Mater Carmeli School
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| Motto | CONTEMPLARE, AMARE, SERVIRE, ECCLESIAM (Contemplate, Love, Service, Church) |
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| Established | 1986 |
| Type | Private, Catholic , Coeducational |
| Principal | Mr. Francisco B. Tabifranca Jr. (Grade School Principal);
Ms. Rosemarie G. Hizon (High School Principal) |
| Rector | Sr. Emily Corazon H. Bacani, C.M. (Directress) |
| Location | Fr. Francisco Palau St., Sacred Heart Village, Novaliches, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Nickname | Carmelians |
Mater Carmeli School-Novaliches, located at Sacred Heart Village, Novaliches, Quezon City, is a private, Catholic educational institution owned and managed by the Carmelite Missionaries. It was founded in 1986 on a piece of property adjacent to the Novitiate House of the Carmelite Missionaries in Quezon City. Its name comes from Latin which means Mount Carmel --a coastal mountain range in northern Israel where a group of hermits established themselves there towards the end of the 12th century A.D. and called themselves Brothers of Saint Mary on Mt. Carmel in honor of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the school's patroness. The school offers kindergarten, preparatory, grade school, and high school education. The school is also known by the acronym MCS.
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[edit] Historical background
[edit] The creation of the school
Mater Carmeli School-Novaliches, located at Sacred Heart Village, Novaliches, Quezon City, is owned and managed by the Carmelite Missionaries of the Province of Fr. Francisco Palau, Philippines. It was founded in 1986 on a piece of property adjacent to the Novitiate House of the Carmelite Missionaries in Quezon City.
In 1982 when the Novitiate House was transferred at Sacred Heart Village, Novaliches, Quezon City, the sisters did not have in mind the founding of the school beside the Novitiate. Once the Novitiate House stood, people passing by the highway mistook it for a school. There were a lot of inquiries as to what grade levels were offered.
The homeowners of the village constantly prodded the sisters to put up a school which was near and efficiently managed by a religious congregation. The Sacred Heart Village Homeowners Association formalized their appeal by sending a letter of request to the Provincial Council of Carmelite Missionaries in the Philippines. It was granted by the General Council of Carmelite Missionaries in Rome, Italy. A feasibility study was made and Mater Carmeli School-Novaliches is born.
[edit] Early years
The school started its operation on June 1986 with 20 Kindergarten pupils under the tutelage of Sr. Flordeliza Presquito, Sr. Asuncion Villalba, and Reynaldo Duremdes, a janitor. They kept the little school going for school year 1986-1987. While the construction of the school building in the adjacent lot was going on, morning class was held in a lent one-storey, two-room building intended to be classrooms of novices and junior sisters.
On June 1987, the second school year, two classes of Kindergarten and Prep were added, and one section for both grade one and two levels. They occupied the first floor of the building while construction of the second and third floor was underway.
[edit] Expansion
Committed to its mission of promoting quality education in the light of Fr. Francisco Palau's charism and Our Lady of Mount Carmel's inspiration, the Carmelite Missionaries generously approved the completion of the school buildings. Conducive places for teaching and learning were provided by this institution for the benefit of all students, teachers, staff, and parents. The finished buildings were all named after the Carmelite luminaries like Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Teresa of Avila, and Blessed Francisco Palau. The last and the biggest building constructed was named Sinon Building, in honor of the school engineer, the late Leonardo Sinon.
Due to increasing enrollment every year, more school facilities were added and made available for quality and standard education.
Today, Mater Carmeli School-Novaliches continues to serve students with excellence and dedication in order to become globally competitive, peace-loving individuals, protectors of God's creation and servants of our neighbors and most of all, giving glory to our Almighty Father.
[edit] Mission-vision
The Mater Carmeli Schools in the Philippines, as envisioned by Francisco Palau, founder of the Carmelite Missionaries, are "small churches" who are passionate lovers of Christ and his Church, committed to the formation of the people of God through an integral education, imbued with humane and Gospel values, actively responding to the demands and challenges of the rapidly changing society.
[edit] General information
[edit] Curriculum
Mater Carmeli School-Novaliches follows the Department of Education's 2002 Revised Basic Education Curriculum (RBEC).
[edit] Admission of students
Application for admission to Mater Carmeli School-Novaliches are accepted in January of each year for the following school year. Entrance examinations are given starting 2nd Saturday of January for the Pre-school, 3rd Saturday for Grade School, and 4th Saturday for High School.
Students must pass the entrance examination and the interview conducted by the Guidance Counselor and by the Principal for grade school and high school, and Pre-school coordinator for Kinder and Prep.
[edit] Religious formation
School recollections for students are held once during the year. Three-day retreat is provided to graduating students and their parents, and for the faculty and non-teaching staff.
A monthly celebration of the Sacraments, such as grade/year level celebration of the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, is faithfully done.
Faculty, non-teaching staff, and service operators have their regular spiritual formation. They enter into spiritual exercises at the start of the school year. Advent and Lenten seasons are given inputs for their spiritual growth. They are sutained by their weekly "faith sharing" in their respective organized BECs (Basic Ecclessial Communities).
Likewise, the MCS offers a humane and spiritual formation for the families of the students. Parents are invited to avail of the two-day parenting recollection-seminar in their child respective grade/year level called Hakbang Tungo sa Mabisang Pamamaraan ng Pagkamagulang.
[edit] Sister schools
Mater Carmeli School is a Catholic School owned by the Carmelite Missionaries. Sister schools are located in the following areas:
- D. Tuazon Ave., Quezon City - Kinder to Grade VI
- Dingle, Iloilo - Nursery, Kinder, Prep and High School
Foundation Day of each Mater Carmeli Schools is celebrated every first week of November and ends on November 7, in commemoration of the feast day of Blessed Francisco Palau, the school's patron.
