La Salle Green Hills

In 1959, La Salle Green Hills opened its doors to young boys eager to learn. La Salle Green Hills began as a solution to the overcrowding at the De La Salle Grade School on Taft Avenue. The Brothers of the Christian Schools, led by Brother H. Gabriel Connon, saw the need for more space and acquired a six-hectare lot on Ortigas Avenue. Initially, it offered preschool and the first two elementary grades. The first Brother-Director was Brother Alphonsus Bloemen, who had previously taught at De La Salle College in Manila. La Salle Green Hills quickly expanded. By 1964, the high school program was established. In 1968, when De La Salle High School in Manila closed, its grade school graduates transitioned to La Salle Green Hills High School. This effectively made La Salle Green Hills the high school for De La Salle University-Manila until the co-ed De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School opened in 1978. La Salle Green Hills achieved significant recognition for its academic excellence. It received a seven-year accreditation from PAASCU twice, in 1991 and 1998. This was a first for any high school in the Philippines. In 2008, both the grade school and high school were awarded Level III accreditation, the highest possible level. Today, La Salle Green Hills continues to stand as a prominent educational institution in the Philippines, fostering faith, virtue, and culture in its students, just as its motto proclaims: “Ad Deum Per Fidem Mores Culturam.” The sprawling six-hectare campus has grown significantly over the years, now a testament to the vision of those early Brothers who recognized the need for a nurturing educational space on Ortigas Avenue.