St. Mary of the Woods School (SMWS) - Makati City, Philippines

St. Mary of the Woods School was founded in 1971, by Mrs. Josefina Pabalan Soriano as a pre-school learning center for children of working mothers. Through the years, due to insistent demands from parents, the school expanded its offerings from pre-school through the different levels of Grade School and High School. In 1984, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, now called Department of Education, granted full recognition to the school