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Elizabeth Seton School South’s Open House

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“Know where your child is spending the best years of his life”. – ESS

Last January 28, 2012, we attended the Open House of Elizabeth Seton School (ESS) South Campus in Anabu II-D, Imus, Cavite with Faye, Tibs and Maia. This is part of our pre-school hunting for Kelsea and Maia here in Cavite. ESS is only a 15-minute drive from our place in Molino without traffic on a Saturday morning.

ESS Open House Flyer

The orientation was held at the school’s auditorium from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. We arrived early in ESS and I immediately noticed the spacious parking area inside the school campus. It was a plus for me unlike in Statefields where the parking is located outside the school premises.

I have known ESS (the Main Campus) way back grade school and high school days because it is one of the top schools in the South (Las Pinas, Muntinlupa and Paranaque) aside from De La Salle Zobel, Manresa and San Beda College Alabang (where I studied from Kinder to HS). Our impression of Seton, as what we call that school, was it is one of our competitor in Academics.

On our way to the auditorium, this one caught my eye…..

Pulido slogan

Wow, perfectionist! During the orientation, they discussed the history of St. Elizabeth Seton and showed us an AVP of the school’s mission, vision and other information about the their campus. From what I’ve seen, they already value academics and extra-curricular activities. After the presentation, we were divided into 2 groups, the pre-school parents and the grade school parents. The number of parents per group should have been okay if only the volume of the microphone was loud enough so everybody can hear. What happened eventually was that parents asked questions personally without the other parents hearing their question and the answer. Good thing Faye and I like asking questions 🙂

Here are shots taken during the campus tour….

welcome banner

 Snacks were prepared for the dear parents…

snacks

 Seton is also known for raising up good swimmers. Parents can enroll their kids for swimming lessons with additional fee.

swimming pool

We also noticed that they have open classrooms, meaning there are no doors and the only divider between classrooms are walls. Here is the reason why….

reason for the open classrooms

 We were wondering how can the students concentrate listening to their teachers when they would most  probably hear other students from the other classrooms. My cousins who are currently studying in ESS-Main told me that it was not a problem. They can still listen attentively and not disturbed by other on-going classes. Below is a picture taken from the side of the auditorium. The opposite building shows the open-classroom set-up of ESS.

One of the things we consider in finding the best school for Kelsea is that it would be a big plus if it’s a Catholic school. Both Mark and I came from Catholic schools. His school was (it’s non-operational already) run by Augustinian Recolectos sisters while mine by priests (Benedictine monks).

chapel

 Then, it was time to visit the Pre-School building. I immediately loved that building. It is newly-built and modern in style.

Pre-school building

 Here are Mark and Kelsea on their way to (might be) Kelsea’s 2nd home soon that is when she passes the exam….

Kelsea and Daddy M

I love their colorful and fun jigsaw puzzle ceiling! The building was so clean.

Love the ceiling!

 Here is their playground. Upon seeing it, Kelsea already wanted to go and play.

playground

 And now off we went to see the classrooms. Each section were named after popular children’s stories.

Pre-school sections

 Inside the classrooms were haxagon-shaped open storage areas where the teachers keep the school supplies.

school supplies

 Now, here is their classroom. I forgot if this particular shot I took was the Nursery or Kinder classroom. But anyway, it’s as neat as the other classrooms. By the way, only the pre-school classrooms in ESS are airconditioned.

classroom

 All the kids also love the library/media room. It was like an indoor playroom.

library and media room

After the tour, we were already allowed to submit the requirements in order to avail the 50% discount for the testing fee. We only paid for P250 instead of P500. It’s expensive compared to Statefields School. The requirements for admission were: photocopy of Birth Certificate, photocopy of Baptismal Certificate and 3pcs 1×1 ID pictures. You’re still allowed to apply for admission as long as the missing requirements will be submitted soon.

Here’s the application form I filled-up before the program started….

ESS Application Form

If you would look closely at the application form above, we were applying for the Nursery level since Kelsea is 3.7 months by June. But during the campus tour, one of the staff that gave us the tour told us that children who are 3 years old turning 4 years old this coming school year must already be in Kinder 1. She told us that the reason for this is that ESS will already be adapting the K+12 Program of DepEd. It is designed as K-6-4-2 (Kindergarten, 6 years in Grade School, 4 years in Junior High and the additional 2 years in Senior High) So Nursery will be for 2-year-olds turning 3 and it will be an optional level. To learn more about the K+12 Education Program, click here. So when Kelsea passes her exam in ESS and we decide to enroll her there, we will save a 1-year tuition fee for Nursery. But….the tuition fee in this institution is way more expensive than Statefields School.

