10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ENROLL YOUR CHILD AT COJ

 1. Small Class Size – COJ keeps a small adult – child ratio to optimize the children’s learning.  Studies in the US* show that students greatly benefit and do much better academically when situated in classes of smaller size, especially when initiated at early ages.  We’ve seen it for ourselves!

At COJ, Grade School class sizes are kept to a maximum of 18 students; the preschool class sizes are even smaller :)

2. “Personalized” Education – Given the smaller class size, teachers are better able to know the students more - their strengths, limitations, personalities, learning styles, love languages...  Teachers are then better able to address students’ individual needs to improve learning and the learner.

3. Progressive Approach – The best teacher, they say, is EXPERIENCE, and that’s exactly what we try to do at COJ.  Learning is made more relevant because children EXPERIENCE lessons, more than just read about them.  Again, small class sizes make fieldtrips doable (and more frequent!) for students to see, feel, touch, and even taste what is taken up inside the classroom.

Moreover, the Preschool employs Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences and makes sure that all intelligences are tackled on a weekly basis (Parents can check for themselves with the e-mailed Weekly Lesson Plan.).

At the Grade School, lessons are taught according to how students best learn them, through their learning styles!  We let children work on the floor, or while listening to music, or even while eating!  We understand that we all understand things in different ways.

4. Strong Spiritual and Values Formation Program – We don’t just teach Religion; we live it.  Every day is an opportunity to live out the Gospel values, whether in or out of the classroom, and annual social program activities give opportunities for students to share their time, talent, and treasure with the less fortunate.

We are a school of faith.  We shape young hearts and minds for Jesus by introducing Him to the children and teach them to build personal relationships with Him.   With Jesus as each child’s firm foundation and anchor, we set off together in their walk of faith.

Being a Catholic school, we take values formation seriously.  Coupled with our Religion classes is the Character First! Program (CF).  Originating from Oklahoma City, USA, CF is a leadership development program that identifies 49 characters traits that are in turn taught through music, verse, prose, and activities.  Each trait is given an operational definition and attainable “I WILL” goals that students aspire for each month.  At COJ, we believe that every child IS a leader because it is character that defines what a true servant leader is.

5. Accommodating Teachers and Staff – Our teachers and staff possess a genuine love for children... and it shows!  We treat each other like family and we’d be more than happy to increase our tribe and welcome others into the fold.

6. Children learn to love school and the Learning Process – Remember how in school we’d pray that the teacher would be absent?  Not in COJ!  Here, students even go as far as fetching the next teacher... 5 minutes before the bell!  That’s how much the kids love the learning process.  We make learning enjoyable and therefore, likeable!

7. Strong Home-School Link – We view parents as our partners in their child’s education.  We’d like our parents to be involved as much as they can.  It’s not unusual to see parents inside the classroom being teacher-for-the-day or tag-alongs on fieldtrips.  They actually seem to enjoy it!

8. Devoted PTA – This group of parents loves the school as much as their children do!  They’re game to make the school even better and more fun, be it through organizing concerts, family days, and golf tournaments, or by providing water fountains, tents, teachers’ tables, and DSL connection.   They even provide financial aid to deserving students!

9. New Building – We’re growing!  To accommodate our increasing number, we’ve undertaken the monumental task of constructing a new building.  Phase 2 is in the works now but once it’s done, the structure will sport 12 spanking new classrooms... all bigger and made more conducive for learning.  The building will also house a bigger library, Science labs, and the Art and Music Room.  With God as our head architect, we’re all excited to claim our expanded territory!

 10. Value for Money – For all of the above, other schools would easily charge a tuition fee of 6 figures, but not at COJ.  With all that we’ve written about, you would find our tuition fees affordable and well worth the investment :)

To know more about COJ, please feel free to visit us!  We’re open Mondays to Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

*from "Small Classes in American Schools: Research, Practice and Politics", Phi Delta Kappan, March 2002

Cradle Cup featured on A Round of Golf

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Cradle Cup: A Swing for the Scholars

One thing’s for sure, you have to be a morning person to be a golfer.

Last May 25, forty-nine morning persons woke up not-so-bright-and-early for 18 holes of golf at the Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club for the very 1^st Cradle Cup, a fund-raising project of the school’s PTA.

It was very good day for a round of golf; overcast skies and even a brief rainstorm served as a respite from the summer’s heat.   The first flight teed off at 5:30 a.m. while most of the metro denizens were still in peaceful slumber.  Freddie Placino, COJ’s very first BOT President, and his daughter and COJ alumna, Selene, made the ceremonial tee-off.  Seven hours later (!), the tournament was all over except for the awarding.

Tourney golfers were treated to a much-deserved lunch where trophies and special prizes were awarded and raffle prizes were drawn.  (Everyone had their eye on the large LCD TV!)   General Larry Lapuz was declared the tournament’s over-all champion and took home a replica of the tournament’s glass perptual cup.   The biggest winners though were the school’s scholars, the tournament’s beneficiaries.

The event was such as a success that the PTA is already buzzing about the 2^nd Cradle Cup next year!   To the winners and the PTA, “Congratulations!”   To our generous sponsors, “Thank you for your support!”

** Cradle Cup will be featured on A Round of Golf on June 21, 8 p.m. on Channel 9 (Solar Sports).  Don’t miss it!