St. Scholastica's College

It started admitting high school students in 1907 and opened its collegiate department in 1920. It pioneered in formal music education in the Philippines, opening a Conservatory of Music in 1907. Although Saint Scholastica's College is an exclusive school for women, admission of male students in the Music, Fine Arts, Interior Design, and preschool programs has been allowed. The college is recognized by the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education and also a charter member of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities. It has earned Level III accreditation on all of its respective departments and schools. The college had its centennial celebration on December 3, 2006, at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park, Ermita, Manila.

• Name — St. Scholastica's College Manila • Native Name — Kolehiyo ng Santa Escolastica • Motto — Ora et Labora (Latin) • Motto Eng — Prayer and Work • Type — Private Catholic Non-profit All-girls Basic and Higher education institution • Established — December 1906 • Founders — Congregation of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing • Religious Affiliation — Roman Catholic (Benedictine Sisters) • Academic Affiliations — PAASCU CWC ASAIHL I-SSI • President — Sister Rosario Obiniana OSB • Campus — Urban Area 36,655.50 m² • City — Leon Guinto Street, Singalong • State — Metro Manila • Country — Philippines • Students — 9,856 • Administrative Staff — 800 • Colors — and • Free Label — Alma Mater song • Free — Let's Cheer for St. Scholastica • Sporting Affiliations — WNCAA, WCSA Manila Athletics • Sports Nickname — Scholastican • Website — https: ssc.edu.ph/

• Illustration — Historical marker installed in 2007 by the National Historical Institute The college was founded by five young German sisters: Mother M. Ferdinanda Hoelzer, OSB, Sr. Petronilla Keller, OSB, Sr. Cresentia Veser, OSB, Sr. Winfrieda Mueller, OSB, and Novice Alexia Ruedenauer on December 3, 1906 at the request of Apostolic Delegate Monsignor Dom Ambrose Agius, O.S.B. and Archbishop of Manila Jeremiah James Harty, D.D. to give religious education to the children of Manila. The site of the college was then a small residential house surrounded by fishermen's huts in the fishing village of Tondo. There were then six paying students and 50 non-paying students or scholars. A year after the college opened, it moved to a property in San Marcelino Street in Manila which was later occupied by St. Theresa's College (Manila) and where Adamson University now stands. The school was then housed in an old military barracks. On December 14, 1914, the college was moved again to another site in Singalong Street where the college presently stands. The latest campus is bounded by Estrada Street on the north, P. Ocampo Street on the south, Singalong Street on the east and Leon Guinto Street on the west. • Illustration — Chapel The land, about 3 ha was bought for the amount of two cents per square meter. The college was ravaged by World War II where its school buildings were all destroyed. Reconstruction of the buildings began in 1946 and took nine years to restore. In 2024, the campus' five main buildings, namely the St. Scholastica Building, St. Cecilia's Hall, St. Hildegard Building, St. Benedict Building, and St. Scholastica's Chapel, were designated as "Important Cultural Properties" by the National Museum of the Philippines.

• Illustration — Sr. Mary Thomas Prado, OSB (second from the left), former President of Saint Scholastica's College • Illustration — November 23, 2011, St. Scholastica's College, Manila welcomes Wikimedia Foundation The college is a member of the South Manila Inter-Constitutional Schools along with De La Salle University, Philippine Women's University, Philippine Christian University, Adamson University, Philippine Normal University, and the St. Paul University Manila. The students of the member schools may take accredited subjects in their chosen school for cross-enrollment. The college is also part of the Women's Consortium Colleges which includes Miriam College in Katipunan, Assumption College San Lorenzo in Makati, La Consolacion College Manila in Mendiola, St. Paul University Quezon City, and the College of the Holy Spirit Manila in Mendiola.

• Saint Cecilia's Hall • St. Hildegarde Building • St. Joseph Hall