18/05/2026
At Infant Jesus Academy, education has never been limited to lessons, grades, or achievements. It is a work of formation. It is the daily shaping of minds that can think critically, hearts that can choose rightly, and lives that can serve faithfully.
In a time when truth is often blurred, accountability is questioned, and wrongdoing is excused by convenience, popularity, or misinformation, schools must remain firm. We are called to form learners who do not simply follow what is loud, accepted, or repeated, but who can discern what is true, just, and good.
This is why our formation is anchored on our iRED Core Values of Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence, and Discipline.
Integrity teaches our learners to choose what is right, even when no one is watching, even when it is difficult, and even when it is not the easier path.
Responsibility reminds our learners that freedom comes with accountability. Their words, actions, decisions, and even silence have consequences for themselves, for others, and for the communities they belong to.
Excellence calls them to give their best, not for recognition alone, but because doing things well is an expression of respect: respect for God, for others, for one’s work, and for one’s own potential.
Discipline forms in them the self-control to act with purpose, consistency, humility, and respect. It is the strength to do what must be done, even when feelings, pressure, or convenience suggest otherwise.
Together, these values form the heart of an IJAian; an IJAian who is honest, accountable, committed, and principled.
But values must also be joined with discernment. In today’s world, our learners must be able to question what they see, examine what they hear, seek evidence, recognize manipulation, and reject narratives that normalize what is wrong. Education must help them distinguish truth from distortion and popularity from principle.
At IJA, we continue to teach our learners to do the right thing, at the right time, in the right place, with the right people. This is not merely a rule for behavior. It is a guide for conscience. It reminds us that character is built through repeated choices whether big and small, seen and unseen, easy and difficult.
More deeply, we remain guided by the call to Amare et Servire - to love and to serve the Lord in all things. This gives our values their highest purpose. We do not form students only to become successful individuals. We form them to become persons of conscience, compassion, service, and faith.
As one IJA community, we affirm that the work of nation-building begins long before public office, leadership titles, or professional careers. It begins in homes. It continues in classrooms. It is strengthened in school communities where adults model the very values we ask young people to live by.
To our teachers, parents, personnel, and students: let us remain faithful to the formation entrusted to us. Let us continue building a community where truth matters, accountability is practiced, excellence is pursued, discipline is lived, and service is offered with love.
This is the iRED formation we stand for.
This is the IJA education we commit to.
This is how we help build a just, principled, and God-centered society.