Here’s a glimpse of ESS’ SY 2012-13 Tuition Fees…

Tuition Fees

 Mark and I need to work harder for the amount you see above if we want Kelsea to go to school in ESS.

The admission process during the Open House was a bit disoriented. They did not instruct us the step-by-step process on how to submit the application form and when to fall in line. I was a bit disappointed but I don’t want to ruin my day just thinking about that.

Here is Kelsea’s entrance exam permit….

Exam permit

Good luck my dear!

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  1. Hi sis,

    Ganda ng school 🙂 Parehas tayo ng sinabi, we need to work hard ni hubby ang mahal na ng tuition fees. Chloe is also excited when we visited her school last saturday. Goodluck kelsea!

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  3. Hi Hillary!

    Here it is:

    H1: A – 75,953
    S – 79,607
    Q – 82,805

    H2: A – 72,451
    S – 75,895
    Q – 78,909

    H3: A – 72,973
    S – 76,436
    Q – 79,467

    H4: A – 78,373
    S – 81,836
    Q – 84,867

    This for SY 2012-2013 🙂

    Where is your child attending school right now?

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  4. thanks Erlaine, my son has just graduated GS last month from Woodridge College sa Molino Cavite. Actually mas malapit kmi sa main ng ESS sa bf resort, i heard ksi na best ang curriculum ng Ess kya plan ko talaga ilipat for HS para prep nya to for college sa mga top universities natin.
    Siguro same tuition rates naman ang main and south campus? taas din ng tuition nila pero okay naman ang teaching methods eh why not di ba?!

    hope we get to meet and chat someday dito lang ako sa Moonwalk LP.

    =)

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  5. We decided to pass muna sa ESS and enroll Kelsea in Westhill International School here in Cavite. It’s a progressive school and only 10-mins away from home. I’ll blog about it here soon 🙂

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  6. Hi Erl!
    Wow! Grabe ang taas na pla ng tuition ngayon. I remember way back in first year highschool around 26k plng binayaran ng daddy ko. Hihi. Pero shempre that was ages ago. Mahahalata ang age pag sinabi ko anung SY. Hihihi.

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  7. Hi Mom Erlaine,

    We’re also eyeing ESS for my daughter who is Pri5 this school year. Do u have an idea how much is the tuition fees? And may I know if English ba ang medium of teaching? Thanks a lot

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  8. Hi Mom Erlaine,

    Do you have an idea how much is the tuition fee for Grade level? And do u know if English is the medium of teaching? Thanks a lot.

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  12. hi elaine! do u have any idea about the entrance exam coz my kid is upcoming K2 and i was adviced that its a 30mins exam.tnx:)

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    • Hi! I don’t know for K2 because Kelsea took the K1 exam last year. The test was about the basics – colors, shapes, alphabet, buttoning, etc. I think for K2, prepare her on addition, subtraction, reading (maybe 3-letter words) because a friend’s child who goes to Seton took those up during K1.

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  13. Hi everyone ask ko lng how much is the tuition fee foe grade 1 level dis schoo year 2013-2014
    Pls help.tnx

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    • Hi! Based from the copy that I have here are the rates:

      ESS-South Grade 1 (SY 2013-2014):
      A 66,753 (annual)
      B 70,008 (semi-annual)
      C 72,856 (quarterly)

      Thanks for visiting my blog 🙂

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  14. Hi erlaine may i know if english s d medium of teachng?and is it possible if i wil enrol my bby turning 2 in swimming class only.if yes hw mch tnx.bdw d buks n othr supplies r inclded n d tuition fee?d students r using tablet/ipad?tnx

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  20. Hi Sis,

    We’ll be moving to Camella Bucandala next month. Right now my daughter studies at St.Mary of the Woods School Makati. After this schoolyear plan sana namin sa ESS sya mag school do you have any idea kung how much and Grade 2 nila right now? My daughter is currently on her 1st Grade. Please send me an email 🙂 Ethel_Adriano@yahoo.com

    Thanks,

    Ethel

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    • Hi Ces! We didn’t push thru with ESS since Nursery. We enrolled her in another school nearer our place and which I think better suits my daughter. If you want to know more about ESS, I have a friend whose daughter goes there. I can give you her email so you can ask questions 🙂

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