Stands for Mary, a figure in the Catholic religion, who is the patroness of the school. The crown which adorns the top of the letter represents her queenship of heaven.
Twelve Stars
The twelve stars which surround symbolize the twelve apostles, which represent the disciples as a whole. "It shows Mary's role in leading people to her son, Jesus"
The Colors
Blue and white are the colors which represent Mary. Blue stands for loyalty and white for purity or chastity. Green stands for perpetual growth. Symbolizing the school that copes with the best and worst of times.
History
Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia was established by Doña Margarita Roxas de Ayala by converting her three-and-a-half hectare villa, the La Concordia Estate in Paco, Manila, into a school. She requested eight Daughters of Charity from Spain to come to the Philippines to manage the school. They arrived on May 3, 1868 and managed the free school or 'Escuela Pia'. Sixty students learned about religion, good manners, reading and writing, simple arithmetic, culture, and arts like sewing, embroidery, cooking, needlecraft and household work. The medium of the instruction was Spanish. In 1868, the school officially adapted a new name, Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia, in the same year that it became the Central House of the Daughters of Charity in the Philippines. Significant periods in the development of the Concordia College, such as the Philippine Revolution of 1896 and the American era, brought about education reform.
majors: Educational Technology Business Administration
Diploma in Junior Secretarial
Diploma in Junior Secretarial — Medical
Associate in Health Science Education
Alternative Learning System Acceleration & Equivalent Academic Focus Bridging Program Continuing Learning Delivery System
Notable alumni
Among its well-known former students was Sister Asuncion Ventura-Horcoma Bautista, who was the first Filipino to found an orphanage, the Asilo de Looban. Additionally, there was Maria Paz Mendoza-Guazon, the first Filipino woman doctor, who was also an educator, a writer and a feminist. Although her studies were interrupted by the Revolution, she was able to resume them when she transferred to the American School in 1901. Other notable students were Saturnina, Soledad, and Olympia Rizal, the sisters of Philippine national heroJose Rizal;
In culture
The college is mentioned in Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere.
In popular culture
The 1997 movie Flames and the TV series "" were partially shot in the campus of La Concordia,
