‘School for boys will be beneficial’

The PAREF-Northfield School For Boys to be constructed on a three-hectare lot in Greenmeadows III, a property owned by Quezon City, will provide quality education for residents not only of Green Meadows but also the neighboring subdivisions.

Northfield Executive Director Pierangelo Alejo said the school will assure nearby residents of a conveniently-located private elementary and secondary school. The south Quezon City quadrant, bounded by EDSA, Ortigas, E. Rodriguez and Santolan, includes the subdivisions of Acropolis, Green Meadows, Corinthian Gardens, White Plains, St. Ignatius, Blue Ridge and Valle Verde VI.

PAREF-Northfield will also reach out to the poor by extending its educational service to a maximum of 200 deserving scholars from Quezon City public elementary schools, who will receive the same high school program given to the paying students. About 50 percent of the total high school population will be free.

Northfield’s commitment to outreach or extension work likewise includes training programs for public school teachers. These seminars serve as a vehicle for disseminating and exchanging education’s best practices.

In terms of academic orientation, Alejo stressed, the school is guided by "an educational philosophy of home-school collaboration and personalized attention in the academic and personal formation of students.

The Northfield has initiated a comprehensive study that will lead to a traffic management plan for the areas to be affected. A team of independent experts is being tapped to assist the school in crafting the plan.

PAREF-Northfield was able to acquire the use of the land through a memorandum of agreement with the Quezon City government signed last Feb. 14, 2001. Quezon City is the absolute owner of the 3.1-hectare open space donated by Ortigas & Company.