This is who we are....Notre Dame of UPI, Inc

“Service for the Love of God through Mary “

Vision:

Notre Dame of Upi, Inc. a Catholic college preparatory institution envisions its academic community that provides quality and excellent integral learning experience to a culturally diverse student population which shall produce graduates of F A I T H.

F Faith in God

A Academic and Non-Academic Excellence

I Integrity, Honesty, Dignity and Honor

T Teamwork, Participation and Leadership

H. Harmony and Openness

Mission

Grounded in the Gospel message of Christ and as partner in the mission of the Church, with inspiration of Marian ideals and charism of St. John Mary Vianney, we adhere to the total development of young men and women by providing them competent, committed and responsive staff, innovative educational programs and functional facilities that would prepare them to become productive and responsible citizens of the global society.

We believe in our:

Students

· Every student has the ability to learn

· Each student has the potential to fulfill their dreams and aspirations

· Every student is entitled to the opportunity to realize that potential

Faculty and Staff

· High expectations promote high achievement

· Effective and efficient faculty and staff work collaboratively (Teamwork and Openness) to achieve the goals and objectives of the school.

· Effective and efficient faculty and staff are pro-active, encouraging, caring and essential to students’ success.

Stakeholders

Active partnership among parents, alumni, businesses, students, staff members and all sectors in the community, creates a mutually beneficial environment that engenders student achievement.

We value academic and personal integrity, therefore we will :

· model ethical behavior

· fulfill commitments

· acknowledge and celebrate success

We value responsibility and accountability, therefore, we will :

· provide a positive learning environment

· demonstrate fairness in enforcing logical consequences

· have fair and accurate assessment of student progress.

General Objectives

Through its programs, Notre Dame of Upi seeks to develop students with the following qualities/attributes:

1. Develop a reasoned commitment to the goals of national development by cherishing, preserving and developing moral and spiritual values and other aspects of the national heritage desirable in the Philippine society.

2. Understand the wide possibilities of arts and sciences as permanent sources of pleasure and profit, and discover, broaden and brighten his abilities in the appreciation of them.

3. Acquire further skills in thinking, speaking and writing and developing the ability to react intelligently to mass media and other situations.

4. Obtain experience and form desirable attitudes for understanding himself, his own people and other races, thereby promoting a keen sense of family and of national and international communities.

5. Demonstrate understanding, acquisition and application.

Specific Objectives

1. Be academically prepared for higher education.

2. Be matured, responsible and self-disciplined persons;

3. Adopt and respond to the changing needs and conditions of the time.

4. Respect one’s beliefs, culture and practices of religions regardless of gender or social state.

5. Be aware of their potentials and limitations as persons and conscious of their obligations to contribute these attributes to their families, church and the state.

6. Be appreciative of their culture expressed in history, art and literature and perceptive of current social realities and dedicated to promote national ideals; and

7. Be equipped with skills which enable them to function as responsible citizens and globally competitive.

ND Upi Philosophy of Education

As member of the Archdiocesan Notre Dame Schools of Cotabato (ANDSC), a system of Catholic/Christian institution of learning, Notre Dame of Upi exemplifies Saint John Mary Vianney’s charism of simplicity, equivocal love for the poor, apostolic zeal, sense of church and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

NUpi affirms its commitment to excellent education deeply rooted in the teachings of Christ, guided by the doctrines of the church envisions for universal and integral human development regardless of race, religion or social status..

As Marian school, we look up at Mary as model and inspiration. As Filipino we recognize the uniqueness of its values, the richness of its cultural heritage and the preservation of ecology.