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Divine Light Academy (DLA) is a private, non-sectarian school in the Philippines. The first campus was built at Las Piñas City during the year 1982, while the Molino campus, found at Bacoor, opened last 1994. DLA was founded by Engineer Antonio D. Sese, a junior manager from one of the country's premier car company, and Mrs. Leonila D. Sese, a profound teacher-administrator in an upscale school located in Alabang, Muntinlupa. As of today, the school follows the K-12 curriculum, which was recently implemented by the Department of Education. In 2011, the school opened its newly built building along Alabang-Zapote Road. The ground floor serves as the parking area, while the second floor houses the cutest preschool students of Las Piñas City. A Genyo Laboratory, a Home Ecenomics laboratory, and a sewing room are also found on the second floor. These rooms are air-conditioned and well-maintained. The third floor is an air conditioned, multi-purpose gym. This gym houses school events like the yearly PALARO, graduation ceremonies, masses, and also inter-school competition such as LAPPRISA and LPSAA. == History == The Early Years (as told by L. Padolina) The story of ''Divine Light Academy'' is linked to the transformation of Las Piñas as a backwoods suburbia to a vibrant young city of Metropolitan Manila and to the life affirming experience of a middle class couple. In the middle 70s, the Municipality of Las Piñas was undergoing transition. The vast marsh and grasslands previously committed to agriculture were being developed into middle class residential villages whose residents were primarily urban professionals from the Greater Manila Area. Two of these young urban professionals were Engineer Antonio D. Sese, a junior manager from one of the country’s leading car companies and Mrs. Leonila D. Sese who was a teacher-administrator in an upscale school in Alabang, Muntinlupa. The couple could have chosen to just go along with their successful career if not for a light that flickered into their imagination. Earlier, they were faced with a problem on how to deal with their preschool children at a time when day care centers and nursery schools were unheard of. And it dawned on them that they were not the only parents in the same situation. Many of their neighbors were in the same predicament- wanting their very young kids to be in a place that could prepare them for grade school. And so in 1977, Mrs. Sese took the risk of resigning from her job to become manager-owner-teacher of a little neighborhood preschool inside her family residence in Rosas St., Doña Manuela Subdivision. She had no grand dreams- quite contented that in the morning, she ministered her 23 kindergarten and 21 Prep pupils while the rest of the day was devoted to her own family needs. Thus, the establishment of ''Kiddies Learning Center (KLC)'' was a response to a need made apparent by the growth of sprawling residential subdivisions in the area. The little light that was KLC slowly caught the attention of other parents, for here was a place where their children could learn and play. Parents felt secured that while they were out working, their kids were having a swell time acquiring the necessary life skills and values needed for elementary schooling. Soon enough, additional classrooms were constructed to meet the burgeoning demand. Only on its fifth year, KLC embraced some 255 preschool children. Impressed with its unique homey environment and quality teaching-learning process, more parents expressed a strong clamor to open a grade school. Parents saw the need for a continuity of KLC foundation. 1982 was a year truly memorable with its triple whammy for KLC history: the opening of the grade one course, the inauguration of the two-storey grade school building in Rosal St. (which is to become the main campus) and the enrolment hit to 481 pupils. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Divine Light Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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