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Principal: Agustin P. Baldicañas

Aurora Aragon Quezon Elementary School (Manila) 

Original Name: San Andres Primary School

Founded: 1904

Became a complete elementary school: 1926

Renamed: 1951, in honor of Doña Aurora Aragon Quezon 

AAQES:  A Century of Excellent Service

Aurora Aragon Quezon Elementary School (AAQES), which is located in San Andres St, Malate Manila, sits on an 11,712.9-square-meter lot.  It has 78 instructional classrooms, including science, home economics and livelihood education, and computer laboratories.  Likewise, it has 12 non-instructional classrooms such as library, clinic, canteen, and administrative office.

There are 163 AAQES teachers who are committed to providing basic education to the 5,747 school children from Grades I to VI including kindergarten, SNED and ALS.  These school children come from the different backgrounds. 

Built in 1904, AAQES used to be known as San Andres Primary School.  It became a complete elementary school in 1926.  By virtue of resolution No. 426 approved by the Municipal Board on September 28, 1951, San Andres Elementary School was renamed Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School in honor of Doña Aurora Aragon Quezon, former First Lady of the Philippines during the Commonwealth period and Mother of the Philippine National Red Cross.

Before the project was introduced, there are only 10 functional comfort rooms and several faucets to cater the school children.  Each comfort rooms has a drum-filled with water to keep the cubicles for flushing and maintaining cleanliness of the area. 

At present, the school has 18 functional comfort rooms separate from boys and girls with sic cubicles each room and enough faucets to sustain the needs of the pupils.