Brent International School

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Brent International School is an international co-educational day and boarding school associated with the Episcopal Church in the Philippines. It has campuses in different locations throughout the Philippines: Brent School Manila in Mamplasan, Biñan, Laguna; Brent School Baguio, and Brent School Subic.

Brent Baguio

Brent Baguio was the main campus of Brent, founded in 1909. Spread across thirty hectares of forested land, the Baguio campus houses buildings that survived World War II and the 1990 Luzon earthquake. In 2001, the Brent Baguio campus was given the status of National Historical Site by the Philippine Historical Commission.[citation needed] In 2009, Brent Baguio celebrated their centennial.

Brent Manila

Now, Brent South or Brent School Manila in Mamplasan is currently the main campus. The campus contains two learning center buildings; one for the upper school, middle school and lower school students and the other for students below third grade. The school also has two fields where students can use for after school activities and an oval for runners. Right beside the school is two villages named Brentville for the students, teachers and any other outsiders. The village is secured with guards and it contains a very friendly ethos from the residents as they act like a community or a family of Brent school people with some different residents.

Academics

The Brent Baguio and Brent Manila campuses have four divisions for academics: the Early Learning Program (kindergarten-grade 2), Lower School (grades 3-5), Middle School (grades 6-8), and Upper School (grades 9-12).

In the Upper School, the curriculum is college preparatory. In this light, many Brent graduates have gained acceptances to colleges and universities; mainly in the USA, the Philippines, Canada, Australia, and Western Europe.

The International Baccalaureate Program

Brent Baguio, Brent Manila, and Brent Subic are among the few schools in the Philippines to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for students in the 11th and 12th grades. Brent follows an inclusive rather than exclusive policy for the International Baccalaureate Program, allowing any students willing to undertake the heavy course loads to do so. Even with this inclusive philosophy, the average pass rate for Brent diploma candidates for the classes of 2001 to 2007 was 87.3%, well above the world mean of 81.4% for all diploma candidates during the same period. In fact, the last five years the average pass rate was 91.2%. Further, the mean score for Brent IB Diploma awardees over those seven years was 32.7 points, likewise significantly above the 30.1 world mean for the same years.[citation needed]

School Crest

The meaning of the Brent School Crest:

  • The Lion stands for bravery and courage;
  • The Laurel Leaves stand for knowledge and learning;
  • The 6 stars stand for loyalty, integrity, courtesy, sincerity, honesty and camaraderie.

The Brent School crest was revised for the Manila Campus, but the elements remain constant. The Manila school and the newer campuses use the redrawn crest while Brent Baguio retains the original crest.

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