A Purpose-Driven Start: MGCNLCA Kicks Off S.Y. 2025-2026

Excitement filled the halls of MGC New Life Christian Academy (MGCNLCA) as students returned to campus for the new school year from July 14 to 17, 2025, with the theme, “Called for a Purpose.”

Junior to Senior High School classes kicked off on the first day, July 14, followed by Grades 2 to 6 classes on July 15. Meanwhile, the Early Years and Grade 1 pupils came to school in small groups from July 15 to 17.

As part of MGCNLCA’s efforts to provide the students with a more comfortable learning environment, several facility improvements were done during the break, including renovations to the second-floor clinic and the third-floor Guidance Support Learning Hub.  The clinic received new flooring, ceiling, and walls, creating a brighter and more modern space. Likewise, the Guidance Hub was redesigned to include two separate meeting rooms, ensuring privacy for individual consultations, rather than the previous single, shared meeting space. 

In addition, new ceiling fans that were funded by the previous school year’s Student Government (SG), have been installed in the ground floor, library, Cafeteria 1 and 2, fifth floor hallway and student lounge, and the sixth floor hallway to improve air circulation.

The SG redirected funds from last school year’s cancelled Social Night event to finance the project. “We had to find an alternative to repurpose the event’s funds, leading to this project of [installing] the ceiling fans. We [hope] to provide a lasting impact that would benefit the school for many years to come,” former SG President Elijah Samuel Tongco explained.

This school year also marks the piloting of the Department of Education’s Strengthened Senior High School (SHS) curriculum in 841 schools nationwide. However, as MGCNLCA is not part of these piloting schools, it will not implement the revised curriculum this school year, maintaining its original set-up for SHS.

Under the new SHS curriculum, the number of core subjects will be reduced from fifteen to just five, with academic strands being replaced by broader clusters of elective subjects, removing the former categories of applied and specialized subjects.

SHS students will continue to follow the old curriculum, including the core subjects that were removed in the pilot. However, sectioning will still depend on students’ interests, with Grade 11 students no longer being formally labeled by the traditional strands.

Looking ahead to the new school year, School Principal Evangeline Co reflected, “I look forward to witnessing our students develop a growth mindset, embracing challenges with courage and humility, showing grit as they persevere and build strong character even when things get difficult.”