curriculum Leader in SHS, Assistant to the SHS Standard Program Coordinator, and SHS Standard Program Coordinator, a position that she holds at present.
MRS. ANDREA CHAVELI VENTOSA-DELA CERNA
Assistant Principal for Formation
Mrs. Ventosa-Dela Cerna is in her 18th year of service in the School, and holds an MA degree in Education, Major in Educational Administration from the Ateneo de Manila University. She has served the School in various capacities: GS English teacher, GS Team Leader for Unit 3, Middle School Team Leader for Grades 7 and 8, HS Prefect of Discipline, and HS Assistant Principal for Formation, a position she holds until the present.