De La Salle John Bosco College 3.42

The De La Salle John Bosco College is a PAASCU-accredited Lasallian district school located in Mangagoy, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur in the Philippines. Established in 1963 by the Don Bosco Fathers, the administration and supervision of which was formally turned over to the De La Salle Brothers in 1977.DLSJBC offers complete pre-school, basic education, college, and TESDA-accredited TVET courses.Brief historyDLSJBC was initially founded in the mid-'50s as the Bislig Bay Elementary School, established exclusively for the dependents of the Bislig Bay Lumber Company Incorporated . In 1961, the company turned over the management of the school to Fr. Alberto Grol, then-parish priest of Brgy. Mangagoy in Bislig, after the permission of Msgr. Charles Van den Ouewelant. Fr. Grol then converted the Bislig Bay Elementary School into a parochial school that allowed access of non-company dependents.Later on in the years 1962-63, the parochial school was converted into an elementary school for girls under the name St. Margaret Mary School managed by the Augustinian Recollect Missionary Sisters . Fr. Grol then envisioned the establishment of a school for boys with the blessing of the Bishop and the financial assistance of Don Andres Soriano who readily accepted the idea on the condition that the proposed boys' high school would be put up in Brgy. Mangagoy, near where the BBLI of the Andres Soriano Corporation was located. About the same time, the Don Bosco School in Mandaluyong was supposedly planning for a pattern school in Davao City. Negotiations went fast and in 1963, the Salesian Fathers of Don Bosco agreed to manage the school and the company committed to subsidize its operations with the focus on training young males who could answer the increasing demand for skilled workers at the company.