O. B. Montessori Center

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Operation Brotherhood Montessori Center Incorporated (sometimes known as OB Montessori Center Inc. or OBMCI) is an Italian-based school in the Philippines named after Maria Montessori. It was founded by Preciosa S. Soliven [1], wife of journalist and publisher of The Philippine Star, Maximo V. Soliven [2]. It has pre-school, elementary, high school and college levels and is the first school in the Philippines to use the Montessori method.[citation needed] The school Motto "Seipsum Facit Persona" (Man Makes Himself) is pronounced Seipsum-fachit-persona.

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[edit] Curriculum

The school offers many subjects that can't be found in other schools, like agriculture, botany and zoology, character education, home arts (home economics) leadership training, performing arts, scouting and values education. Geometry can be studied by students starting from casa (pre-school).

Students are asked to memorize "God Give Us Men" by Josiah Gilbert Holland.[citation needed] There are a set of songs entitled "A Woman Called Freedom", with "A Woman Called Freedom #6" being the most popular.[citation needed] These were patterned after a play about Maria Montessori's Life done in OB Greenhills.[citation needed]

[edit] School hymn

The school hymn is the OBMCI hymn. The chorus portion of the hymn retains an error in school publications with the word aim being spelt as aid.[citation needed]

[edit] Branches

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ Department of Education of the Philippines Retrieved on 20 August 2007.
  2. ^ ABS-CBN Interactive - Max Soliven passes away Retrieved on 20 August 2007.

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