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Benedictine International School
Benedictine International School, formerly the Benedictine Abbey School, was reconstituted in 2000 as a co-ed K-12 school on Capitol Hills Drive in Quezon City. Local Filipino curriculum delivered with an international framing rather than a true international curriculum.
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Benedictine International School, formerly the Benedictine Abbey School, was reconstituted in 2000 as a co-ed K-12 school on Capitol Hills Drive in Quezon City. Local Filipino curriculum delivered with an international framing rather than a true international curriculum.
The school follows the Philippine K-12 programme in English, with Korean as a foreign language from Grade 1 to Grade 10 reflecting a substantial Korean enrolment. Senior high splits into ABM, GAS and HUMSS tracks, the standard Philippine senior high routes. Class sizes around 25, with a Systems Thinking framing the school promotes as its distinctive pedagogy.
Parents value the close monitoring of children's wellbeing, attentive teachers who reach out when work slips, and an inclusion programme where shadow teachers attend with children with special needs. Families describe it as warm and family-feeling rather than academically high pressure. Best fit for Manila families who want a small Catholic-rooted school with strong special-needs support and Korean as part of the day, rather than a true international curriculum like IB or American.