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ALMES
Welcome To Ananias Laico Memorial Elementary School

History of Almes
In the year 1820, a new town was proclaimed named MAGDALENA after the town’s patron saint Sta. Maria de Magdalena. Since the very first requirement for this place to be approved as town is to have a school, the Spanish Regime opened a school known as Escolapia meaning school in the town. It was constructed using “kugon” for the roof and “sasag” for walls. Children ages 7-13 were the first pupils, male and female in separate rooms. The subjects were reading, writing, religion and character. Lesson in reading was “cartilla” or Spanish alphabet and prayer books as in “Palosie”. In writing, ink and “papel de barba” or untrimmed paper were utilized. Practices include punishments for every bad attitudes, negative values and mistakes made. For male, beating of “yantok” at the lower part of the body while females are beaten on palms.