Notre Dame – RVM College of Cotabato is a private, Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary in Cotabato City, Maguindanao, Philippines. It was established by the RVM Sisters in 1904. Notre Dame - RVM College is a member of the Notre Dame Educational Association, a group of schools named Notre Dame in the Philippines under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Alumni and students of the institution are often called as RVMians or Marians. History Notre Dame – RVM College of Cotabato began as a school founded by the Beatas (now RVM Sisters) and named the Escuela Catolica. In 1904, the Superior General of the Beatas, Reverend Mother Elfigenia Alvarez sent four Beatas, namely Sr. Isabel Cero Mojado, RVM, Sr. Valentina Lorenzo, RVM, Sr. Filomena Galos, RVM and Sr. Severina Santos, RVM to open a Catholic school in Cotobato City . The first classes were held at the home of Don Antonio and Doña Eusebia Sousa, the generous benefactors of the Sisters. In 1917, the school obtained the government recognition and was granted the authority to issue certificates to the elementary school graduates. The subjects taught were Christian Doctrines, Reading and Writing, Drawing and Painting, and Home Arts for Girls. Until 1911, all instructions were in Spanish. When English became the medium of instruction, Spanish continued to be taught as a subject in all levels. The school underwent several name changes from Escluela Catolica to Escuela de San Antonio, Colegio de los Corazones y Maria and finally, Cotabato Parochial School which it bore until World War II stopped its operation. In, 1947, Archbishop Mongeau, then the O.M.I. Father Superior, founded the Notre Dame of Cotabato, a co – educational Catholic High School which in 1948 was separated into Boys' and Girls' Departments. The Marist Brothers, took over the administration of the Boys Department and remained in the original site of the School while the RVM Sisters, under the leadership of Sr. Ma. Isabel Purification, RVM moved the Girls Department to the Notre Dame of Cotabato. In 1979, Notre Dame of Cotabato for Girls Department finally became Notre Dame of Cotabato for Girls. In 1984, the grade school department started to accept boys, while in 2000 the high school department started to accept boys too. Then in school year 2002–2003, the school underwent another change of name, Notre Dame