I. INTRODUCTION
Brief History of Sta. Cruz Academy
Sta. Cruz, Lubao, Pampanga
The STA. CRUZ ACADEMY had a very humble beginning. With the displaced staff and high school students from the (defunct SCCI) Sta. Cruz, Central Institute, the enrollment in its first academic year was literally held under the trees.
The late Dr. Conrado P. Jimenez Jr., the incumbent Municipal Mayor and a successful alumnus of SCCI, took all the possible actions to settle amicably the dispute between the administrators and the employees and that to keep the school operational. Unfortunately his effort was in vain because the school own