The partnership reinforces a commitment to transformative education, diversity and global citizenship, with the Ontario Secondary School Diploma at the core.
Rosedale International Education and PAREF Southcrest School have signed a partnership to offer the Rosedale Global High School Program to PAREF Southcrest students in the Philippines. PAREF Southcrest School is our first Rosedale Global High School partner school in the Philippines, and we are proud to work with them alongside PAREF (Parents for Education Foundation) Education Group. PAREF Southcrest School is one of sixteen schools within the PAREF Education Group, a non-profit aimed at providing holistic education by combining high academic standards and character formation and has graduated more than 8,000 students in its four-decade-long history.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Cebu, Philippines, in late 2022 with the program beginning in September 2023 and the first cohort eligible for graduation in June 2024. Upon successful completion at this Rosedale Global High School partner school, students will be granted a dual diploma, including a Philippines High School Diploma and Canadian Ontario Secondary School Diploma, allowing graduates the flexibility to apply to higher education institutions around the world. Together, we will expand access to world-renowned Canadian education that empowers students through asset-based learning to design their future and reach their full potential.
Rosedale International Education delivers school learning solutions in K-12 transformative global education. With a robust infrastructure with an advanced digital learning platform, world-renowned curriculum and differentiated instructional resources, and comprehensive academic integrity and quality assurance services, all international partner schools are equipped to offer a modern and global high school program that implements a systematic Transformative Approach to Learning that supports key areas of learning for the twenty-first century: Transformative competency development; real-world application and innovation; global citizenship education; differentiated instruction and diverse evaluation; and the creation of a personalized learning path. Our well-structured education solutions interconnect with the support our international partner schools require to implement transformative, global education.
Rosedale International Education operates Rosedale Global High School, and all Rosedale Global High School students across our 17-country partner school network attend the annual Global Student Success Forum, which connects them to more than 35 Global Top 100 Universities at our Elite University Student Recruitment Fair, providing opportunities to meet one-to-one with university admissions and recruitment staff, attend student workshops and Q&A sessions, and become well-prepared for the transition from high school to higher education.
“This partnership reflects our ongoing commitment to connecting learners with real-world application and innovation in a forward-thinking, rigorous, and collaborative education environment. We’re proud to support PAREF Southcrest School with our differentiated learning solution that offers choice in how students learn, develop competencies, and demonstrate their achievements, and look forward to seeing these students realize their full potential.” Michelle Cui, Founder and CEO, Rosedale International Education
“Given the drive of PAREF Southcrest to offer our students a world-class education, and become global citizens, we are honored to be the first school in the Philippines to partner with Rosedale Global High School and offer the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Giving our students the option to have an international diploma like the OSSD, which is recognized by the top universities in the world gives them the chance to have better future career opportunities in any part of the globe, to broaden their perspectives and world views, to create linkages and interact with different cultures, and have a massive international alumni network. This partnership shows a lot of promise in making young people all over the world work together as a catalyst for change and for making the world better.” Emylou C. Visaya, Executive Director, PAREF Southcrest School
"Academic excellence is a key pillar in the PAREF mission. I would like to congratulate PAREF Southcrest leadership for this wonderful initiative of offering a Canadian international curriculum in the Philippines which can benefit our students and facilitate their academic success. This partnership of PAREF with Rosedale Global High School in offering a dual PAREF-OSSD diploma will help improve our academic standards by making them truly world-class, and provide opportunities for our PAREF students and faculty. Exposing PAREF to the global network of OSSD will be very motivational and bring confidence to our students and teachers. We hope to contribute to this international-global tie-up with the OSSD network and we look forward to a very successful partnership with Rosedale Global High School.” Daniel Moran, Chairman, PAREF
About Rosedale International Education
Rosedale International Education (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) delivers school learning solutions in K-12 transformative global education. Embracing innovation in academics and technology, Rosedale provides international schools a holistic education solution, supported by an integrated digital learning platform with transformative curriculum and comprehensive quality assurance services, to create life-changing learning outcomes to students around the world. Rosedale International Education operates Rosedale Global High School. Rosedale Global High School has reached a partnership base of 62 global partners with 95 schools in 17 countries. In the 2022 graduating class, 100% of our graduates received offers of admission to global universities, with 65% of students accepted by Global Top 100 Universities—across Canada, the UK, Australia, the USA and more. Rosedale Global High School is an independent, Ontario-based Canadian secondary school inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education in Canada (#BSID 668726) and authorized to grant the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) to Rosedale Global High School graduates. Learn more: www.rosedaleedu.com
About PAREF Southcrest School
An all-girls school in the heart of Cebu, PAREF Southcrest is dedicated to educating girls and empowering them to have a positive and significant impact and presence wherever they are, convinced that the best way to lead is to serve. Respected for its high academic standards, it also gives premium in creating a culture of character, respect and care where students are helped to know and love the truth and the good so they can share these generously with others, and serve them with joy. The school provides resources and access to help students be their best selves, do their best work, think critically and creatively, and engage in advocacies that effect positive change in people to help build communities. www.parefsouthcrest.edu.ph
About PAREF Education Group
PAREF (Parents for Education Foundation Inc.) is a non-profit organization with the aim of providing a holistic education by combining high academic standards and a solid character formation program. The educational philosophy of PAREF is inspired by the teachings of St. Josemaria Escriva, which is based on the principle that the parents are the primary educators of their children, and who consider the school as their partners. This home-school partnership is facilitated by the mentoring program where each student has a mentor in school who provides personalized guidance and support and helps the student process her thoughts and feelings to be able to cope with challenges, uncertainty and adversity, and grow in maturity. PAREF envisions educating men and women of character who strive to live according to the Christian ideal, do their work extraordinarily well, and positively impact their families, the nation and the world. www.paref.edu.ph