Jaime Hilario Integrated School – La Salle
Jaime Hilario Integrated School – La Salle is a Lasallian co-educational primary and secondary school located in Bagac, Bataan, in the Philippines. It was opened by the De La Salle Brothers in 2006 to cater to the farming and fishing community. It is the 16th school of De La Salle Philippines, a network of Lasallian schools in the Philippines. Opening The school was formally opened on June 14, 2006, with three sections of Grade 1 students. Brother Bernard Oca FSC and Brother Manny Sia FSC each handle one section, along with lay teacher, Alan Paul S. Avelino. The school was also blessed by Bishop Socrates Villegas of Balanga, Bataan on the same day, and was followed by a short program and meal. The event was attended by about 200 Brothers, donors, Lasallian partners, local government officials, and the students and their parents. Patron saint The school is named after Saint Brother Jaime Hilario Barbal FSC, a Catalan Spanish Lasallian Brother who was forced to give up teaching because of his failed hearing. Afterwards, he began work in the garden at the Brothers' House at San Jose in Tarragona, Spain. In July 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, Br. Jaime was