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The La Consolacion College – Daet is a Catholic school in Daet in the province of Camarines Norte in the Philippines. The school was founded in 1948 as Daet Parochial School by Monsignor Antonio O. Reganit, the then parish priest of St. John the Baptist Parish.

The founder’s dream of putting up a Catholic co-education institution in the parish was made a reality by the generosity of the Daet Parishioners and the moral and financial support extended by Msgr. Pedro P. Santos, Bishop of Nueva Caceres, and the then governor of the province, Hon. Governor Wilfredo Panotes.

It was on July 5, 1948 when 220 young children first entered the school. Named Daet Parochial School, the school graduated its first elementary pupils on April 11, 1949 of the same school year, 1948–1949 and its first high school students on April 15, 1953.

The school’s operation and management was turned over to the Augustinian Sisters of the Philippines (ASP) in SY 1949-1950 with Sr. Ambrosia as first Directress/Principal and Sr. Juana as the first Mother Superior.

The conversion of Daet Parochial School to La Consolacion School of Daet came in 1970 at the advent of Vatican II and in keeping with the modern sense of fellowship. From then on, the Family Council (FC), an organization of parents and teachers in school, and the Board of Trustees had been made functional. The La Consolacion School of Daet adopted the Catholic Schools-Systems Development (CS-SD) Program and the Social Orientation-Education Program (SO-EP CIP) in 1983. The school went through a series of Congregational Evaluation Visits (CEV) with the aim of accreditation by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). While in evaluation stage, the La Consolacion School of Daet worked for the offering of collegiate courses and was successfully granted permits and recognition for the operation of the Liberal Arts, Commerce and Education courses. As La Consolacion College – Daet since 1986, the school now numbers 2,284 students.

History

Four Catalan Augustinian Sisters arrived in Manila from the port of Barcelona, Spain, on April 6, 1883 to dedicate themselves to care for and educate the orphans of the 1882 cholera epidemic by establishing the Asilo-Coleglo de Manadaloya. More Spanish Sisters came the following year but the tedious work and social condition of the country forced most of the Sisters to return to Spain with the exception of Sisters Rita and Joaquina Barcelo Y Pages. When the Filipino-American War broke out, the remaining Spanish Sisters were forced to abandon the first Ten Filipino Sisters. In 1899, these Filipino Sisters took possession of the Franciscan buildings in Sampaloc and opened an asilo-colego just in time for the start of classes in June. In 1902, through the beseeching of the clergy, the orphanage-school became a full-pledge academic institution whose objective was to provide training to those intending to pass the civil service exam that the students might be able to teach in the public schools. The first to be recognized of all private schools in Manila, Mr. G.A.O'Reilly, Superintendent of Private Schools, described it "most proficient".