Notre Dame of Cotabato

Notre Dame of Cotabato
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Address
63 Sinsuat Avenue Cotabato City , Maguindanao Philippines
Coordinates	7°13′03″N 124°14′44″E
Information
Type	Private school
Motto	Ad Jesum per Mariam (Latin) To Jesus through Mary (English)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic (Marist Brothers)[1]
Established	June 1948; 76 years ago (June 1948)
Founder	Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Director	Br. Jeff Rhey R. Antiquisa, FMS
Principal	Angela T. Undar, EdD
Color(s)	Gold  -  White  -  Blue
Affiliation	NDEA
Website	ndc-marist.edu.ph

Notre Dame of Cotabato, formerly known as Notre Dame of Cotabato Boys' Department, is a private Marist, Catholic, and Filipino school run by the Marist Brothers in Cotabato City, Maguindanao, Philippines. It was established in 1948.

History

On 1941, Emile Boldoc of the Oblate Fathers (OMI) invited the Marist Brothers from the Province of United States to start an educational mission in Mindanao. The school building was already built around 1945 but because of World War II, the planned opening was delayed for a couple of years. After the war, four Marist Brothers namely, Br. Maurus James Doherty, FMS, Br. Herbert Daniel Dumont, FMS, Br. Joseph Damian Teston, FMS, and Br. Peter Leonard Thommen, FMS arrived in Cotabato in 1948.^[2] On June 21, 1948, the said four Marist Brothers took over the school from the Oblates, thus becoming the first Marist school in the Philippines.

The Religious of Virgin Mary (RVM) Sisters, who had been helping the Oblates in running the school, then took care of the girls' department (now Notre Dame – RVM College of Cotabato), while the Brothers has the boys' department, thus giving birth to Notre Dame of Cotabato (Boys' Department).

In June 1996, the school opened an afternoon shift program for boys and girls.

In June 2000, the school started to admit girls to the regular day shift session.

Notre Dame of Cotabato (or N.D.C.) is the only Marist School in Cotabato City.

Basic Education Department

Junior High School

• Grade 7 to 10

Senior High School

• Grade 11 to 12

Academic Track

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
• Accountancy, Business, and Management
• Humanities and Social Sciences

References

1. Susie G. Bugante (September 10, 2013). "2013's top employers: Jollibee, Notre Dame of Cotabato". BusinessMirror. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
2. Meuten, Paul (2014). "Part A". The Marist Brothers of the Schools in the Philippines: The Mission Period (1941-1960). Marist Province of East Asia. pp. 14–17.

External links

• Notre Dame of Cotabato on Facebook