Why Choose Us
Our Academic Programs
PAREF has a personal approach to education. Each student is seen as a unique person, gifted with intelligence and free will, the capacity to shape his life and to be ultimately responsible for it. It is he who is the main agent of his own learning and formation.
Thus, an essential feature of the PAREF system of education is the mentoring chat, by which each student is assigned a personal formation mentor for his character development and to guide him to become wise – aware of himself and of what is right, of his freedom and his responsibility for total personal development.
Subject Goals
English, through the various listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities, aims at more than just functional fluency. Especially through the reading of great authors such as Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, and Dante, the students aim at a profound grasp of the human condition. Through other activities, such as essay-writing, literary analysis, thesis-writing, debate, Shared Inquiry discussions, the students develop their mastery of the spoken and written word.
Hinahangad ng Filipino ang mahubog ang mga mag-aaral na maging mulat at magsabuhay ng kanilang kalinangang Pilipino at maging bukas sa iba’t ibang kultura; maging mapanuri sa mga kalagayan ng kapaligiran; maging mapagmahal sa kapwa at sa bayan; at maging bahagi ng intelektwalisasyon ng wikang Filipino.
Social Studies aims at the promotion of civic competence. The program further aims at helping students develop the ability to make informed, reasoned, and reasonable decisions as citizens of a democratic country. The program likewise aims to develop pride in one’s country through the knowledge of her history and culture. The program will also enable the students to appreciate other peoples, civilizations, and cultures across the different time periods.
Mathematics aims at the students’ acquisition of essential knowledge of Mathematical facts, properties, and operations to enable them to think critically and independently, as well as reason logically. The program also aims to foster appreciation of the relationship of Mathematics to other disciplines and its contribution to the development of civilization.
Science aims to stimulate wonder at and respect for the physical world and its laws. It seeks to develop a methodic mindset in the approach to problems; an informed approach to Science-related issues; and sensitivity to new ideas and processes, while equipping students with effective research skills. The program also aims to foster the awareness of Science as an activity governed by Ethics.
The Religion program aims at helping students deepen their communion with God through personal faith in Jesus Christ and through obedience to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. Through its fidelity to the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church, the program promotes an understanding of the Faith through the study of the Creed, the Sacraments, the Decalogue, and the Liturgy. Imbued with a lay spirituality, the program promotes the sanctification of ordinary work.
