The College of the Holy Spirit of Tarlac (also referred to by its acronym CHST; colloquially, ''"Pirit"'') is a private, Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the

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. It was established in 1939 as the Catholic Academy of Tarlac. CHST has three buildings within

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—the primary, secondary,

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education departments are located in San Sebastian Village. It was originally an exclusive school for girls but in 2005, they started admitting male students which resulted to its growing population. At present, the college has a Level 3 Accreditation Status awarded by the

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(PAASCU).

History

Founded by ten prominent men of

in 1939, the school was initially named as the Catholic Academy of Tarlac. In 1940, it was turned over to the

(SSpS) and was later named Holy Ghost Institute and Holy Spirit Academy. The first college courses were offered in the academic year 1968. Eventually, it was renamed the College of the Holy Spirit of Tarlac. All classes were held at its campus in Brgy. Mabini until April 1972. In July of the same year, due to its fast growing student population, a new building was constructed at the New Tarlac Heights Subdivision in San Sebastian Village for the College and High School Departments. The College Department occupied the entire building in F. Tañedo St. while another building in Brgy. San Sebastian was being constructed. Since then, the High School Department occupied the original building in San Sebastian. SSpS was founded by Saint Arnold Janssen, a priest from

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, as a religious-missionary community. He aimed to form a congregation of sisters who will serve as teachers to young girls, and to assist the missions of the priest.

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Official Facebook PageVisit Tarlac: College of the Holy Spirit of TarlacCollege of the Holy Spirit Web PageServae Spiritus Sancti
{{Educational institutions in Tarlac, state=collapsed Universities and colleges in Tarlac Catholic universities and colleges in the Philippines Catholic elementary schools in the Philippines Catholic secondary schools in the Philippines Education in Tarlac City Educational institutions established in 1978 1978 establishments in the Philippines

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