The Saint Nichols Academy has been in existence in the town
of Macabebe for many years. It is the only Catholic academic institution in the
town of Macabebe and is supervised by the Archbishop of the City of San
Fernando, Pampanga.
Rev. Fr. Genaro Sazon founded the parochial school in 1947 and named it
Auxilium Christianorum. The RVM sisters were tasked to supervise the school. It
was temporarily closed from 1954 to 1974. In 1975, the school was reopened by
Sor. Maria Encarnacion T. Rodriguez of the Handmaids of our Lady of the Sacred
Heart (HOLSH) with a new name – Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School. The school
offered complete pre-elementary and elementary course and classes were housed
in the school buildings beside the parish church.
Msgr. Anastacio Silvestre, a native of San Vicente, Macabebe, was the first
parish priest to assume the position of school director. With the new
administration, the name of the school was changed to Saint Nichols Parish
School, in honor of the patron saint of the town – San Nicholas de Tolentino.
When Msgr. Anastacio Silvestre was transferred to another parish, Msgr.
Gregorio S. Torres took over the parish and the school as well. Being an
experienced school director, Msgr. Torres was able to introduce many
significant changes in the supervision of the school. He conceived and
implemented the granting of full scholarship to poor but deserving students of
the town. His greatest achievement as a school director was the Government
Recognition granted to the school on February 21, 1989; No. E-03-S91 for
Pre-Elementary and No. E-04-S91 for Elementary Course.
In 1995, the Archdiocese of San Fernando effected a reshuffle in the pastoral
assignments of the parish priests in the province. As expected another change
in the school administration took place. A young energetic priest and an
equally-experienced school administrator in the person of Rev. Fr. Jose E.
David was assigned in the parish on June 29, 1995. Under his administration,
Fr. David pursued the mission-vision to provide quality Catholic education to
the students. As part of the expansion program, the school started to offer
courses in the secondary level effective School Year 1996-1997. With this
welcome development, the name of the school was changed to Saint Nichols
Academy.
Finally, on April 12, 1999, Government Recognition No. S-004, S, 1999 for the
complete four-year Secondary Course was granted to the school.
Presently, the school is located within the parish church lot of Macabebe,
Pampanga. The parish church is in front of the town’s municipal hall.
