Esteban Abada Elementary School

Esteban Abada Elementary School (EAES) is a public school located at Project 7, Quezon City. It is named after the late Esteban R. Abada, a former Philippine Senator. It is considered as a Model of Excellence (MOE) School by the Department of Education. [cite web|url=http://www.deped.gov.ph/e_posts.asp?id=631|title=Masbate’s Maximo S. Lazaro Elementary School: From Pit to Peak |date=2008|publisher=Department of Education|accessdate=2008-08-01] The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation funds the school, making it the first MOE to be funded by a private organization. [cite journal|last=Macaraig-Martinez|first=Maureen |title=Last Should Be First|journal=Philippine Business Magazine|publisher=Makati Business Club|volume=9|issue=3|url=http://www.philippinebusiness.com.ph/archives/magazine/vol9-2002/9-3/corp_cit.htm|accessdate=2008-08-01] The school is also one of the few Philippine public schools that has access to multimedia such as educational television programs, CD-ROMs and the Internet. Almost all of the students are also computer literate. [cite web|url=http://www.pilipinasschoolnet.net/ictcongress/paper/gammuac.html|title=Modern Age Technology: The Experience|last=Gammuac|first=Emerita|date=2004|publisher=Foundation for Information Technology and Development, Inc.|accessdate=2008-08-01]

EAES is one of the remaining public elementary school in Quezon City which has a huge field where students and teachers can perform their outdoor activities such as camping and other forms of recreation.

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