O. B. Montessori Center
Operation Brotherhood Montessori Center Incorporated (sometimes known as OB Montessori Center Inc. or OBMCI) is an Italian-based school in the Philippines named after Maria Montessori. It was founded by Preciosa S. Soliven , wife of journalist and publisher of The Philippine Star, Maximo V. Soliven . It has pre-school, elementary, high school and college levels and is the first school in the Philippines to use the Montessori method. The school Motto "Seipsum Facit Persona" (Man Makes Himself) is pronounced Seipsum-fachit-persona.
Curriculum
The school offers many subjects that can't be found in other schools, like agriculture, horticulture, botany, zoology, scouting, leadership training, and expressive and performing arts. Geometry can be studied by students starting from casa (pre-school).
Students are asked to memorize "God Give Us Men" by Josiah Gilbert Holland. There are a set of songs entitled "A Woman Called Freedom", with "A Woman Called Freedom #6" being the most popular. These were patterned after a play AbOUT Maria Montessori's Life done in OB Greenhills.
School hymn
The school hymn is the OBMCI hymn. The chorus portion of the hymn retains an error in school publications with the word aim being spelt as aid.
Branches
- Main campus: Greenhills Branch; Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila
- Other branches:
- Santa Ana Branch; Santa Ana, Metro Manila
- Las Piñas Branch; Las Piñas, Metro Manila
- MacArthur Branch; Angeles City, Pampanga
Notable alumni
- Lea Salonga
- Robert Barbers
- Rico Blanco
- Aiza Seguerra