OBB is the adopt-a-school program of the Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education BAGCED, De La Salle University-Manila. The program seeks to provide quality Lasallian education and values formation to the best high school students from Metro Manila public high schools.
It began as an initiative of a group of business leaders who wanted to help improve the quality of public education in the Philippines. To facilitate this initiative, a partnership was formed among De La Salle University Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education, the Big Brother Foundation, and the Department of Education. In June 2001, OBB was pilot tested in 3 public high schools in the City of Manila. Since 2003,
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OBB approximates Lasallian education by targeting five areas of focus in the OBB schools, namely: curriculum enhancement, teacher training and development, values formation and personal development, student selection and development, and learning resources enhancement.
The Values Formation component of the OBB program remains to be its stronghold. The weekly values formation sessions conducted in each school and level is a chance for students to connect with their faith, with oneself, and with one another.
The Values Formation modules used in the sessions are carefully designed and developed by the Values Formation Facilitators to meet the needs of the students while integrating the Lasallian core values, personal effectiveness and development, and psychoeducation on mental health and well-being.
De La Salle University held the inauguration and blessing of the Villavicencio court at the Enrique M. Razon Sports Center last May 16, 2019. The court was renovated and refurbished through the generous support of alumni Mr. Ramon “Chito” Villavicencio (BSC Accounting ’62), his son Rafaelito “Raffy” Villavicencio (LSGH ’84), and Agapito “Terry” Capistrano (AB […]
De La Salle University commences the construction of the Shrine of St. John Baptist de La Salle Complex at the DLSU Laguna Campus through the generous donation of business magnate and distinguished alumnus Ramon “Chito” Villavicencio and his family. The donation of the Villavicencio family through the Academe Foundation is the first for the St. […]
De La Salle University and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas held a Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony for the BSP Talent Acquisition through Scholarship (TAS) Program last August 2, 2019 at the BSP Complex in Manila. The TAS Program aims to identify talents that the BSP can nurture, with the intent of hiring and developing future […]