Siena College of Taytay

Siena College of Taytay, formerly St. Catherine Academy, is a Kindergarten through post-secondary education institution located in Taytay, Rizal, Philippines. Founded in 1957 by the Dominican sisters, it is one of six Dominican educational institutions in the Philippines. Its sister schools are Siena College Quezon City, and Siena College San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. It also offers education for the Third Order of Saint Dominic, known as the Tertiaries.HistoryIn 1956, the late Cardinal Rufino Santos of the Archbishop of Manila invited the Dominican sisters to establish an academy for the education of local children. In 1957, Saint Catherine Academy, opened during the tenure of the late Mother Natividad Pilapil O.P., the Superior General of the Congregation.The college's facility was originally located in the Parish compound of St. John the Baptist in Taytay, Rizal. In 1965, the Kindergarten, Elementary and Secondary Education courses were fully established and recognized by the Philippine Department of Education, Culture and Sports (now DepEd).FacilitiesThe College's campus in Taytay is now located at East Rodriguez Avenue, Siena Heights, Barangay San Isidro, Taytay, Rizal. The main and oldest, facility, the three-storey Saint Catherine Building located at the town proper adjacent to the Saint John the Baptist Parish church, was gutted by fire in 2002 and was not rebuilt. At the new location, a four story building was constructed which has a number of classrooms and has a large Speech Laboratory in the newly added third floor of the building. Houses for Freshman high school students also.