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“It’s official: Ateneo de Manila High School will accept its first female students beginning school year 2016-2017, in line with the Loyola institution’s reforms towards compliance with the national K-12 program,” reports InterAksyon.com.
The report cited a memo addressed to the University Community on Fri, Mar 13 by Ateneo University President Fr. Jett Villarin, SJ.
The report noted: “The memo recalled that ‘at its meeting on 7 February 2015, the (Ateneo) Board of Trustees approved the opening of the Senior High School (SHS) in school year 2016-2017. The creation of the SHS is a milestone in our ongoing K-12 Basic Education Reform program. This completes the planned restructuring of our basic education program into six years of grade school and six years of high school. By schoolyear 2016-17, the Ateneo High School will then be composed of four years of junior high school (grades 7 to 10) and two years of senior high school (grades 11 to 12).’
The report explained that “the co-ed classes in Ateneo de Manila High will initially be limited to the new Senior High School program – that is, for Grades 11 and 12.
The Ateneo Grade School and the Junior High School remain exclusive schools for boys.
