The glorious history of the Calauag Central College actually began when one year after the Southern Tagalog Institute (formerly the Plaridel Institute) closed, two intrepid young educators, Dr. Vicente R. Vilar and Jose E. Fernandez founded the Calauag Institute. The late Dr. Vilar became the school’s President and the late Fernandez its Vice President. During its early stages, the Calauag Institute rented a building owned by the late Sebastian C. Villaverde located in, what is now, Barangay Pinagtalleran – Pinagtalleran because it was where the sawmill and plywood plants of the late industrialist Don Tomas Morato was once located. Initially, the school only had two classes – First and Second Year High School. Later on, the Bureau of Education (a predecessor of the DepEd) granted a permit to the school to open classes in Third and Fourth Year High School. Fernandez himself became the first Principal of the Calauag Institute. Among the faculty members at that time were Fermin Villasanta, Aurora Silva, Severino Songco, and Jose Recaido.

In 1938, the school transferred to a bigger building and a better location in the heart of town in a building owned by the late Filipino-Chinese businessman Alfonso Urgino. There, the school prospered and increased its enrollment. Unfortunately, World War II interrupted the operations of the school. The school was temporarily closed during the Japanese Occupation. In August 1, 1945, Jose Fernandez, urged on by his ardent desire to bring quality education to the town of Calauag, resumed the operations of the Calauag Institute. It was at this time that he renamed the school Calauag Central College. Why Calauag Central College? Maybe it was because as early as 1945, Jose Fernandez, the visionary that he was, was already laying the foundation for the institution, as we know it today.

That year, there were forty-six freshmen and twenty-five sophomores. Because the town of Calauag was ravaged by the war, classes were temporarily held at the ancestral home of the Seguerra family at the corner of Rizal and Morato Sts. The faculty was composed of Mr. Fernandez, who taught Mathematics, and Mr. Pedro R. Olaya, who taught the other subjects.

The following year, the Calauag Central College embarked on a massive faculty enhancement and upgrading program by tapping the talents of known luminaries, educators, and intellectuals in the community like Felix J. Paraiso, Sr., Olimpia V. delos Trinos, Judge Avelino Leyco, then-Municipal Treasurer Arsenio Lim, then-Municipal Mayor Edgardo S. Cabañgon, Vicente Olaya, Engr. Dominador Barros, Presentacion A. Diomano, and Guillermo Seguerra.

One year later, the school gained full recognition from the government and was, thus, able to re-open classes in the Third and Fourth Year High School levels. In School Year 1947-1948, the Calauag Central College had its first graduating class. Twenty-nine students bowed to the public, proud, and happy that they were the first Calauageños who graduated from high school after the Second World War.
In 1952, the Calauag Central College transferred to its newly constructed three-storey building in the corner of Arguelles and Rizal Sts, the site where is still stands today. By then the student population of the school was growing rapidly.

In 1953, the Calauag Central College opened its College Department. Initially, the courses offered were the one-year Secretarial course, the two-year Liberal Arts course, the Elementary Teacher’s Certificate (ETC) course, and the four-year Bachelor of Science in Education (BSE) course. The Elementary School Department was opened to serve as a laboratory for the ETC course. A few years later, the ETC course had to be phased out but was immediately replaced by the Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (BSEEd) course. In 1990, the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) course was added.

In 1953, the Elementary School was opened. Primarily intended to serve as a teaching laboratory for its BSEEd course, it has since blossomed into the premier elementary school in Calauag.

In 1998, the Pre-School Department was established thereby enabling the school to mature into the institution of comprehensive learning in Calauag that it is today. Ma. Teresa D. Serdon was the first teacher, a position she competently handles until today.

Through the years, the Calauag Central College has taken pride in the long list of faculty members and department heads who have graced its roster and enhanced the reputation of the school as a community-based institution of higher learning.

Among the Deans of College who have lent their considerable talents, prestigious names, and intellectual prowess to the College Department were Felicidad Noscal, Felix J. Paraiso (1962 – 1971), Dr. Herminio F. Manongas (1974), Dr. Angel L. Navarro (1975), Dr. Alfonso T. Maniego (1976 – 1979), Dr. Jose C. Eleazar (1979 – 2003), and Anita A. Paraiso (2003 to present-Dean of Academic Affairs).

The list of High School Principals reads like a who’s-who in the field of education in Calauag. It includes Jose Fernandez, Vicente Olaya, Pedro Olaya, Belina Villanueva, Leticia F. Aguilar, Melinda Pulgar-Odi (Asst. Principal), and Luz Delos Trinos-Intoy.

Equally illustrious is the list of Elementary School Principals who rendered service to the school which includes Conigunda R. Folloso, Roncesvalles A. Paraiso, Natividad V. Magsino, Julita A. Villaflor, Fe L. Aguila, and Vincent Y. Eleazar (OIC).

Present Times

The Calauag Central College, a private non-sectarian institution of education, has four levels of learning – Pre-School, Elementary, Secondary, and Tertiary. In consonance with the DECS/CHED’s thrust, the school is committed to a four-fold mission: Instruction, Production, Research, and Community Service.The Institution is unwavering in its belief in the Almighty God and stern in its dedication to the following missions: inculcate proper values in the youth of the land; preserve the environment through sustainable development; recognize the true worth and dignity of man; develop its studentry, irrespective of creed, gender, ethnicity, or socio-economic standing, into productive citizens of the community; mold its studentry into responsible and God-fearing people; transform the youth into compassionate, competent, confident, and upright citizens of the community they live in; and provide relevant education, attuned to the realities of the present and appropriate for the challenges of the new millennium.

It is unambiguous in its vision of seeing its graduates taking their places at the forefront of a prosperous, just, and humane society.

In February 2006, the school celebrated the 75th Anniversary of its Foundation. To this day, the Calauag Central College is honored to be the oldest school in its class in the whole Province of Quezon.

Shakespeare once said, "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose; by any other word would smell as sweet." Southern Tagalog Institute, Plaridel Institute, Calauag Institute, Calauag Central College . . . by whatever name we may remember our dear Alma Mater . . . will forever be etched in the hearts of every Centralian who has passed, at one time or another, its hallowed halls.

Seventy-five years is difficult to summarize in a few sentences or paragraphs. But what is significant about this Diamond Jubilee Celebration is that it ushers in a new era of continuing academic excellence and service.

Our CCC experience is a beautiful part of our growing-up years. It helped shape our values, our aspirations and our life’s directions. In the CCC, no dreams were too high nor too unrealistic because we were taught to reach for our individual star; to reach our full potential. And, indeed, many have done just that.

The history of Calauag Central College is replete with numerous profiles of excellence, achievement, and courage. For seventy-five years, the Calauag Central College has touched countless young lives. The difference that the ministering hands, soothing advice, and inspired sharing imparted by our beloved Alma Mater is so empowering that many of her alumni have become successful individuals, carving their owned niches in the local and international community.

In Calauag Central College, values come first that is why Centralians are truly Kapamilya Habang Buhay!

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