Xavier School Nuvali

Many Jesuit missionaries who were obliged to leave China in 1949 found a new home and mission in the overseas Chinese community of the Philippines. To facilitate their evangelization of the Chinese community, the Jesuits decided to set up a school in downtown Manila. Begging for donations by going door-to-door in Chinatown, Fr. Jean Desautels, S.J., a French-Canadian Jesuit who was part of the China mission, received financial aid from Basilio King and Ambrose Chiu, two Chinese-Filipino businessmen who wanted to help set up a Jesuit school for the Chinese. At 3:30 pm on December 15, 1955, Fr. Desautels closed the deal and purchased the land, an hour and a half before the 5:00 pm deadline set by its seller. The group of Jesuits led by the late Frs. Jean Desautels, Louis Papilla, and Cornelius Pineau went on to found Xavier School (Kuang Chi). In 1956, in a converted warehouse in Echague, Manila, the school opened its doors to its initial batch of students – 170 children of Chinese immigrants in the Philippines. The school was named after St. Francis Xavier, one of the first leaders of Jesuit missions in China. Being a Jesuit school helped establish the school's reputation. In 1960, Xavier School transferred to a 7-hectare property in Greenhills, San Juan, then only an area of rice fields and grasslands. Within a decade, the outlying areas became home to many Xavier families. The campus is a complex of 12 buildings housing over 4,000 students from nursery to high school. Xavier has been educating Chinese Filipinos from the very beginning. Part of its mission is evangelizing the local Chinese and promoting their integration into Philippine society. Unlike other Chinese schools in the Philippines, Xavier was established as an all-boys school, a Catholic school with an English curriculum that integrated Chinese studies. Through its Grant-in-Aid program, the school offers financially challenged but otherwise qualified students the opportunity of a Xavier education.

A Jesuit run private school affiliated with Ateneo universities in the Philippines. The campus is a 15 hectares land accordingly donated by the Yulo family, the beautiful upgraded gym was donated by Mr. Ramon Ang of San Miguel and another building donated by Mr. Henry Sy and another one by Cosunji. Primary to senior high school only. Though it's too far from the city proper.

Starting school year 2019 -2020, Xavier School Nuvali will offer senior high academic strands STEM, ABM and HUMMS. At senior high, students will get to know various colleges and universities which are invited to visit Xavier to introduce their school. This includes University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Mapua, Letran and other schools.

This place is amazing. My name is Thirdy Campos and I am a 3C student. I love this school so much! (don’t mind the “Zach Campos” thing.”

The school provides Catholic education to all its students who are diverse, intelligent, kind, and socially aware.