Our Lady of Perpetual Succor College


Our Lady of Perpetual Succor College is a private, non-sectarian, educational institution located in Concepcion, Marikina, Philippines, offering preschool, basic and higher education. It was founded by Dionisio Salvador Sr. in 1978. There are approximately 5,000 students enrolled for the school year.

History

1970s

OLOPSC was founded on February 18, 1978 by Dionisio Alonzo Salvador, Sr., a graduate student from Far Eastern University with a course in Architecture. It started as a day-care center under a single roof in a pelota court at Bayan-Bayanan Avenue in Concepcion, Marikina with at least 50 pupils. In 1978, the Our Lady of Perpetual Succor School was established. The increasing number of enrollees in the succeeding years required the transfer of the school site to rented lots along Bayan-Bayanan Avenue where additional school buildings were constructed.

1980s–1990s

In 1985, the school was operating under full government recognition for the all three of these courses: the Preschool. Grade School and High School. In 1986, OLOPSS moved to its present location at Gen. Ordoñez Street, in Concepcion, Marikina with a 3.5-hectare lot. It is on this site where it stands today as a comfortable home to its students and its employees. In 1995, OLOPSS changed its name to Our Lady of Perpetual Succor College when the college department was opened. This has now attained government recognition and on its ways to accreditation. In the years 1996 and 1997, the present school's chapel was now finished. In the summer of 1999, the OLOPSCians saw the rising of the new two-storey building for the grades 1 and 2.

2000s-present

The succeeding school years saw the switching of classrooms to air-conditioningunits as its serves as one of the Silver Jubilee gifts to the school community. Also included were the construction of the new two-story building for the preschool, the freezing of tuition fees for a year, the reformulation of the school's vision and mission, revision of the student handbook in all departments, and a number of policies to enhance employee benefits.

Recent history

On August 11, 2005, the whole OLOPSCian community learned of the death of Dionisio A. Salvador, the founder of the school and its president for 28 years. His death was due to a multiple organ failure that was triggered by his heart condition. The OLOPSC community grieved his death and members of the OLOPSCian community joined the Salvador family in giving their goodbyes to him. His remains of Dionisio A. Salvador are inside the school's chapel.
On September 17, 2006, as a gift for her 65th birthday, Carmen C. Salvador, the former school's executive vice president for 28 years, was today installed as the new president of OLOPS College succeeding her husband.
On February 14, 2008, the school celebrated its 30th or Pearl Anniversary. The anniversary was marked with activities such as a street dancing competition, variety shows, family day, and lots of exciting activities. The event ended with a fireworks display on night.
On September 26, 2009, OLOPS College suffered greatly due to Typhoon "Ondoy". The whole campus was flooded up to knee-high due to heavy rains. Several students were stranded, and the administration decided to let them stay inside the school until the flood subsided. Many students stayed inside the school for numerous hours—even until the next day, when parents were already capable to pick up their children.

Awards, government recognitions and citations

OLOPSC has reaped honors in academic, art and literary–musical competitions and has graduated numbers of students, many of them gaining admission in premiere colleges and universities where they graduated with honors and citations, with many of them topping board exams in their fields.

Campus

The OLOPS College campus is in Marikina City. Accessible from the campus are leisure and recreational areas such as the DC Arcadia, , and nearby convenience stores & fastfood restaurants such as 7-Eleven, Jollibee, and Greenwich.
The buildings of OLOPS College are now known by letters corresponding to a certain Saint. Below are some of the facilities used by the OLOPSC Community.

Undergraduate Programs

Clubs and organizations in OLOPSC are classified according to the following clusters:
A student council organization for each department governs the events and affairs of the clubs in their respective levels. The following are the student councils established in OLOPSC:

Society of OLOPSC High School Alumni (SOHA)

The Society of OLOPSC High School Alumni is the official alumni organization of the OLOPSC High School Department. Alumni who graduated from the said department automatically becomes a member of the Alumni Society. Approximately 16,000 alumni members are currently with the organization.
There are proposals for the society to merge with other alumni organizations from the other departments of the institution. These proposals were being acted upon as of this moment.
Current League of Officers of the Society for Societal Year 2012-2017 are as follows:

2010 - 2014