Mater Carmeli School is located at Sacred Heart Village, Novaliches Quezon City. The school is owned and managed by the Carmelite Missionaries of the Province of Fr. Francisco Palau, Philippines. It was founded in 1986 on a piece of property adjacent to the Novitiate House of the Province.
In 1982 when the Novitiate House was transferred at Sacred Heart Village Quezon City, the sisters did not have in mind the founding of the school beside the Novitiate. It was because they wanted to situate the Novitiate in a quiet place, which has an atmosphere of solitude. When the novitiate house was built, people passing by the highway mistook it for a school, which resulted to a number of inquiries what grade level of education is offered.
The Homeowners in the Village constantly prodded the sisters to put up a school, which was near and efficiently managed by religious congregation. The Sacred Heart Village Homeowners Association formalized their appeal by sending a letter of request to the Provincial Council. It was granted by the General Council in Rome. A feasibility study was made and Mater Carmeli School in Novaliches was born.
The school started its operation on June 1986 with 20 kindergarten pupils under the tutelage of Sr. Flordeliza Presquito, Sr. Asuncion Villalba and Reynaldo Duremdes (janitor). They kept the little school going for school year 1986 – 1987. While construction of the school building in the adjacent lot was going on, morning class was held in a lent one - storey, two room building intended to be class rooms of novices and juniors sisters.
On June 1987, the second school year, two classes of kindergarten and Prep were added, one section for both grade one and two level. They occupied the first floor of the building while construction of the second and third floor was underway.
Committed to its mission of promoting quality education in the light of Blessed Francisco Palau’s charism and Our Lady of Mount Carmeli’s inspiration, the Carmelite Missionaries generously approve the completion of the school buildings. Conductive places for teaching and learning were provided by these institutions for the benefits of all the students, teachers, staff, and parents. The finished buildings were all named after the Carmelite luminaries like Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, St. Teresa of Avila and blessed Francisco Palau. The last and the biggest building constructed was named Sinon Building, in honor of the school engineer the late Mr. Leonardo Sinon.
Due to increasing enrollment every year, more school facilities were added and made available for quality and standard education. These facilities were fully furnished with equipment and other necessary materials required for effective utilization that would promote better teaching and learning conditions.