Saint Jude Catholic School (Manila)

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Saint Jude Catholic School
Location
327 Ycaza St., San Miguel, Manila , Metro Manila Philippines
Coordinates	14°35′46.07″N 120°59′46.15″E / 14.5961306°N 120.9961528°E / 14.5961306; 120.9961528
Information
Type	Private Roman Catholic Non-profit Coeducational Basic (K-12) education institution
Motto	"Witnessing to the Word in the World."
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic (Divine Word Missionaries)
Patron saint(s)	St. Jude Thaddeus
Established	June 1963; 61 years ago (June 1963)
Founders	Fr. Peter Yang, SVD Fr. Peter Tsao, SVD Mons. Charles Tchou, LRMS
Director	Fr. Roland U. Aquino, SVD
Principal	Fr. Paulino T. Belamide, SVD
Head Teachers	Helen Torrecampo, LPT, MA (English High School) Digna Pagapong, LPT, MAT (English Grade School) Ma. Teresa de Leon, LPT (English Prep School)
Chaplain	Fr. Ferdinand Antoine Q. Bajao, SVD
Faculty	238
Grades	K to 12
Number of students	3,300
Campus	Urban 2.5 hectares (25,000 m2)
Color(s)	Green   and   White
Song	SJCS Hymn
Athletics	Varsity team names: Green Knights (High School boys' varsity teams) Lady Green Knights (High School girls' varsity teams)
Sports	Varsity sports teams: Basketball Volleyball Football Badminton Table Tennis Swimming
Mascot	Jude the Knight Lady Judy Knight
Nickname	Judenite
Athletic Associations	WNCAA PCYAA FCAAF MSSA PCABL
Website	sjcs.edu.ph

Saint Jude Catholic School (SJCS), (simplified Chinese: 天主敎崇德学校; traditional Chinese: 天主敎崇德學校; pinyin: Tiānzhǔjiào Chóngdé Xuéxiào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-chí-kàu Chiông-tiak Ha̍k-hāu) is a private Catholic coeducational basic education institution run by the Philippine Central Province of the Society of the Divine Word in the district of San Miguel in Manila, Philippines. It is located adjacent to Malacañang Palace. It offers trilingual education in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Filipino. The coeducational school offers Nursery, Preparatory, Elementary (Grade 1 to Grade 6), Junior High School (Grade 7 to Grade 10) and Pre-University: Senior High School (Grade 11 to Grade 12) programs and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). It is the oldest of the two Judenite institutions in the country. The school draws inspiration from the life and works of the institution's patron saint, Saint Jude Thaddeus. The school was founded by 3 Chinese priests, Fr. Peter Tsao, SVD and Fr. Peter Yang, SVD, and later joined by Fr.Charles Tchou who died on November 7, 2008.^[1]