Girls love basketball?

This afternoon, we visited the Sisters of Mary Girlstown in Silang, Cavite where my boss was guest to the mass birthday celebration for "Fr. Al's children."

One thing my colleagues noticed was the presence of numerous basketball courts in an all girls school.





There are about 16 courts in all. Eight are on the open area and another eight in the covered gym (where the photo was taken from).

The school is managed by the order of the Sisters of Mary. The girls who study here are in their high school and they stay within the large compound.

Funding come from donations all over the globe. There are several branches of the school around the country one of which is in Sta. Mesa, Manila and another in Cebu.

The event that day is a celebration funded by the alumni for their schoolmates. Many of those who finished in this school are successful professionals here and abroad. Most, if not all (I am not sure), of the faculty are graduates of the Sisters of Mary System.

The 19th batch of the Silang campus graduated in December last year. That's right, their classes end in December

I met one of our former UPROTC Ranger Company cadets there. He is an alumnus of the all male branch a few kilometers away. He is now based in Laguna