From Holy Parosary Academy To Our Lady Of Manaoag Case Study

This research entitled Unveiling Eskwelaan nen Apo Baket: From Holy Rosary Academy to Our Lady of Manaoag College, 1947-2001 will be conducted to present an institutional history and transformation anchored in its educational administration of a parochial school in the municipality of Manaoag. To be able to gather necessary and relevant data the researcher will make use not just of descriptive method but also other methods to further provide answers stated in the objectives. In order to have balance in the utilization of gathered data, the researcher would also like to apply both qualitative and quantitative approaches as much as possible in the presentation of data. Basically, this section will justify the process of how needed data will be
Primary sources will be collected from different archives such as Miguel de Buenavides archives of University of Santo Tomas and the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Manaoag archives. Primary documents and old records like the document about the establishment of the school and the changing Mission-Visions of the former Holy Rosary Academy of Manaoag are the priorities of the researcher to look for as the written primary written sources. Several primary sources were already acquired such as the list of graduates of the former Holy Rosary Academy and Our Lady of Manaoag College from the year 1951 to 2014, student handbook, manuscript of the booklet being sold in the church’s souvenir shop, photocopies old souvenir programs enclosing brief background and short stories about the Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag mentioning a school established by a Dominican priest in the year 1947 (which is deemed as the Holy Rosary Academy), and some diplomas and other documents being kept by alumni of Holy Rosary Academy. To back up these written primary sources, an oral history is also to be performed. The researcher would like to conduct interviews for the graduates of Holy Rosary Academy, the former members of the educational administration particularly previous priors of the church, and faculty members as well. Non-conventional primary sources such as photographs and institutional markers are also
The interview questions will be mainly about their educational administration. To be able to trace the location of the then priors of the church, the researcher would ask permission from the Province of the Dominicans in Quezon City. Another set of interview will be conducted to representatives of previous member of the faculty and or educational administration in which the selection will principally be based on the length of their service. To be able to supplement and verify the part of those in the administration and faculty, interview with the alumni is also taken into consideration. The selection of alumni for the interview will be preferably those who belonged to the first five batches if possible so that they can state some comparisons from their time to the latter. The interview guidelines for different set of respondents are attached in this