Community Affairs

SMA Community Services

The Community Extension Service (CES) office articulates the SMA mission of "Advocating Community and Church Services" in order to develop a culture of humble service and realize its organizational social responsibility to the community as a demonstration of God's love.

CES programs and services are directed to school and partner communities that will bring about transformation of the heart and promotion of advocacy concerns.

• Enhance the Ignacian Marian education by promoting and coordinating school-community outreach programs, and to function as a bridge between the academic community and its near and distant communities.
• Form alliances with groups external to the school whose support can build a stronger educational system.
• Provide the school community of relevant data about the outside community to which the school relates.
• Provide adequate and appropriate opportunities to know the condition and needs of the outside community to actively respond and be of service to the church and community.

Mother Ignacia Center for Human Development (MICHD). The Mother Ignacia Center for Human Development (MICHD) is designed as the built - in service ministry of SMA-P which provides technology-vocational training to out-of-school-youths and unemployed women and men.

The Center offers modular courses in Cosmetology, Dressmaking, Basic Computer Secretarial, Computer Technician and Computer Network Technician.

The modular non-formal skills training program is offered during curricular year daily from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Just as the RVM Foundress, Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo was primarily concerned with the underprivileged of her own times; the RVM Sisters through this non-formal education training program continue that same spirit with faith, commitment and passion for excellence to love and service.

Inclusion of spiritual and Values Formation, guidance and personality development highlight the wholistic formation of the recipients. MICHD has produced more than three thousand trainees in thirty years since its modest conception in 1979.

• The SMA-P CSR (Club Social Responsibility): A Lingap Ignacia Program of the different clubs of the HS department aims to create an avenue for an outreach activity involving student leaders and club members. It aims to promote academic (linked to Academics) and work excellence through a series of tutorial and trainings, provide livelihood assistance in form of education to the selected members of adopted community and establish camaraderie among personnel and students of SMA-P and the community where it served. The CSR program is a year- round club outreach activity.
  
  
  LINGAP IGNACIA IS THE OUTREACH PROGRAM OF ST. MARY'S ACADEMY-PASAY -- AN EXPRESSION OF THE HUMBLE SERVICE OF MOTHER IGNACIA.
• ACT-REACH is the outreach program of different clubs in the Grade School formed for the purpose of sharing and giving meaningful activities to partner communities of SMA. Act-Reach programs offers fun and objective-driven activities that assist partner communities in developing their God-given talents, skills and potentials that they can use not only in present time but in the future. This program hopes to serve as an avenue for the club members and moderators become further involved in Lingap Ignacia Advocacy of SMA-P as well as to "ACT" on the advocacy of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation and the RVM Philosophy of Education: Leading all to the fullness of life through Jesus Christ.

• The Lingap Ignacia Exposure Program is created to establish partnership with social welfare institutions/communities in line with the Ignacian Marian transformative educational thrust.
• The program seeks to provide an avenue for the students, teachers and staff to live out in real life situations the school's core value of Service manifested through the preferential love for the poor and to promote SMA-P advocacy of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation.
• The volunteer group(s) plan for their schedule of exposure in coordination with the CES Office. Exposure time is about a minimum of five (5) contact/volunteer hours in every activity.

• The entire St. Mary's Academy community (students, faculty and staff, parents and alumni)is actively involved year-round with three partner communities. The school adopted two public schools (elementary and high school) and one barangay to share in their development as a community.
• Services to the Partner Communities
• Marian Youth Encounter (Catechetical Instruction)
• Tutorials in Math, Science, Reading and English (LEAP-UP)
• Leadership Training Skills
• Sports Development
• Club Interactive Activities
• Visual Arts Training (ArtReach)
• Donation of Learning Resources
• Library Organization and Management
• Livelihood Programs
• Feeding Program for Good Nutrition (FISH)
• Medical and Dental Services
• Advocacy Campaigns: Responsible Parenthood, Domestic Management, Health and Environmental Sanitation

• is a part of service learning strategy in the student activity program