Rizal

Rizal's Academic Performance at Ateneo Municipal

1872-1873 ( First Year )

Latin --- Excellent

Spanish --- Excellent

Greek --- Excellent

1873-1874 ( Second Year )

Spanish --- Excellent

Greek ---- Excellent

World Geography --- Excellent

1874- 1975 ( Third Year )

Latin --- Excellent

Spanish ---- Excellent

World History --- Excellent

History of Spain &

the Philippines --- Excellent

Arithmetic & Algebra --- Excellent

Greek --- Excellent

1875-1876 (Fourth Year)

Rheotoric and Poetry --- Excellent

French ---- Excellent

Geometry & Trigonometry --- Excellent

1876-1877 (Fifth year )

Philosophy 1 --- Excellent

Philosophy 2 --- Excellent

Mineralogy & Chemistry --- Excellent

Physics --- Excellent

Botany & Zoology --- Excellent

In March 14,1877, he passed the oral examination and graduated with the degree of Bachiller en Artes with the highest academic honors.

According to Guerrero 1998, his academic triumph at Ateneo can be attributed to three factors: Racial Pride, Monastic Discipline and Seclusion of boarding school life.

The monastic discipline of competition inside the classroom triggered in him the motivation to outdo his classmates in the daily learning activities designed to test students' memory and understanding of their lessons in the various curriculum areas.

Extra-curricular activities at Ateneo

He is also into extra curricular activities

he became a member and eventually an officer in the

Religious confraternities at Ateneo

Sodality of our Lady

Apostleship of Prayer (which is only offered to those students who demonstrated the highest degree of scholarship and leadership. )

Adacemy of Spanish Literature

Academy of Natural Resources (offered to elite organization for students who excelled in literature and the sciences )

Through Father Francisco Paula de Sanchez rizal developed his talent in literature which elevated his feeling,...