I n its truest meaning, the latin word “EDUCARE’ means ‘to rear.’ This is the goal of LINKS School for Life – to rear children, youth, teachers, families and community members in ways that will help them attain knowledge about and for the good of life. Its fundamental goal is not to instruct as much as it is to provide synergistic ways of learning for people who are nestled in social systems, in order that each member – regardless of age, gender, ability and resource can contribute to the attainment of human potentiality, spiritual growth, social viability, and cultural harmony.

LINKS School for Life is a multi-educational center that .....

• offers year-round educational programs for participants in various learning settings namely: young children, families, support systems, teachers, and community members.
• espouses the tenets of the ‘Convergent Education’ Approach.
• provides quality learning experiences in a highly personalized setting within developmentally-appropriate learning modules.
• assigns small child-teacher ratio for optimal interaction.
• ensures a warm, home-like and intimate learning space since the environment is considered as the “third teacher.”

Jesus C. Palma Ed.D. Centro Escolar University * M.A. Ateneo de Manila University * B.S. Ateneo de Manila University

• Lux-In-Domino Awardee (2009), Ateneo de Manila University Special Academic Convocation
• Author, “Curriculum Development Systems,” and “Jesus, Master Teacher”
• Consultant for various Catholic schools all over the Philippines
• Former Administrator at the Ateneo de Manila Grade School/High School
• Former Professor at the Ateneo de Manila Graduate School of Education
• Former Facilitator at the Ateneo Teacher Center
• Over 50 years experience in the field of education

Cecilia Palma-Del Rosario Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley * M.A. New York University * A.B. Ateneo de Manila University

• Consultant, UNICEF and Institute of Philippine Culture (Child Friendly Cities Project)
• Part-time Faculty at the Ateneo de Manila University, Graduate School of Psychology
• Teacher trainor & speaker at various conferences in San Francisco, Manila and other provinces in the Philippines
• Lifelong educator with multicultural teaching experiences in San Francisco, New York, Freeport, Bahamas and Manila
• Former School and Early Childhood Center Administrator
• Former Undergraduate level instructor at the Ateneo de Manila University, Department of Psychology & the Ateneo Teacher Center
• Over 20 years experience in the field of education

LINKS School for Life is an alternative school which adheres to the principles of convergent education and synchronicity in learning. As such it is a global community of learners whom we shall develop into God-loving, community-supporting, and self-actualizing individuals who are able to cope with, adjust to, and thrive in conditions of a constantly changing world.

LINKS School for Life commits itself to this Vision by providing all the members of its learning community with a convergent and developmentally-synchronous curriculum and multi-pronged learning and life programs under the guidance of a professional and nurturing school staff in a safe, secure and synergistic learning environment.

In keeping with its Philosophy, Vision-Mission Statement and its distinctive thrusts, LINKS School for Life shall strive to develop a global perspective in the development of all the members of the learning community (namely, the child and all the educational agents).

1. A firm and abiding faith in God and His Divine Providence as manifested in a vibrant Spiritual Life.
2. A belief in herself/himself as a unique person in the process of developing all of his/her potentials to the fullest so s/he can make an optimum contribution for the common good.
3. A strong desire to learn and avail him/herself of the relevant ideas and cultural contributions of significant people of the past as well as contemporary time in preparation for a full life.
4. An attitude of openness to and collaboration with people who exert a significant influence on his/her life and personhood as a young and developing person.
5. A spirit of participation in the life of the larger society and his/her specific community and its culture as it affects his/her development.
6. A developing sense of responsibility and empathy for the plight of those who are disadvantaged and deprived due to the inequalities and injustices of the existing social order and a resolve to contribute to its alleviation.