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Notre Dame of Greater Manila
Motto	Ut Cognoscant Te (That they may know you)
Established	1963
Type	Oblate School/Private / Roman Catholic sectarian school
Principal	Mrs. Nora C. Manuel (Grade School) Mrs. Julieta H. Ugay (High School)
Location	Caloocan City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Campus	Urban (3.5 hectares)
Sports	Athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball
Colors	Green █ and Gold █
Mascot	Fighting Irish
Website	www.ndgm.edu.ph

The Notre Dame of Greater Manila (NDGM), a private, sectarian, Catholic high school located in Caloocan City, was originally founded as an all-male school in 1963 by Rev. Fr. William P. Mc Grath, OMI of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate as per request of the Archdiocese of Manila in 1946. Currently, it has approximately 3,000 students from Kinder 1 to Fourth Year High School. Average tuition fee ranges from PHP 40,000-PHP 65,000 per annum (US$800-US$1,320)

Contents 1 Brief History 2 Campus Buildings and Facilities 2.1 Grade School Main Building 2.2 Grade School Annex 2.3 High School Main 2.4 High School S&T Building 2.5 DMSTC Building 2.6 Gymnasium 2.7 Kinder School Building 2.8 School Chapel 3 Citations and Accreditations 4 Academics 4.1 Grade School academics 4.2 High School academics 4.2.1 English 4.2.2 Social sciences 4.2.3 Mathematics 4.2.4 Science 4.2.5 Christian Living 4.2.6 Filipino 4.2.7 Technology and Home Economics 4.2.8 Citizen Advancement Training 1 Unit - Philippine Army 4.2.9 Special Programs 5 Administrators 6 Notable alumni 7 See also 8 External links

The Grade School Sector first opened in 1963 with only one building around the original 5.6 hectare campus before the neighboring St. Mary's Acamdemy of Caloocan City, a former all-girls school, administered by the RVM sisters, acquired the 2.1 hectare part of the lot. The High School Sector followed in 1965. From a student population of only 266 students and having only one building and courses from Kinder 1 to Grade 5, the school now has 10 buildings, the Grade School Main Building, Grade School Annex, High School Main Building, High School Sience and Technology Building, the DMSTC Building for the school's vocational students, the Gymnasium, High School Canteen, the Kinder School Building, the air-conditioned School Chapel and the Campus General Services Office.

The school was given its first PAASCU accreditation in 1976 for Grade School and 1979 for High School. It was given level 2, 5-year re-accreditation status since 1996.

It houses the school's Grade School Sector classrooms and has a covered Basketball court at its rooftop. All Classrooms of the school are air-conditioned.

It houses some of the Grade School Classrooms and the Grade School Computer Laboratories. It also has a covered court at its rooftop.

It houses the High School classrooms for the 2nd to 4th Year levels. It also houses the High School Speech Labs and Electonics Labs. This is also where you can find the Rev. Fr. William P. Mc Grath, OMI Auditorium, the 400-seater auditorium of the school.

It houses all the 4 Science Laboratories and 2 Computer Laboratories of the High School Sector. It also houses the classrooms of the Freshman level.

It houses the school's vocational institution, the De Mazenod Skills and Training Center, which offer vocational and technical courses, from Automotives, to Computer Secretarial. It also houses some of the Home Economics Labs of the school.

It is were you can find the school's modern gymnasium, equipped with the latest sports equipment comparable to that of Philippines' leading universities.

This building houses the Kinder School Dept. of the school. The Audio Visual, headed by Ms. Magbanua, is now located at the Kinder School Building.

The School Chapel is located at the ground floor near the high school sector. It is used when there's a Class Mass and now also used as a Recollection place.

Notre Dame of Greater Manila is a member of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities(PAASCU) since 1976, and was recently awarded a 5-year accreditational status by the said institution, the highest in CAMANAVA area and among the highest in the Philippines.

The school has also been a member of the Notre Dame Educational Association, a group of around 152 Notre Dame Schools in the Philippines, and the Oblates Educational Association, a group of academic institutions around the world owned and administered by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. It is also a member of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP).

The school has been notable for being one among the members of the Philippine's largest Inter-school athletics organization's like the MILO BEST Pasarelle and SBP.

