Notre Dame of Cotabato, formerly known as Notre Dame of Cotabato Boys' Department, is a private

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school run by the Marist Brothers in

Cotabato City Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato ( Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kutawatu'', Jawi: كوتا نو كوتاواتو; Iranun: ''Bandar a Kotawato'', بندر ا كوتاواتو; fil, Lungsod ng Cotabato), is a third class independent c ...

, 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. 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 Notre Dame – RVM College of Cotabato is a private, Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary in Cotabato City, Maguindanao, Philippines. It was established by the RVM Sisters in ...

), 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

Academic Track

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

References

External links

Wikimapia: Notre Dame of Cotabato (Cotabato City)
{{Marist Schools Marist Brothers schools Notre Dame Educational Association Schools in Cotabato City Educational institutions established in 1948 1948 establishments in the Philippines Private schools in the Philippines Catholic elementary schools in the Philippines Catholic secondary schools in the Philippines