1. History^[1]

2. Administration^[1]

3. Student life
    Castleson Gazette  Karate  Notable practitioners 

4. See also

5. External links

6. Gallery

7. References

Castleson High is a high school institution established in 1995. Informally referred to by its acronym "CH", it is a private, non-sectarian, educational institution located in City Heights, 5 kilometers south of Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental province and Victorias City, 34 kilometers north of Bacolod City in the Philippines. High school enrollment at both of these locations is close to 100 students. Its major feeder elementary schools come from Jack and Jill School branches and other local schools. At the City Heights location, the Sidera Special Child Center mainstreams its high school students at Castleson High.

It is one of the few institutions in the country where Karate is part of the school curriculum; Karate is included in physical education class all year round.

History^[1]

Cecilia del Castillo-Lopez chose the name “Castleson” in honor of her father and the del Castillo name (i.e., del Castillo and sons).

Castleson High was founded by Cecilia del Castillo-Lopez as a high school in 1995 wherein 16 students (15 boys & 1 girl) in Homesite under Rhazel Estelloso and 11 students (6 boys & 5 girls) in City Heights Subd. under Ronald Loreto as pioneer classes. In the next year, Castleson High Schools in Homesite and City Heights were merged to become one school located in City Heights' new high school facility. By 2001, Castleson High in Victorias was established. A recent addition in City Heights was the Speech and Language Clinic which opened in 2008. Throughout Jack & Jill School's history, other branches in Airport, La Granja, Paglaum, and La Carlota were also opened and later closed.

In 1980, JJS/Castleson Schools Inc was established to incorporate and organize several schools under one administration. Today, Jack & Jill School, Sidera Special Child Center, and Castleson High which are operated in Bacolod City and Victorias City fall under the purview of one administration.

Administration^[1]

Cecilia del Castillo-Lopez continues to oversee the schools' financial affairs. Her daughter serves as President while her grandson serves as Vice-President of Finance and Administration. The Director of Academic Affairs oversees all schools and provides support in terms of curriculum and resources. School year 2010-11 marks the transitional year when Mrs. Lopez relinquished the decision-making tasks to the president and the current director.

Student life

Castleson Gazette

The official school publication is called Castleson Gazette established in 1995. Like its elementary school affiliate Up The Hill, it is published twice a year. Issues one to five were in tabloid format while in 2000, the format changed to Newsletter following the standard set by Department of Education (Philippines). The editors are member of Department of Education DepED Editors Guild of the Philippines.

• Department of Education DepED Editors Guild of the Philippines
• Regional English Circle - Western Visayas

Department of Education (Philippines) DepED achievers in Division, Regional, National Schools Press Conferences, Golden Pen Awards & Panay News Writing Competition.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080522130505/http://www.visayandailystar.com/2008/Starlife/2008/March/02/younglives.htm Victory at NSPC by Sofia Isabelle Ortiz] Grade 6-Batch 2008

Karate

Team JJS/Castleson^[2] is the home of Super Karate Kids in the country was initiated by sensei Randy Mengullo and sensei Elan Delfin,^[3]Sandan and Nidan Blackbelts in {{Nihongo|karate-do}} who garnered medals in many karatedo championships and athletic meet of different schools and karate organizations in the Philippines.^[4][5]

Castleson High is a member of Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association (NOPSSCEA), where it fields team in many events. It was also a founding member of Negros Occidental Karatedo Federation (NOKAF)^[12] in the 1990s. Aside from NOPSSCEA, the JJS/Castleson Karatedo Team participates in the Philippine Karatedo Federation^[13] National Championship, Mayor Evelio Leonardia Cup,^[14] the Ang Batang Pinoy, Philippine National Youth Games, Philippine Olympic Festival,^[15] UMA-ONEBA Presidential Cup,^[16] Philippine Sports Commission Tournaments and athletic meet of different schools in the Philippines.^[5][17]

Notable practitioners

• Regional and National Winners^{[5][12][18][19][20][21][22][23]}

• Richmond Regalado
• Carlos Hilado
• Joebert Jabelosa
• Ryan Gino-o
• Joemar Villagracia

• Nick Michael Sy
• Celestino Araneta
• Janlee Casquejo
• Kimberly Fanega
• Cymil Jay Esacaran

• John Lander Corpuz
• Ian Kee
• Benedict John Briones
• Dardy de Jose

See also

• Up The Hill - The official Publication of Jack and Jill School

External links

• City Heights, Bacolod City
• Friendster Group
• [https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippine_karate_jack_and_jill_school/ Karate pictures]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120304154557/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/sim/sim/view/20081214-177923/Life-Lessons-from-Karate Sunday Inquirer Magazine: "Life Lessons from Karate"]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpjiA0cgF_A TEAM JJS Championship Fight Video. Player: John Blisse Del Castillo (aka/red belt)]

Gallery

References

• Qiaotou, China
• Qiaotou Town
• Qiaotou, Wenzhou
• Qiaotou, Yongjia County
• Qiaotou, Zhejiang
• Qiao Zhou
• Qibao
• Qibieh massacre
• Qibili
• Qibla indicator
• Qibli
• Qiblih compass
• Qiblih indicator
• Qibo
• Qi Bo
• QI (B series)
• Qibti
• Qibya
• Qibye massacre
• Qi Bó
• QIC-157
• Qi Cao
• QIC-EX
• Qi Chen
• Qichwa