The School

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Brief History
Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA), located at 10 Grant St., Greenhills, San Juan City, is a non-stock, non-profit elementary and secondary school owned and directed by the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (MIC), a Canadian-founded congregation of women-religious by Delia Tetreault. ICA caters to Chinese-Filipino female students.

ICA traces its foundation in 1935-1936 when the Chinese families in Binondo requested the MIC sisters to open a school so that their children, who have been baptized in the Catholic Church, could be followed up in the living out of their faith. The school moved seven (7) times from one place to another to accommodate its growing population. At the invitation of the Jesuits who were then building Xavier School sometime in 1958 in the newly opened subdivision in Greenhills, the MIC sisters also constructed a building that was completed in 1960; thus, the sisters were ready to receive the Chinese-Filipino students from ICA-Intramuros, which continued to operate the elementary department and kindergarten. Then in 1975, ICA-Intramuros was fused with ICA-Greenhills. At present, ICA-Greenhills has a total population of 3381 with 1009 in the High School Department.

Originally, ICA was considered an Anglo-Chinese School with a double curriculum (Chinese and English). In 1954, ICA became a Filipino school offering the Chinese Language Arts Program as an essential part of the curriculum.

ICA undertook the accreditation process in SY 1983-84 and received full-accredited status in 1986. It was reaccredited in 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009.

The School Seal
The School Seal is made up of the following symbols:

TORCH

ICA hopes to prepare girls who can be Light Bearers, like Christ and Mary, bringing Truth, Goodness, Love, Life and Joy wherever they go. Specifically, the school aims to prepare the girls to be the Light in their own family, the basic unit of society.

BALANCE

ICA aims to develop among the girls a well-rounded and integrated personality. Through the Christian education it gives, the school hopes to produce agents who are just, honest, upright, respectful Christians, committed to the task of bringing about justice, harmony, peace and unity wherever they are.

BIBLE

Being a Catholic School, ICA aims primarily at evangelization. The school hopes to provide an atmosphere that will encourage and challenge its students to discover and meet Christ, the Living Word of God. The school hopes to cultivate in the students a faithful and attentive listening to God's word. Responding to God's word, they will be challenged to respond faily in love to become Women of Faith and Service, who will strive to build a better world by establishing and promoting universal brotherhood because we are all children of the same Father.