Real estate giant to open first education venture
Megaworld Corporation is set to open its first school venture in the Visayas at its 30-hectare Mactan Newtown township in Cebu this coming school year.
The property giant has partnered with De La Salle Brothers through the Lasallian Schools Supervision Services Association Inc (LASSSAI) for the Newtown School of Excellence.
This is the first La Sallian-supervised school in Mac tan and the entire Metro Cebu.
This is also Megaworld’s first partnership with La Salle for the supervision of its maiden school venture in Visayas.
Located on an almost a hectare campus near the entrance of the township along Mactan's circumferential road, the school will initially offer classes for primary school this new school year.
The school will eventually offer elementary and high school education.
It is eyeing to initially have around 120 enrollees for the first school year.
The company has spent P240 million in building the school since 2014, said Noli Hernandez, president of Megaworld Cebu Properties Inc., in a press conference yesterday.
He said the school "will primarily cater to the children of the township homeowners, particularly those who live in our condominium developments."
"We will also cater to the children of the expat community and residents of Lapu-Lapu City and nearby towns and cities as well as the children of those working in nearby businesses and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies,” Hernandez noted.
The La Salle-supervised school will have two main buildings: the single-storey kindergarten building, which is composed of three classrooms, a library, playground and a multipurpose hall; and the five-storey elementary building with 21 classrooms, audiovisual rooms, computer rooms, music room, home economics room, prayer room, library and learning resource center, auditorium, covered court, physical education instructional room, science laboratories, clinic and its own canteen.
The school is strategically located near the heritage sites of the Mactan Shrine and Lapu-Lapu Shrine as well as popular hotels and resorts such as Movenpick and Shangri-La Mactan.
“Being inside The Mactan Newtown, the school will also have access to its own beachfront, allowing the institution to conveniently utilize the beach facilities for school activities. With the improvement of the quality of life of the future generation as its primary goal, this school will provide an exceptional educational program through the reputable brand of LASSSAI,” Hernandez said.
The curricula in different programs to be offered in the school will be technologybased and will be geared towards academic excellence and proficiency, he added.
Being one of Megaworld’s premier township developments outside of Metro Manila. The Mactan Newtown is currently being developed into a vibrant mixed-use community comprised of residential condominiums, office towers, hotels, mall and commercial centers and its own beach club and beachfront facilities.