• Character Education ( Damer's Deeds)
• Language (Grammar, Composition and Speech)
• Reading (Vocabulary, Comprehension and basic literature)
• Mathematics (Basic Mathematics. Operations, fractions, decimals, basic geometry and algebra)
• Science (General Sciences)
• Chrisitan Living (Religious Studies)
• Filipino (Filipino Grammar, Literature, Comprehension and Vocabulary) - taught in Filipino
• Sibika at Kultura/HEKASI (History) (Philippine History taught in Filipino Language)
• MAPE (Music, Arts, and Physical Education)
• Work Education (Home Economics)

• Freshman - Philippine Literature, Grammar and Reading
• Sophomore - Afro-Asian Literature, Grammar and Reading
• Junior - English-American Literature, Grammar and Reading, Journalism, Basic Thesis Writing
• Senior - World Literature, Advanced Thesis Writing

• Freshman - Philippine History
• Sophomore - Asian History
• Junior - World History
• Senior - Economics

• Freshman - Algebra I
• Sophomore - Algebra II
• Junior - Geometry and Statistics
• Senior - Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry

• Freshman - General Sciences
• Sophomore - Biology/study of life
• Junior - Chemistry
• Senior - Physics

• Freshman - Old Testament
• Sophomore - New Testament
• Junior - Church History and Sacraments
• Senior - Morality and Vocation

• Freshman - Wide study of the Language and Literature
• Sophomore - Intelligent study of the Language and Literature
• Junior - Literature and introduction to Rhetorics
• Senior - Rhetorics and Literary Analysis

• Freshman - Home Economics (Culinary Arts, Sewing), Computer - Macromedia Flash, MS Office
• Sophomore - Drafting, Basic Electricity , Computer - HTML, Java Script
• Junior - Electronic Components and Assembly, Computer - Turbo Pascal,Turbo C
• Senior - Automotive, Music Appreciation, Computer - MS Visual Basic, Microsoft Access Database Management

• Seniors - required graduation requirement for all seniors. Training is done under the supervision of the Army Reserve Command(ARESCOM)-Philippine Army National Capital Region. Optional course for aspiring CAT officers for freshmen up to junior high school students.
  • The course includes:
    • 1. Military discipline and courtesy
    • 2. Weapons training and nomenclature (specializing in M16A1 rifle and M1911 cal. 45 pistols)
    • 3. Basic First Aid
    • 4. Map Reading
    • 5. Camp Visits (usually being given to CAT officers)

Scouting is also offered as an extra-curricular activity and not as an academic requirement.

• The Grade School's Levamen Program - for gifted students in the fields of Mathematics and Science.
• The High School's Enrichment Program - synonymous with the Levamen program.
• The remedial program - for students with difficulties in Mathematics and Science for both Grade School and High School Students.
• Grant-In-Aid Program (GIAP) - designed to provide scholarships to deserving students who wishes to enroll in the school but doesn't have the capacity to pay the yearly tuition fee increase.
• Summer Classes - for those who have failures in the past school year; sometimes done in other schools with close link to Notre Dame of Greater Manila.

• School Director - Rev. Fr. Oscar V. Lucas, OMI
• Grade School Principal - Mrs. Nora C. Manuel
• Grade School Assistant Principal - Mrs. Emerenciana F. Agustin
• High School Principal - Mrs. Julieta H. Ugay
• High School Assistant Principal - Mrs. Victoria Maliwat
• School Chaplain - Rev. Fr. Manny Mina, OMI
• High School Prefect of Discipline - Mrs. Marieta Tolosa
• Grade School Prefect of Discipline - Mr. Maximo Ferrer
• Grade School English Coordinator - Mrs. Bernadette Salcedo
• Grade School Math, Science, Computer Coordinator - Mrs. Mary Ann Mandap
• Grade School Filipino and Sibika Coordinator - Mrs. Luzviminda Juarez
• Citizen Advancement Training 1 Unit - Phil. Army Commandant - 2Lt. Henry C. Te, PA

Among the famous alumnus of the school are:

• Rev. Fr. Oscar V. Lucas, OMI, the current school director
• Rev. Fr. Ramon Bernabe, OMI, provincial head, OMI Philippine Province
• Arnell Ignacio, Movie actor, game show host, and comedian
• Dennis Padilla, Caloocan City Councilor and Actor
• Douglas Nierras, Stage Actor and a famous Dance instructor
• Philip Lazaro, Stage actor and comedian
• Laurenti M. Dyogi, film director for ABS-CBN, Pinoy Dream Academy producer
• Gilbert Perez, one of ABS-CBN Star Cinema's famous film directors

• Oblates of Mary Immaculate
• Caloocan City

• Official website
• NDGM Web Board