The Scholarship Program

The Paco Catholic School Alumni Association (PCSAA) started its scholarship program in 1967 during the incumbency of its president Sonia Zaldivar. Its first scholars were Reynaldo A. Mones '71 (PCSAA Chairman of the Board since 1996) and Teresa Bacho '72. Both enjoyed the scholarship for four years free of tuition and other fees and books. There is no record, however, if the Association had other scholars after them.

The PCSAA revived the scholarship in 1996 for school year 1997-1998. Back then, there were 21 scholars all enrolled at Paco Catholic School in various levels from grade school to high school. Their scholarship grant then included the tuition fees, miscellaneous fees and books. The following year, due to lack of funds, the book allowance was removed for the remaining 15 scholars.

Funds for the program come from the donations of several alumni and the funds of the Association. This is one project of the Association which, we feel has refused to die. Time and again, there will be donors who would contribute to the fund and keep it alive. This year we are again appealing to you, fellow Paconians, to help keep some PCS students in school. Each student would cost approximately P18,000 per school year (excluding books).

Starting SY 2000-2001, MISYS International Banking Systems*, a London-based IT company, is sponsoring a scholarship grant in college. The scholarship is funded by Misys Charities Foundation through its local subsidiary MISYS International Banking Systems - Manila. The recipient must take up a computer or computer-related course at the De La Salle University, DLSU-College of Saint Benilde, University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University or University of Santo Tomas. This grant covers tuition and other fees, books and monthly allowance. The PCSAA-MKI scholars are Ailenne Crisostomo and Manuel Pineda who are currently enrolled at the DLSU-Manila.

For the AY2001-2002, the PCSAA has 14 scholars with 12 enrolled at Paco Catholic School and 2 at DLSU. Donations are still accepted. We have opened a bank account for this purpose. We would like to raise as much money as we can that would be enough to start a trust fund for the scholarship program of the Association. We plan this trust fund to be managed by a bank to ensure that the money raised will be used solely for this purpose.

If you are interested to contribute to this fund, please get in touch with the Alumni Center at (632) 563-2574.

Send someone to school.

Contribute to the PCSAAI Scholarship Program.

MISYS International Banking Systems is the leading supplier of IT solutions to the banking industry. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Misys plc, a UK publicly owned company quoted on the London Stock Exchange. One of the world's largest software companies, Misys has sales of over £580 million and a market capitalisation in excess of £3 billion.

MKI is part of the Misys Banking Division which had sales in 1998/99 of over £329m and made profits of £98m. MKI is a market leader in terms of customer base, global reach and product range. It has wholly-owned sales and support centres in 28 countries and over 1,700 IT and business professionals committed to delivering the highest levels of service. Over 1400 institutions use MKI products, including 96% of the world's top 50 banks and 60% of the top 250.

(From MKI web site)

LIST OF DONORS

Since SY 1997-1998

As of 26 September 2001

Class 1971

Class 1972

Class 1973

Class 1974

Class 1975

Rep. Mario B. Crespo '64

Mr. Ramon de Jesus '66

Mr. Crispin Pangan '68

Ms. Nenita Panganiban '68

Ms. Connie Gutierrez-Merced '68

Ms. Ma. Cecilia Bliss '68

Mr. Raul J. Buenaventura '68

Ms. Herminia Vizconde-Sarrol '68

Ms. Elizabeth Chang-Cuenca '68

Mr. Carlos J. Buenaventura

Ms. Christine Bordeus

Ms. Lita Chua-So

Ms. Fe Chua

Dr. Pedro Syson '71

Mr. Jose Quilantang '71

Ms. Rosario L. Clarin '71

Ms. Grace Santos '71

Mr. Emilio D. Velez '71

Mr. Alexander S. Pilar '71

Mr. Virgilio Orozco '71

Mr. Noel Duldulao '71

Mr. Herman Guanlao '71

Ms. Lourdes Migne '71

Ms. Cynthia Celorico '71

Mr. Reynaldo T. Mangilit '71

Mr. Miguel Gavino '71

Ms. Donna Dequiña-Gavino '71

Mr. Alexander M. Casas '72

Ms. Ekaterina C. Alvia '73

Ms. Racquel de Jesus '75

Mr. Vernon Aaron Cruz '80

Mr. Victor Ty '85

Ms. Elizabeth Borlaza '68

Mr. Rene J. Buenaventura '71

THERE IS STILL MORE SPACE IN THIS BOX.

ALLOW US TO INCLUDE YOUR NAME IN THE LIST.

YOU MAY CONTRIBUTE ANY AMOUNT.

IT CAN BE A ONE TIME DONATION OR A CONTINUING SUPPORT TO THE PROGRAM.